On January 23rd, Dongfeng Motor Corporation's integrated die-casting prototype successfully rolled off the production line at the company's R&D headquarters. This marks a significant milestone in the "Next-Generation Intelligent Low-Carbon Architecture" project, specifically in the crucial stages of technological breakthroughs and the establishment of a technological framework. It signifies new progress made by the R&D team in building the next generation of highly integrated, high-performance, and lightweight platform architecture, further addressing "bottleneck" issues and leading the way in independent innovation.
Integrated die-casting technology represents the current pinnacle of new energy vehicle design and manufacturing processes in terms of intensification, modularization, and lightweighting. The R&D team at Dongfeng Motor Corporation has focused on uniting industry research efforts, collaborating on key challenges, and enhancing the effective translation of technological advancements into practical applications. Through advanced processes such as high integration, the team optimized multiple parameters across four dimensions: modularization, impact resistance, lightweighting, and formability. This resulted in the integrated design and manufacture of the vehicle body, with a 66-in-1 die-casting achievement for the engine compartment. The lightweighting effect reached 15%, overall torsional rigidity increased by 5%, and the vehicle met the 2024 edition of the CNCAP five-star safety standard. Moreover, this technological feat by Dongfeng Motor Corporation set three industry records: the highest level of integration, the lightest weight, and the shortest development cycle for an integrated die-cast front compartment.
