New Energy Vehicle Industry Chain

新能源汽车产业链

Panorama of the NEV industry chain: upstream batteries, e-drive and intelligent hardware down to materials, midstream vehicles and autonomous driving, downstream charging, recycling and mobility.

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New Energy Vehicle Industry Chain: Upstream, Midstream & Downstream Structure

Panorama of the NEV industry chain: upstream batteries, e-drive and intelligent hardware down to materials, midstream vehicles and autonomous driving, downstream charging, recycling and mobility.

39 segments across 27 upstream, 5 midstream and 7 downstream nodes, broken down to 4 levels of depth, with 93 key company placements.

Upstream

  • Powertrain & Components(三电与核心零部件(上游))Sector — Battery, e-drive, chassis and intelligent hardware systems.

    • Power Batteries(动力电池)Component — The highest-cost component, 30–40% of vehicle cost.🔒4

      • Cathode Materials(正极材料)Material — LFP and ternary materials deciding energy density and cost.🔒3

        • Lithium Resources(锂资源与锂盐)Material — Lithium mining and salts, the resource source of the chain.🔒3

      • Anode Materials(负极材料)Material — Artificial graphite today; silicon-carbon next.🔒3

      • Electrolytes(电解液)Material — Ion transport medium governing low-temperature and fast-charge performance.🔒2

        • Lithium Salts(电解质锂盐(六氟/LiFSI))Material — LiPF6 and LiFSI, the core solutes.🔒3

      • Separators(隔膜)Material — Microporous films isolating electrodes; wet process mainstream.🔒2

      • Battery Structural Parts(电池结构件)Component — Cell casings, covers and module structural parts.🔒2

      • Battery Equipment(锂电设备)Equipment — Coating, winding and formation equipment.🔒3

      • Solid-State Batteries(固态电池)Technology — Next-generation route for energy density and safety.🔒3

    • E-Drive & Power(电驱与功率系统)Sector — Motors, power semiconductors and onboard power.

      • Drive Motors(驱动电机)Component — PMSMs; flat-wire and oil cooling as upgrades.🔒3

      • Power Semiconductors(功率半导体(IGBT/SiC))Chip — IGBT and SiC devices; 800V platforms accelerate SiC adoption.🔒3

        • SiC Substrates(SiC衬底)Material — SiC substrates, the most value-concentrated link.🔒3

      • E-Axle(电驱总成)Component — Multi-in-one e-axle integration.🔒3

      • On-Board Chargers(车载电源(OBC/DCDC))Component — Onboard chargers and DC-DC converters.🔒2

    • Chassis & Body(底盘与车身)Sector — NEV-specific chassis, body engineering and thermal management.

      • Giga-Casting(一体化压铸)Manufacturing — One-shot mega-casting of body structures, a cost revolution.🔒3

      • By-Wire Chassis(线控底盘)Component — Brake- and steer-by-wire, the execution base of autonomy.🔒3

      • Thermal Management(热管理)Component — Heat pumps and integrated battery thermal management.🔒3

    • Intelligent Hardware(智能化硬件)Sector — Vehicle hardware for autonomous driving and smart cockpits.

      • ADAS Chips(智驾芯片)Chip — High-compute chips for the driving domain.🔒3

      • LiDAR(激光雷达)Component — 3D sensing; falling prices drive adoption.🔒3

      • Automotive Cameras(车载摄像头)Component — Camera counts keep rising; core of vision-based autonomy.🔒3

      • Domain Controllers(域控制器)Component — Centralized computing for driving and cockpit domains.🔒3

      • Smart Cockpit(智能座舱)Component — Cockpit SoCs, IVI systems and HMI.🔒3

Midstream

  • Vehicle Manufacturing(整车制造(中游))Sector — Vehicle manufacturing and autonomous-driving solutions.

    • Battery EVs(纯电动整车)System — Pure-electric vehicles, the fiercest battleground.🔒4

    • PHEV & EREV(插混与增程)System — Plug-in hybrids and EREVs, the no-range-anxiety mainstream.🔒3

    • Commercial NEVs(新能源商用车)System — Electric buses, heavy trucks and logistics vehicles.🔒3

    • Autonomous Driving Solutions(智能驾驶方案)Software — End-to-end model driven high-level autonomy stacks.🔒4

Downstream

  • Aftermarket & Ecosystem(后市场与生态(下游))Sector — Charging, recycling and the mobility ecosystem.

    • Charging & Energy(充电与补能)Sector — Charging piles, battery swap and the V2G network.

      • Charging Piles(充电桩)Equipment — Public fast charging; liquid-cooled ultra-fast next.🔒3

      • Battery Swapping(换电)Service — Swap stations and battery-as-a-service.🔒2

      • Vehicle-to-Grid(车网互动(V2G))Service — EVs as distributed storage supporting the grid.🔒2

    • Battery Recycling(电池回收)Service — Second-life use and material recovery closing the Li/Co/Ni loop.🔒3

    • Mobility Services(智慧出行服务)Service — Ride-hailing and robotaxi operations.🔒3

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