On June 28th, the Tour of Qinghai Lake Competition of the Fifth China EV Rally, Qinghai Lake (CEVR) ushered in its last day of the two sections of the competition. In the afternoon, the teams returned to Xining, and attended the closing ceremony at Qinghai Grand Theater Square. Liu Xiaoshi, Deputy Secretary-General of the China EV 100, Li Xiaoshan, inspector of the Qinghai Economic and Information Commission, Huang Guojun, deputy director of Xining National Economic and technological Development Zone and director of the Nanchuan Industrial Park also attended the closing ceremony.
The participating vehicles started in the early morning from Gangcha, passed through the Yuanzi city, and arrived at the destination of the Qinghai Grand Theater, with a total length of 196.5 km. During the 81.6 km trip of section7 (Gangcha-Yuanzi City), the power saving capacity and interior design of the vehicles were evaluated. The evaluation of electric power-saving capability requires that the participating models be slowly charged to the SOC full power state, and the tire pressure be adjusted uniformly according to the requirements of each model factory, and the weight of the participating models shall be determined according to the weight in the inspection platform before the Rally. Through the GPS, pile bucket, portable weighing and slowly charging pile and other equipment, the models can be in SOC full power state after it starts. After the section evaluation of models was completed, they should be charged slowly immediately. Six judges, a representative of each manufacturer were required to stay at the charging station after the motorcade leaves, record the charging volume of the vehicle until the vehicle is fully charged as the evaluation results.
Interior design evaluation is mainly about the evaluation of vehicle interior accessories, including dashboard, steering wheel, center console, door window interior, seats and so on. The evaluation is divided into two parts: practicability and novelty, which include three items: layout (full score is 40), workmanship (full score is 30), material (full score is 30). Six judges are selected by the Committee to rate each model, and the total score is the final score of the interior design of the vehicle.
After a short rest in Yuanzi City, the teams began the last 100.4 km of race section 8 (Yuanzi City-Qinghai Grand Theater) in the afternoon, and continued the power saving evaluation on the way. Long Maowei, one of the race drivers involved in the durance driving, he said: in just a few years, the development of electric vehicles has been very rapid. This time, the organizing committee arranged an independent evaluation of the duration test, and the performance of 10 models was outstanding and the results were far more than expected. The planned itinerary has also been modified because the original plan was that the vehicles might need to return half way back, but the fact is that all the vehicles followed the big group all the way to Yuanzi City. According to the results, electric vehicles are bound to enter the lives of more and more people and they can be totally used for long distance trip.
The teams attended the closing ceremony after they arrived at Qinghai Grand Theatre. CEVR Public Welfare Image Ambassador and famous director Zhang Jizhong, famous actress Che Xiao, famous actor Huang Junpeng, CEVR Image Ambassador and “Queen of Nine-ball” Pan Xiaoting, CEVR Public Welfare Promotion Ambassadors and famous actors and actress including Xu Wenguang, Wen Xin, Gu Wei, Zhao Kai, famous singers Ping an, Zheng Hong and You Show Girls’ Group , diving Olympic Champion Sang Xue, gymnastic world champions Mo Huilan and Bi Wenjing, women's volleyball world champion Ma Yunwen, short track speed skating world champion Shi Jinnan, aerobics world champion Huang Jinxuan, taekwondo world champion Hou Yuzhuo, and diving world champion Zhou Luxin all attended the closing ceremony of the Fifth China EV Rally, Qinghai Lake (CEVR) and pushed the ceremony to its climax.
Famous actress Che Xiao, as the Ambassador of the Public Image of CEVR, said:“I have always been focus on environmental protection, and I am honored and duty-bound to do something by myself. I also had the experiences of driving electric vehicles before. I feel they are very light and easy to drive. I believe that the promotion of electric vehicles is also the choice of the times, and imperative for future generations to reserve the blue sea and blue sky. In this CEVR, the vehicle that impressed Che Xiao most is the EU5 car, with its high level appearance and strong duration ability. Electric cars will be her first choice if she needs to change cars in the future. Che Xiao believed that her driving techniques were good and if there was more opportunity in the future, she would also participate in such activities to show off her driving techniques!
Environmental protection has always been advocated by each time of CEVR. Famous actor Huang Junpeng, a public image ambassador of CEVR, is also very concerned about environmental protection, and said: environmental protection is always a topic closely related to life. With the progress of the times and social progress, new energy car will become the main role of traffic travel. During the Rally, Huang Junpeng and theother drivers also had a lot of communication and exchanges. He had learned some information in the racing industry. It can be said that the quality of domestic electric vehicles is at the forefront of the world. It also reflects the significance of the China EV Rally, Qinghai Lake (CEVR). There are a lot of people working hard on their road to promoting and publicizing the development of electric vehicles. For this year’s CEVR, Huang said he would give out 90 scores for the entire Rally and believed that the next year, the year after the year and the future, the CEVR would become better and better.
After nearly 1000 km journey, the latest 10 models participating in the Tour of Qinghai Lake Competition passed through the finishing platform in turn. The guests including the ambassadors of the public image of the CEVR, the ambassadors of the public welfare promotion of the CEVR, the racing drivers, the manufacturer's representatives all took pictures with the participating model. This also marked a successful completion of the Tour of Qinghai Lake Competition of the Fifth China EV Rally, Qinghai Lake (CEVR), which lasted for three-day period with a total of 8 sections and 10 evaluations tests.
On the morning of June 29, the venue racing of the Fifth China EV Rally, Qinghai Lake (CEVR) will be held. Professional drivers, star drivers and manufacturers will compete in the Qinghai Sports Center. The circuit is a total length of 3 kilometers, with multiple bends, ups and downs, high-speed bends, low-speed turn bends, right-angle bends, compound bends, and many other classic circuit elements, showing the speed and passion of electric vehicles. The closing ceremony of the 19th Qinghai China Investment & Trade Fair for Green Development with its theme “Bank of China·Embracing Green Dreams” and the Award Ceremony of the Fifth China EV Rally, Qinghai Lake (CEVR) will be held at the Qinghai Grand Theater on the evening.
This year's Awards Ceremony can be described as star-studded. Stars from arts and sport industry including Zhang Jizhong, a famous director, Che Xiao, a famous actress, Huang Junpeng, a famous actor, Jiang Yingrong, a female singer of the Chinese Singing World, Ping An, a singer from the Voice of China, Pan Xiaoting," Queen of Nine-Ball",Zheng Hong, a Chinese mainland female singer, Wang Qingshuang, a famous soprano ,Wang Chuanyue, a famous tenor singer ,Xu Wenguang, an actor of the national first class, Lu Qi, a famous actor of special type , Wen Xin, a mainland Chinese actress, acting as Song Mei-ling, sports stars Sang Xue, Mo Huilan, Xue Ming, Zhou Luxin, Bi Wenjing, Ma Yunwen, Shi Jingmen and many other literary and sports stars gathered to present at the Award Ceremony.
The Ceremony will announce 50 awards winners including the Rally including Evaluation Awards and the Comparison Awards of the passenger car Group A, SUV A0 Group and SUV A Group, , the Evaluation Awards of commercial W Group , the Cross-group Awards, and the "E-led New Era Plastic Reduction and Plastic Pick-up" Public Welfare Awards as well as the big award of all present "Golden Gazelle Award" and other awards.