New energy passenger car enterprise suspends fuel consumption target "life and death line"

Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the Interim Measures for the Parallel Management of Enterprise Average Fuel Consumption and New Energy Vehicle Points (Draft for Comment) (hereinafter referred to as the “Measures”), proposing to produce passenger car fuel consumption and new energy passenger car production. The two objectives of the situation are assessed separately and used in combination. In response to this regulation, the dissident industry believes that once combined, the upgraded power of car companies in the energy-saving technology of traditional fuel vehicles will be greatly weakened. They believe that even if they are accounted for separately, it will not be too difficult for car companies to meet the 2020 fuel consumption target. Instead, they will increase the enthusiasm of car companies to develop traditional energy-saving technologies. In an interview with reporters, Ou Xunmin, deputy director of China Automotive Energy Research Center of Tsinghua University, said that no matter whether it is a joint venture car or a self-owned brand, the urgent awareness of energy-saving technology research and development is still lacking. The relevant departments should make up their minds to tighten the regulations. Forced to upgrade the enterprise technology.

However, in the interview process, the company did not agree with this statement. "In terms of fuel consumption regulations, independent brands are facing unprecedented severe challenges, which may be related to the survival of enterprises." Zhou Jianguang, deputy director of Dongfeng Motor Technology Center, told reporters that car companies are under great pressure on energy conservation and emission reduction.

â– Enterprises: Fuel consumption regulations are more difficult

Zhou Jianguang said frankly that according to the current product planning of the passenger vehicle sector of Dongfeng Group (including the application of advanced energy-saving technologies and the planning of new energy automobile products), the negative fuel consumption will be gradually generated in 2018, among which the self-owned brand passenger cars are in 2016. Years will produce negative points. Zhou Jianguang said that in order to achieve the four-stage fuel consumption target of passenger cars, Dongfeng Group has put all the technical applications that can be used, used and used in the whole vehicle and parts field on the planning schedule, in addition to traditional energy-saving technologies. In 2016, we will also upgrade the engine accessories and apply the technology to optimize the powertrain. Since then, the extra-cycle technology and the transmission multi-speed will be gradually implemented, and the next-generation engine of Dongfeng Motor Group is also under development.

In fact, the company facing the problem of fuel consumption is not a Dongfeng Group. Insiders of FAW Group also revealed to reporters that the traditional energy-saving and emission-reduction technology application is difficult to meet the target value of passenger car fuel consumption, which is decreasing year by year. For this reason, FAW Group is actively planning and adopting more advanced in the engine field. Electronic control technology, including VVA variable valve drive system, VVI technology and Miller cycle technology.

In addition, Zhou Jianguang also pointed out that in order to achieve the fuel consumption target of 5L/100km in 2020, the cost of products of self-owned brands will rise sharply. This regulation is simply aggravating the self-owned brands that currently have no price advantage. For example, Zhou Jianguang, for every 1% increase in fuel economy, the cost of a gasoline engine will rise by 500 yuan. With the upgrade of fuel consumption and emission regulations, the average bicycle cost of Dongfeng Group's own brand will increase by 2000~4000 yuan. It is worth noting that due to the short official release time and implementation time interval, Dongfeng Group will upgrade nearly 40 models from 2018 to 2020, which can be described as “time tight and heavy task”.

â– Experts: Energy conservation and emission reduction work should be unwavering

Shuai Shijin, secretary of the Party Committee of the Automobile Department of Tsinghua University, said in an interview with reporters that compared with foreign countries, the technical reserves and upgrade time reserved for auto companies when the relevant departments announced the relevant regulations were slightly rushed, plus China’s own brand. The automobile technology reserve base is weak, the core technology is lacking, and the difficulty of the company to deal with the four-stage fuel consumption limit has increased. However, Shuai Shijin believes that even if the impact of new energy vehicles on fuel consumption is ruled out, the current energy-saving and emission-reduction technologies that can be applied will not be a problem for vehicle companies to achieve a fuel consumption target of 5L/100km in 2020.

In this regard, Ou Xunmin pointed out sharply: "The reform of the automotive industry in the field of energy saving and emission reduction technology should be unswervingly implemented and implemented. Automobile companies can apply and promote low-resistance technology, lightweight technology or popularize miniaturized vehicles. There are many ways to deal with the tightening of fuel consumption regulations. At present, some auto companies continue to emphasize the cost and investment of technological transformation and adoption of new technologies, which shows that car companies still lack the urgent awareness of promoting energy-saving technologies. To continuously reduce fuel consumption is an important strategic task for the entire automotive industry and the whole society. It is wise to lose some market share or profits in the short term and carry out related technology upgrades in advance. He believes that even if the company "gets lucky" to achieve the passenger fuel consumption target of 2020 by combining the use of new energy vehicle credits, it will face greater challenges and difficulties during the implementation of the next phase of fuel consumption regulations.

For the cost problem raised by the car companies, Shuai Shijin stressed: "The cost increase brought by the application of new technologies is inevitable, but with the large-scale promotion of new technologies, the corresponding cost can be effectively reduced. In addition, car companies can also pass Reduce costs in other areas such as production, manufacturing, and labor to compensate for the investment in related technology development."

â–  Government, enterprises, and consumers need to work together

In July this year, the data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed that the average fuel consumption of 116 passenger vehicle companies in 2015 was 7.97L/100km. Among them, the actual fuel consumption of 89 domestic passenger car manufacturers is 7.66L/100km. Compared with 2014, the fuel consumption of passenger cars in 2015 did not fall. In addition, among the 116 passenger car companies operating in China in 2015, 31 companies did not meet the average fuel consumption in 2015, five more than in 2014. From the current situation, the automotive industry still has a long way to go to reduce fuel consumption.

Shuai Shijin pointed out that in the work of reducing the fuel consumption of passenger cars, relevant government departments, automobile companies and even consumers should shoulder corresponding responsibilities and work together. First of all, when the relevant government departments set fuel consumption targets, they should actively carry out research and discussion on the technical routes, strengthen communication and exchanges with automobile companies, and set scientific and feasible fuel consumption targets. Secondly, whether on traditional fuel vehicles. Application of energy-saving emission reduction technology, or promotion and popularization of new energy vehicles, automobile companies should strengthen energy conservation awareness, advance the layout and research work of technical routes; third, for automotive consumers, should be strengthened for energy-saving and environmentally friendly automotive products The consciousness of paying the bill. Only the joint efforts of the three parties can effectively and effectively achieve the ultimate goal of reducing energy consumption, improving national energy security and protecting the environment.

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