David Zhang
Chief Expert in New Energy @ Grand International Exhibition Co,. Ltd
About
David Zhang (张翔): A Pioneering Automotive Analyst and Innovator David Zhang, also known as Zhang Xiang (张翔), is a leading automotive analyst with over 20 years of experience across multiple sectors of the auto industry, including passenger cars, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, and auto parts. Widely recognized for his comprehensive knowledge and innovative insights, David’s career spans significant contributions in industry, academia, and media. Professional Highlights David has held key positions, including Director of the Digital Automotive International Cooperation Research Center under the World Digital Economy Forum and Research Fellow at the Research Center of Automobile Industry Innovation at North China University of Technology. Additionally, he serves as the Dean of the New Energy Vehicle Technology Research Institute at Jiangxi New Energy Technology Institute and a Visiting Professor at Huanghe Science and Technology University. Comprehensive Expertise David specializes in areas such as: Autonomous Driving and Connected Cars: Researching IVI systems, V2X, ADAS, and smart vehicle networks. Electric Vehicles: Covering market trends, supplier networks, and sustainability policies for electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles. Urban Mobility: Exploring carsharing, ridesharing, and ITS innovations. Heavy-Duty Vehicles: Addressing engineering and fleet management for trucks and buses. Corporate Governance: Building companies, strategic planning, and global partnerships. Contributions to Media and Academia David’s influence extends to media, with over 300 articles published and more than 4,000 interviews with prominent outlets like China Daily, South China Morning Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Asia Times Financial. In academia, he has guided numerous MBA and engineering students while publishing extensively on automotive advancements. A Visionary Shaping the Future of Mobility David Zhang continues to lead in fostering innovation, global collaboration, and sustainable solutions for the automotive industry. His ability to bridge research and industry sets him apart as a transformative figure in shaping the future of transportation.
China
Shanghai
Automotive
Automotive, Business Strategy, Management, Product Development, Manufacturing, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Investments, Simulations, CAD, Consulting, Business Development, Market Research, Software Development, Strategy, Negotiation, Telematics, Electric Vehicles, Navigation & Map, Industry analyst
Experience

Chief Expert in New Energy
Grand International Exhibition Co,. Ltd

Secretary General
International Intelligent Vehicle Engineering Association
Hong Kong SAR

Director of the Digital Automotive International Cooperation Research Center
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Today I was delighted to be appointed as the Director of the Digital Automotive International Cooperation Research Center at WDEF(WORLD DIGITAL ECONOMY FORUM), fulfilling my mission of providing excellent digital solutions for the automotive industry to the world.

Visiting Professor
Hubei, China
It is my honor to be appointed as a visiting professor in the automotive field at Huanggang Polytechnic College, and to give a presentation to the faculty and students of the School of Transportation. Huanggang Polytechnic College is a renowned vocational school with a long history of over 70 years, with many state-level and provincial-level skill masters, second level professors, and international experts. I will work hard and strive to contribute to the development of my hometown. On the morning of June 13th, the ceremony for renowned automotive analyst Zhang Xiang to be appointed as a visiting professor in the automotive field at Huanggang Polytechnic College was held in the conference room on the first floor of the Teacher Development Center. Vice Secretary of the Party Committee and President Jiang Anxin, issued the certificate, and the appointment ceremony was presided over by Dean Nie Jin of the School of Transportation. Liu Xuegui, Secretary of the Party Branch of the School of Transportation, attended the meeting.

External Consultant
Pieve Torina, Marches, Italy
The Polytechnic University of Turin (Italian: Politecnico di Torino) is the oldest Italian public technical university. The university offers several courses in the fields of Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning and Industrial Design, and is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Italy and in Europe. As of 2022 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings 33rd among the engineering and technology universities in the world, 31st worldwide for Mechanical Engineering, 16th for Petroleum Engineering, 28th for Architecture, 31st for Civil Engineering and 43rd for The Automotive Engineering programme at Politecnico di Torino aims to train professional gures capable of contributing to the development and management of integrated auto-vehicular systems, by applying constantly updated techniques and methodologies, both for R&D and for the management of production processes. Electrical and electronic engineering.

Dean of New Energy Vehicle Technology Research Institute
Jiangxi New Energy Technology Institute
Xinyu, Jiangxi, China
张翔院长多年来深耕新能源汽车企业管理研究,曾多次接受了央视财经频道等多家媒体的采访,分别就就新能源汽车等相关问题进行了分析与解答。此次代表行业和江西新能源科技职业学院接受采访,是该校新能源汽车研究技术和专业发展的不断取得的新突破,是对该校作为新能源专业院校的一次充分肯定。 江西新能源科技职业学院新能源汽车专业,在张翔院长等专家、学者的带领下,在学校逐年提高新能源汽车专业研究投入,和加大人才培养力度、拓宽校企合作模式,取得了更多、更新的突破,受到了广大家长和考生的青睐,为国家新能源汽车发展输送了大量人才,提供了更多智慧力量。

Visiting Professor
Huanghe Science and Technology College
Zhengzhou, Henan, China
发表论文: 新能源汽车的建模与仿真研究,第四届中国仿真技术应用大会论文集,2022/12/24 专题采访 1.黄河科技学院张翔:碳中和目标下我国氢燃料电池汽车产业发展,新能源网,2022-6-21 2.黄河科技学院教授张翔:中国燃料电池汽车产业仍处于导入期 竞争格局不明朗,北极星氢能网,2022/7/29 3.工学部客座教授张翔受邀参加第二届中国(国际)制氢、氢储运、加氢站高峰论坛,黄河科技学院工学部,2022-7-9 4.张翔:中国燃料电池汽车产业仍处于导入期,竞争格局不明朗,网易,2022-7-28 5.张翔:世界制氢工业正从灰氢到蓝转变,网易科技,2022-7-29 媒体采访 1.主播持证上岗很有必要,相关法规应尽快落地,财联社,2022/6/23 2.发了近3个月仍在“发运中” 长安奔奔E-Star陷交付危机,新京报,2022/6/24 3.25周年新起点 世界500强之一的广汽集团将走向何方,新京报,2022/6/30 4.氢能源赛道能否再造一个宁德时代?捷氢科技IPO获受理,道哥说车,2022/6/30 5.蓝海汹涌 河南车企如何突出重围-全国多省份提出大力发展新能源产业,大河网,2022/7/1, 6.缺芯少锂 汽车产业如何解开困局-2021年以来全球汽车行业面临“缺芯少锂”,大河网,2022/7/1, 7.重庆车展观察:多款重磅车型登陆 消费市场购车热情高涨,新京报,2022-7-2 8.月均亏损1亿的岚图挂牌增资 财务有望改善,市场化运作意图明显,道哥说车,2022/8/3 9.特斯拉7月销量环比腰斩 5万台车真的“凭空消失”了?道哥说车,2022/8/10 10.利好政策一波接一波 自动驾驶企业回血的机会来了?道哥说车,2022/8/16 11.广汽集团启动自主电池项目 曾庆洪是真不想给“宁德时代”打工,道哥说车,2022/8/26 12.理想汽车高管多次减持套现上亿背后:亏损扩大负面缠身,凤凰网,2022/9/16 13.全国二手车市场零公里二手车随处可见,河北交通广播,2022/9/17 14.理想汽车高管多次减持套现上亿元背后:增收不增利、亏损扩大、负面缠身,凤凰网财经,2022/9/16 16.上半年谁是挖金能手? 汽车观察,2022/9/21 视频采访 1.车企纷纷跨界卖保险!宝马、奔驰、特斯拉已入局,传统险企“不慌”?,BRTV北京时间财经,2022/9/16 2.95号汽油或重回8元时代##专家称95号汽油重回8元时代非常合理,2022/9/21 3.ST曙光实控人张秀根被批捕##ST曙光复牌首日再度涨停,2022/9/21 4.丰田等宣布退出俄罗斯 专家:中国车企进入多年 机会大于挑战,浙江日报天目新闻,2022/9/21 5.专家:中国车企进入多年 机会大于挑战,2022/9/29 英文采访 1.专家:中国汽车市场前景广阔,中国日报,2022/9/13 2.Auto market expects to rev up sales going ahead,2022/9/13 3.Broader US chips export curb to propel Chinese replacement in autonomous driving: experts-US intends to keep China at lower end of industrial chain forever: official,环球时报,2022/9/13 4.Chinese cities race to experiment autonomous driving, ready to accelerate commercial use,2022/9/18 5.Beijing to accelerate deployment of methanol vehicles under carbon-neutral drive,南华早报,2022/9/20 会议演讲 1、碳中和目标下我国氢燃料电池汽车产业发展,第二届中国(国际)制氢、氢储运、加氢站及配套设备大会,杭州店,2022/7/5-6 2、全球新能源汽车动力电池技术路线最新进展,AEE2022合肥新能源动力电池产业大会,2022/8/19-20 校园演讲: 1、2022年10月22日,参加工学部举办学术讲座,主讲“2022年新能源汽车行业最新技术发展趋势”,车辆工程、汽车服务工程相关专业的学生聆听。 2、2018年,参加在交通学院学术报告厅举办的“豫见蓝天 万人签名仪式暨新能源汽车产业发展论坛”活动,发表演讲《中国新能源汽车市场与美国欧洲日本有什么区别?》。 指导课题 1.纯电动汽车动力性能的仿真与优化 2.新能源汽车充电桩的运营和管理(运用Qt设计HMI界面)

Research Fellow and MBA Master's Supervisor
Beijing, China
I was awarded as the Research Follow at Research Center of Automobile Industry Innovation of North China University of Technology at Jan 2021. I am responsible for writing the chapter of Robotaxi in the Annual Report in the book of Development of Shared Mobility in China(2020-2021), which is belong to the series of Blue Book of Sharing Economy. The new book was published by the Social Sciences Academic Press (China). The press conference was held at Hefei on June 12, 2021 during the three days event of CABF2021 (China Automobile Blue book Forum).

Automotive Expert of GLG
Shanghai, China
The list of my speech: 1, The Development Trend of ADAS Smart Chip, Jan 7, 2020 2, The latest progress and development trend of Internet of vehicles, June 10, 2020 3, The Round Table of Goldman Sachs Virtual China Conference, Nov 3, 2020 4, Development trend of cross border car making in China, June 23, 2021
Education

Marine Engineering
Publication 1, Study on training simulator system based on personal computer platform, Mar 1999, Wuhan University of Transportation journal 2,Technology of Development of Visual Controls in Training Simulator System, Sep 1999, Study and Explore of China Transportation, People Transportation Publishing House 3, Application of training simulator in dredging industry, Feb 2000, Theory and Study of China Reform and Opening, China Culture Union Publishing House 4, Modeling Technology of dredging training simulator, Feb 2000, Transportation and Computer(http://www.jtxa.net) 5, State-of-art of training simulator system, Jul 29, 2000, Modern Computer(http://www.zgqkwh.com/) 6, A Dredging Process Simulator for Training Application, Apr 27, 2001, Proceedings of The XVIth World Dredging Congress, Volume I,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.(http://www.woda.org/) 7, Research and development of dredging training simulator, May 27, 2001,Science and technology in Transportation(http://www.zgzzsl.com/)

Mechanical Engineering
Publication 1, Design and Implementation of Computer Aided Pylon Lofting System, Mar 1996, Transportation and Computer 2, Study on oriented object programming mechanical CAD method, Apr 1996 Wuhan University of Transportation journal 3, Design the Function of Analyze of Physical Characteristic by AME Software, Jul 1996 China Mechanical Engineering Master dissertation Design and Implementation of Computer Aided Pylon Lofting System. Abstract This dissertation introduces the research of Computer Aided Pylon Lofting System, Which is a subsystem of Oriented Cooperated Design and Intellectualized Engineering Drawing Base Management System (Project No.96290117) supported by the Hubei Province ninth-five-year key project and developed by joint efforts of Wuhan Transportation University, Hubei Province Electric Power Bureau and Wuhan Pylon Plant.
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