在2017中国国际工业博览会上，上汽集团展示了两款氢燃料电池汽车，分别是轿车荣威950和燃料电池轻型客车大通FCV80，上汽集团前瞻事业部的负责人说到，现在他们的200型燃料电池动力系统确实与丰田相比还有比较大的差距，但是明年推出的300型燃料电池动力系统将可以达到与丰田竞争的水平。氢燃料电池是理想的新能源动力，但由于技术和其他条件不成熟因而没能像电动汽车那样被广泛应用，目前日本和韩国车企对燃料电池研发处于领先水平，2013年现代汽车推出全球首款量产氢燃料电池汽车——ix35。2014年，丰田也推出量产车MIRAI，紧接着本田在2016年也推出自己的氢燃料电池汽车Clarity。现在上汽集团也投身燃料电池，但其燃料电池研发整体速度和水平远落后于日韩，这不得不让人怀疑。2009年中国新能源汽车发展规划中，氢燃料电池和磷酸铁锂电池、三元锂电池一样，处于并驾发展，技术上和日韩、德国、美国基本处于同一水平线，但是自美国2015年取消该领域政策补贴后中国也采取了跟随政策，由同步发展变成产业研究。现在日本的丰田和韩国的现代汽车他们都计划在中国推出氢燃料电池车，10月底丰田已经在江苏常熟建设首个测试用的加氢站。而现代汽车在中国首次发布了第三代氢燃料电池汽车——现代FE，据官方介绍现代FE最大续航能力可达800公里，量产版预计将于2018年上市。
SAIC plans to take on Toyota in hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle
SAIC Group displayed its two hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles Roewe 950 and lightweight bus Maxus FCV80 on the 2017 China International Industry Fair. Leader of SAIC Group Foresight Department mentioned that the 200-type fuel-cell power system still lags behind Toyota’s products, but the 300-type fuel-cell power system to be launched next year will be capable to compete with Toyota’s products.
Hydrogen fuel cells can provide ideal new energy power, but the immature technologies and other conditions limit the wide application. Currently, Japanese and Korean auto companies have leading fuel cell technologies. Hyundai released the global first hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle ix35 in 2013. Toyota also launched MIRAI in the year of 2014, followed by Honda with Clarity in 2016. Now SAIC Group also marches into the field and claims to take on Toyota, but its technologies are still far behind Japan and Korea, which arouses great suspicion in the industry.
All involved in the 2009 domestic NEV development plan, hydrogen fuel cells are developing neck and neck with lithium iron phosphate batteries and ternary polymer lithium batteries. But China cancelled subsidies on the field since the year 2015, following the United States. Toyota and Hyundai plan to launch hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles in China market. The Japanese automaker has set up the first testing hydrogen station in Changshu at the end of October. Hyundai also released its first third-generation hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles in China named as Hyundai FE with a maximum cruise mileage of 800KM, which are expected to hit the market in 2018.