Weichai Power Releases The World’s First Diesel Engine

At 10:00 am on April 20, the 2024 World Internal Combustion Engine Conference opened grandly in Tianjin. Wan Gang, Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, delivered the opening speech. Zhang Gong, Deputy Secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chairman of the China Internal Combustion Engine Society, Tianjin University President Jin Donghan delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. Under global attention, the conference released the latest technological achievements of China's internal combustion engine industry - the world's first diesel engine with a body thermal efficiency of 53.09%, marking that China's internal combustion engine industry has once again reached the pinnacle of world technology. The Chinese and Foreign Internal Combustion Engine Society, Tianjin University, global academicians and experts, and scientific research More than 1,700 guests including the institute witnessed this historical moment.

Wan Gang, Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, Jin Donghan, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chairman of the Chinese Internal Combustion Engine Society, President of Tianjin University, Tan Xuguang, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Internal Combustion Engine Society, Director of the National Key Laboratory of Internal Combustion Engines and Power Systems, Chairman of Weichai Power, International Internal Combustion Engine CIMAC Chairman Rick Boom jointly unveiled the 53.09% thermal efficiency diesel engine.

He Nobei, Vice President of North Asia of TÜV SÜD, an international testing organization, and An Tiecheng, Chairman of China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co., Ltd., issued product test reports and inspection certificates to Weichai Power respectively.

The technical achievement of the world's first diesel engine with a body thermal efficiency of 53.09% is a powerful testimony of Weichai Power's fourth use of technological innovation to generate new productivity. It is conducive to the implementation of my country's "double carbon" goal and leads China's equipment manufacturing industry to become a world-class one.