Recently, in the list of the sixth batch of National Industrial Design Centers published on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Industrial Design Center of Wanbang Digital Energy Co., Ltd. (StarCharge) was included, with its industrial design capabilities and innovation strength once again receiving national-level recognition.
The image above is from the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
A National Industrial Design Center is an industrial design institution recognized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for its strong industrial design innovation capability, outstanding performance, and leading level of development. It includes two types: enterprise industrial design centers established by units such as manufacturing enterprises that mainly provide industrial design services for their own units, and industrial design enterprises that provide industrial design services oriented toward market demand.
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Refined Craftsmanship Forges Core Strength in Industrial Design
So, what are the highlights of the Wanbang Digital Energy (StarCharge) Industrial Design Center compared with those of other companies? And why was it able to win this honor? Before we begin, let's look at several sets of figures. As of now:
(1) It has undertaken a total of 20 provincial- and ministerial-level industrial design research projects, including 8 national-level projects and 12 provincial-level projects.
(2) It has won 2 iF Design Awards, 8 national-level honors (including the China Industry Award Commendation, National Intellectual Property Advantage Enterprise, National Service-Oriented Manufacturing Demonstration Enterprise, Manufacturing Single Champion Product, and National Green Factory), and 8 provincial-level honors.
(3) It has accumulated more than 200 proprietary intellectual property achievements.
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Behind these dazzling achievements lie Wanbang Digital Energy's (StarCharge's) relentless pursuit, continuous innovation, and refined craftsmanship in product design.
Notably, to enhance the reliability of technological innovation and product design development, the Wanbang Digital Energy (StarCharge) Industrial Design Center has also built laboratories supporting performance tests, safety tests, reliability tests, environmental tests, and other types of testing, making it the charging pile enterprise in China with the most CNAS-accredited laboratory projects, with more than 370 testing items in total, covering charging equipment, core components (including charging connectors and power modules), and vehicle-pile joint commissioning.
This laboratory was also the first among charging pile manufacturers to obtain IECEE CB qualification and the ISO17025 international standard system management certificate. It is the first laboratory in China capable of communication testing under the Chinese standard (GB), European standard (CCS), American standard (SAE), and Japanese standard (CHAdeMO), as well as Singapore TR25 standard testing. It is also the first laboratory in China to open vehicle-pile joint commissioning and vehicle-pile interoperability consistency testing, the first to hold IECEE CB testing qualification for charging piles, the first in the charging pile field to be authorized by the North American certification body CSA, and the first to possess high-power testing capability.
In addition, Wanbang Digital Energy has established internationally mutually recognized laboratories with TUV Rheinland of Germany, DEKRA, Bureau Veritas of France, SGS of Switzerland, and CSA of North America, further providing strong support for the company's technological innovation, R&D, and design.
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PV-Storage-Charging-Discharging: Making Green Energy Within Reach
It can be said that since its establishment, the Wanbang Digital Energy (StarCharge) Industrial Design Center has consistently implemented the product design philosophy of 'innovation, intelligence, simplicity, functionality, emotion, and sustainability,' perfectly integrating technology with art, and has thereby formed a distinctive industrial aesthetic.
Of course, beyond hardware products, relying on Wanbang Digital Energy's (StarCharge's) efficient operating model integrating 'software + services + hardware,' its integrated PV-storage-charging-discharging total solution can convert solar energy into electricity for use by charging piles, while surplus power is stored in energy storage equipment and released at night for users. The entire power generation process produces no environmental or noise pollution; it not only meets the daily charging needs of new energy vehicle owners, but also enables new energy vehicles to truly run on new energy electricity, realizing green mobility.
Moreover, such integrated PV-storage-charging-discharging solutions can be flexibly applied to a variety of scenarios, including homes, factories, industrial parks, buildings, government facilities, and public utilities, ultimately achieving 'low-carbon' or even 'zero-carbon' operation.
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Innovation Leading the Way Toward a Low-Carbon and Beautiful Future
Previously, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology had carried out five batches of National Industrial Design Center certification, recognizing a total of 298 National Industrial Design Centers spanning sectors such as machinery manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding, light industry, textiles, electronic information, and new materials and processes. The proposed sixth batch of National Industrial Design Centers involves 118 enterprises and institutions, and Wanbang Digital Energy's inclusion among them also marks yet another high-level recognition by the country and the industry of its comprehensive capabilities in innovation, talent development, innovation achievements, economic scale, demonstrative and driving role, and public service capacity.
In the future, the Wanbang Digital Energy Industrial Design Center will continue to be guided by innovation, continuously deepening the integration of industrial design with industrial development, advancing industry-academia-research cooperation, promoting the transformation of industrial design achievements, and joining hands with upstream and downstream partners across the industrial chain to jointly drive the digital, intelligent, and green development of the new energy vehicle industry. It will provide more new energy vehicle owners with safer, more efficient, and smarter charging services, continuously improve China's energy utilization efficiency, accelerate industrial restructuring, promote energy conservation and emission reduction, speed up the achievement of the 'dual carbon' goals, and contribute StarCharge's wisdom and strength to global green, low-carbon, and sustainable development.
