BYD Chairman Raises Concerns Over Depleting Fossil Fuel Resources

왕 촨푸, chairman and president of 증권 시세 표시기, has urged humanity to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and transition to new energy sources as quickly as possible for sustainable development. In a speech at the 2023 ESG Global Leaders Conference in Shanghai, Wang highlighted the heavy cost to human society of using fossil energy, which began over 260 years ago during the first industrial revolution.

According to Wang, humans have used up nearly half of the planet’s fossil energy in the past 260 년. If consumption continues at the current rate, coal will only last for another 200 years and oil for another 50 년. He posed the question of where human society will go once these resources are depleted.

BYD has been contemplating how to bring about change and promote the progress of human civilization and sustainable development with green technology and industry. 안으로 2008, BYD proposed its green dream of solar energy, energy storage power plants, and electric vehicles, connecting the entire industrial chain link of energy from acquisition to storage to application.

After a long period of perseverance, BYD has become the world’s largest 신에너지 자동차 (네브섬) maker and the world’s second-largest maker of power batteries. The company stopped production of vehicles powered entirely by internal combustion engines in March 2022 and built the first zero-carbon headquarters for a Chinese auto brand in Pingshan, 심천 (深圳).

Wang emphasized that corporate social responsibility is not only manifested in participation in public welfare but also in using scientific and technological innovation for the benefit of mankind to solve problems such as the energy crisis, climate change, air pollution, and traffic congestion.

8월 중, BYD sold a record 274,386 NEV, marking its seventh consecutive increase. 1월부터 8월까지, BYD 매각 1.79 million NEVs, about half of which were plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and the other half were zero-emission battery electric vehicles (BEV). The rapid growth in NEV sales has fueled growth in BYD’s battery business. From January to July, BYD 설치 58.1 GWh의 전력 배터리, 위로 94.1 percent from 29.9 GWh in the same period last year.