/PRZWT/On March 5th, at the second-generation Blade Battery and Flash Charging Technology launch event held by BYD, the Tang Peng Z9GT was officially launched with a starting price of 269,800 yuan. When the industry's attention was focused on the data of "pure electric range of 1,036 kilometers" and "charging for 5 minutes increases range by 500 kilometers", another detail caused a deeper shock within the automotive engineering circle: This sport coupé sedan, positioned as a "technology performance flagship GT", is equipped with carbon ceramic brake discs as a standard feature across all models in the 300,000 yuan market - a "luxurious configuration" that previously only belonged to supercars in the million-dollar category. And the support for this configuration to be implemented is a Chinese local enterprise: Shandong Daopian Brake Materials Co., Ltd. (English name: STOPART).
Dopuan: The Technological Transfer from "Large Aircraft" to "High-Performance Vehicles"
Carbon ceramic brake discs, due to their extremely high temperature stability, anti-thermal degradation capability and lightweight feature, have long been monopolized by a few international suppliers such as those from Germany. They are the "status symbol" of super sports cars worth millions. The fact that the Tangshen Z9GT can offer this configuration as a standard feature in the 300,000 yuan market is inseparable from the technical support of Daopian.
It is understood that Daopu 'an is a high-tech enterprise deeply engaged in the field of carbon/ceramic composite materials. It has obtained the quality management system certification for aerospace and automotive vehicles, and its products have been adapted to the braking systems of civil airliners such as Airbus and Boeing. From providing brake discs for large aircraft to supplying components for top supercars， and now helping the Tangde Z9GT bring carbon ceramic brakes to the 300，000-yuan market， Daopian has followed a path of "technology penetration".
Carbon ceramic brakes: Not only a "luxury item", but also a "safety component"
On the Tangde Z9GT, the carbon ceramic brake discs combined with six-piston calipers form the "golden braking combination". Even under high-temperature conditions above 800 degrees, they can maintain a stable friction coefficient and prevent thermal attenuation. At the same time, its weight is only about one-third of that of the cast iron discs of the same size, significantly reducing the sprung mass and improving the suspension response speed and handling accuracy.
"Every 1 kilogram reduction in the unsprung mass has the same effect as a 10-15 kilogram reduction in the sprung mass." This lightweight advantage not only makes the steering of the Tang 9 GT more precise in continuous turns, but also provides a more sensitive chassis foundation for the "Easy Three Parties" platform to achieve advanced functions such as unmanned intelligent drifting.
A thousand fierce beasts require the confidence to "control and adjust flexibly"
The all-new Tang Sheng Z9GT is built on the Easy Third Party Vehicle Intelligent Control Technology Platform. Its zero-to-hundred acceleration time is only 2.7 seconds, and it has joined the "2-second Club" along with models such as Porsche Taycan Turbo and Ferrari 849. However, as the vehicle's power surges to the thousand-horsepower level, its curb weight also increases accordingly. The risk of thermal decay for traditional braking systems has increased exponentially.
Against this backdrop, the Tengshi Z9GT chose to collaborate with Daopian and incorporated the carbon ceramic braking system as the core guarantee for "energy control". Some industry observers pointed out that the reason why the Tengshi Z9GT was willing to challenge extreme control functions such as high-precision unmanned intelligent drift was that this carbon ceramic braking system provided the "smooth control" confidence that was indispensable.
The implementation of carbon ceramic brakes as a standard feature in the Tangde Z9GT represents a collective rise of the Chinese automotive industry chain. As an industry insider put it: "When the Chinese industry chain breaks through a certain field, that field no longer remains a luxury item." In this once "exclusive" niche market of carbon ceramic brakes, the story of Chinese manufacturing has just begun.
