Development and Reform Commission: China Considers Implementing a More Strict Fuel Consumption New Deal

The U.S. government has recently introduced new rules for the average fuel consumption of automobiles: By 2025, the average fuel consumption per 100 kilometers will be less than 4.3 liters. Coincidentally, Li Gang, Director of the Equipment Division of the Industry Coordination Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that the country is also considering implementing a more stringent new policy on fuel consumption.

According to reports, the average fuel consumption system for auto companies that aims to “promote the importance of energy conservation and emissions reduction from the source” is expected to be established. This indicates that the “Method and Indicators for Evaluation of Fuel Consumption of Passenger Vehicles (Phase III)” announced in November last year (hereinafter referred to as the “third phase fuel consumption limit”) will be officially launched soon. However, due to the large number of stakeholders involved in this new fuel consumption limit standard, and the large increase in standards, coupled with the re-establishment of the assessment system, the announcement has attracted the attention of all parties, support, opposition and complaints. Miscellaneous among them. In particular, some people believe that the current implementation of new fuel limits will be a cruel blow to self-owned brands.

According to the latest survey conducted by Gasgoo.com for one week, the opponent’s opponents are in the face of the average fuel consumption system of the model to be launched. 40% of people believe that the contradiction between domestic energy, environment, and the excessively high fuel consumption emissions of automobiles is becoming increasingly fierce. The introduction of the “third stage fuel consumption limit” is in line with the national conditions; however, 35% of people believe that no one car company can achieve The standards proposed by the New Deal, its introduction deviated from the basic national conditions; another 25% of people are worried that some companies will adopt opportunistic policies to deal with the new system of assessment, so as to make it lose its usefulness, it is difficult to determine the current launch Is this new rule the best time?

According to the data disclosed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in the first five months of this year, China’s crude oil dependence on foreign countries reached 55.2%, which exceeded the United States’ 53.5%. The excessive domestic consumption of petroleum also urges us to control the consumption of cars and vigorously promote new energy vehicles to alleviate the impending national energy crisis. Director Li Gang used this description to express the country’s determination to implement the new standard: “Restriction on the purchase of Chinese cars will not cause death, but energy will drown Chinese cars.”

The implementation of the new standard is imperative, but some concerns have to be addressed. Some industry insiders generally have such worries that after the implementation of the New Deal, there will be unclear details such as supervision, spot checks, etc., and auto companies will go through loopholes to get through and pass through, leading to a situation where the impact of the New Deal is greatly reduced. Therefore, the most fundamental thing is still to rely on detailed checks and supervision and other measures, and strictly enforce them. For example, if a car company chooses the best car in the same batch for testing during the fuel consumption test, it will not perform testing according to the requirements of the road segment, but will report it at a constant speed fuel consumption of 90 kilometers per hour; even some car companies will be on the spot. Change the engine calibration to reduce fuel consumption and so on. Therefore, the stricter assessment and supervision system is the key to the implementation of stricter fuel limits.