Battery technology will become the key to future competition. Chinese companies urgently need to work hard to persist in core technological innovation and breakthroughs in order to gain a global competitive advantage and not be controlled by others.

　　In the development of emerging technology products such as drones and electric vehicles, the importance of battery technology is becoming increasingly prominent. In view of the fact that unmanned driving technology is being widely integrated into almost the entire transportation field, battery technology will also become the key to future competition. Therefore, Chinese enterprises urgently need to work hard to persist in core technological innovation and breakthroughs in order to gain a global competitive advantage and not be controlled by others.

　　In recent years, the development of the UAV industry has continued to accelerate, and various types of UAVs have been widely used in various fields. Due to the huge market potential and advantages of drones, world powers such as China and the United States are paying more and more attention to this field. South Korea is also continuously increasing investment, hoping to get a share of the global market.

　　South Korea's development of drones is stuck in a battery dilemma

　　The unmanned aerial vehicle industry has become a major industry developed by countries around the world. In recent years, South Korea has continuously increased its investment in order to stay behind in international competition.

　　The recent new hot "solar drone" in the field of drones, South Korea has also dabbled in it quite early. As early as 2013, the Korean Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics developed the solar-powered UAV EAV-3, which can initially fly for 24 hours.

　　Recently, South Korea has once again developed a new type of drone that can fly in the stratosphere and lasts for more than a week. However, compared with similar drones in England, South Korean drones are much worse, and Zephyr drones in England can fly for 2 weeks with a single charge.

　　According to researchers from the Korea Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the reason why Korean drones have limited flight time is that the lithium-ion battery technology used is limited, and the stored power is not enough to support the drone's longer-lasting aviation research. The more advanced lithium sulfide battery technology is in the hands of European and American companies, and they are not willing to sell easily.

　　Battery technology may become the key to future competition in the unmanned field. In recent years, with the development of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, unmanned driving technology has been fully popularized in land, sea, and air. Driving ships, flying cars, etc. have all sprung up, "growing well".

　　At the same time, due to the development of energy saving and environmental protection concepts and battery technology, pure electric vehicles have also become the mainstream trend. As a result, unmanned driving technology and pure electric concepts are accelerating the integration, and pure electric unmanned vehicles will "dominate" future transportation.

　　Under this trend, the importance of battery technology will undoubtedly increase day by day. For pure electric vehicles, because charging is more convenient and battery life requirements are relatively low, the existing battery technology is already sufficient to ensure commercial demand. However, unmanned aircraft, especially large unmanned flying cars, unmanned passenger aircraft, etc., have very high requirements for endurance, and the constraints of battery technology will be fatal.

　　Therefore, as countries pay more attention to the development of unmanned driving, battery technology may become the key to future competition in this field.

　　Master the core technology to not be controlled by others

　　From the example of South Korea and the analysis of the importance of battery technology, if you want to grasp the competitive advantage in the field of unmanned driving and no longer be controlled by others, then it is imperative to promote breakthroughs in battery technology and master core technologies.

　　The development of unmanned driving in China has entered the fast lane, and the country attaches great importance to the development of the automotive battery industry. In March 2017, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the "Action Plan to Promote the Development of the Automotive Power Battery Industry" to accelerate new breakthroughs in my country's automotive power battery industry.

　　The plan proposes that by 2020, the total production capacity of the power battery industry will exceed 100 billion watt-hours, and a leading enterprise with an internationally competitive production and sales scale of more than 40 billion watt-hours will be formed.