Adopting eco-friendly technology is the driving force behind powertrain technology innovation

Alan Zhang: Adopting green and eco-friendly technology is the driving force behind powertrain technology innovation. There are two development directions for powertrain technology: one is progressive innovation, which is based on traditional internal combustion engines, aiming at constantly improving engine performance through various advanced technologies, such as variable valve technology (VVT), supercharging, gasoline direct injection (GDI), stratified combustion, etc.; another direction refers to revolutionary innovation, namely the search for new technologies that provide driving power and replace traditional combustion engines, such as hybrid power, electric cars, fuel cells, etc.

Delphi has introduced VVT and gasoline direct injection into China, which have been applied to a number of engines and models to help vehicles reduce fuel consumption and emission. Delphi is one of the world-leading suppliers of VVT. The technology has gained instant recognition among Chinese customers soon after it was introduced into the Chinese market. Now, the products have achieved domestic production, so as to better meet customer demands.

Delphi boasts comprehensive powertrain technologies with products ranging from gasoline engine management systems, fuel supplies and evaporative emission controls, diesel engine management systems to transmission management systems. Coupled with a powerful system integration ability, it can provide flexible and high value powertrain solutions – which is exactly the magic instrument for us to achieve success in the Chinese market.

Gasgoo.com: Many global auto-parts companies have said that China's local customers are relatively sensitive to prices and very demanding about technology and products. How to meet their demands?

Alan Zhang: First, we are proud to tell everyone that Delphi has become the supplier of engine management systems for most Chinese OEMs. Delphi adheres to international standards in both technology and product quality. On the other hand, through the optimization of product designs, and improvement of the percentage of domestic production, lean production and local engineering support, we have lowered costs in many aspects and made our products even more competitive in the Chinese market. We have successfully conducted several hundred projects in China, having developed a highly experienced local engineering team which is capable of performing tasks ranging from parts development to system integration.  The efforts enables Delphi to provide high quality, cost competitive products and solutions to Chinese OEMs.