The diesel vehicle IV emission standard will be implemented in October

It is understood that the National IV emission standard of commercial vehicles (especially diesel vehicles) originally scheduled to be implemented on January 1 last year was postponed to July 1 this year. However, due to a number of actual conditions at the current stage, the above policy was once again frustrated, and it was forced to “put pigeons”—it was postponed until October this year. Then, what are the practical obstacles to the implementation of the IV emission standards for diesel vehicles and what are the problems faced by local distributors?

[policy background]

"Delayed" has become a sign action

Recently, the diesel vehicle IV emission standard (hereinafter referred to as "Diesel IV") has become a hot topic in the automotive industry. In fact, in recent years, the diesel IV has been "fry" by the domestic media many times. It is understood that the implementation of the Diesel IV has been a bumpy and ups and downs. The implementation time of the emission standard can be traced back to January 1, 2011, postponed to January 1, 2012, and later postponed to July 1, 2013. According to the latest report of the Southern Capital Daily, the implementation time of the diesel country IV in the Zhongshan area will be postponed to October 1 this year. A local commercial vehicle dealer said to this, looking back over the past few years, "delayed" has become the sign of the implementation of the diesel country IV, "Although each premonition will postpone the implementation, but every time will be uneasy, if it is really implemented What do we need to do about the implementation of Diesel IV?

[Market Scan]

Race against time to clear the inventory of the National III diesel vehicle

It is understood that as early as in early June of this year, Zhongshan City Public Security Traffic Police Detachment Vehicle Administration Bureau and the Environmental Protection Agency and other relevant departments have called local commercial vehicle dealers to discuss matters concerning diesel IV. In the end, the parties reached a consensus that due to the immature conditions for the implementation of the diesel country IV at this stage, the vehicle management agency can record the dealer’s existing inventory of diesel goods vehicles (Reporter's Note: All of China III emission standards). You can apply for a card business before October 1st of this year. The manager of the Qingling Motor Zhongshan dealer said that there is an existing record, so there will be no situation in the past (see below) price cuts to the outside, until sold out.

The postponement of the implementation of the Diesel IV has given the above distributors a sigh of relief, but what lay before them was a backlog of inventories. According to local industry sources, July, August and September of each year belong to the off-season sales of commercial vehicles. Whether they can quickly clear inventory depends on the “inventory depth”. At present, mainstream commercial vehicle brands such as Qingling, Jiangling and Jianghuai Automobile have approximately 500 inventories, approximately 200 vehicles, and 200 vehicles. Dong, manager of the Jianghuai Automobile Zhongshan Chunjie Store, said that as early as in 2008, the domestic diesel vehicle emission standards were upgraded from State II to State III. Distributors learned the news a few days before the implementation of the policy, leaving no room for their transition. Time, almost all commercial vehicle dealers are caught off guard, "At that time our store backlog of more than 100 inventory goods vehicles (ie, the National II emission standard diesel cars), can only be coordinated through the manufacturer or want to wipe out all over the country, the price is not Words, and have to find their own logistics channels to digest."

Due to the delay in implementation of the policy, most commercial vehicle dealers (Reporter's Note: Excluding commercial vehicle brands selling gasoline models, the same hereinafter) said that this buffering time is relatively abundant, and it was necessary to empty the hoarded National III emission standard diesel before the official implementation of the policy. "Commodity vehicles," should not be a problem, the key question is how to do after October?

[topic discussion]

Price: National IV Technical Costs Cause Product Prices to “rise”

In the face of emission standards upgrades, not every dealer can successfully pass. According to Nandu reporters, the upgrade of emission standards involves the installation of related environmental protection equipment, and the cost of related equipment is passed on to consumers in the market. According to local industry sources, prior to the implementation of the diesel vehicle country III emission standard, the annual sales of a certain steam Hongta dealership, originally located in the Shalang section of National Highway 105, had exceeded 600 vehicles, but later due to the installation of environmental protection equipment, the price of the product was “ The rise in water prices (approximately 8,000 yuan per unit) has led to a rapid decline in sales and eventually closed down. "Although it is a case, it has also sounded alarm bells for other brand dealers."

The emission standards have been upgraded from State III to State IV, and they are also facing increasing technical costs. Dong Manager of Jianghuai Automobile Zhongshan Junjie Store told Nandu that the brand manufacturers already have the ability to produce diesel models that meet the national IV emission standards, but the cost of bicycles will increase by 4000 to 6,000 yuan. “Not just our brand, other Competitors will also face the problem of rising costs. Each upgrade of the emission standard means a new round of price increase, which will undoubtedly bring greater pressure for the distributors to survive.

Supporting: Absence of oil and urea addition stations

“If I haven’t learned to go, I want to run?” For the implementation of domestic diesel IV, the head of a local commercial vehicle dealer bluntly stated that when the diesel emission standard III was implemented in that year, many domestic places did not even meet the national III standard. The supply of diesel fuel in some remote areas still sells diesel fuel of the State II standard. "This is a typical 'great leap forward' development idea. Is it even more ironic than this?" According to a reporter from Nandu, he learned to understand that in diesel vehicles At the beginning of the implementation of the National III emission standards, most commercial vehicle dealers in Zhongshan had encountered the problem of “oil and technology mismatch”. The head of a local commercial vehicle dealer told Nandu that there was no national III diesel in Zhongshan or remote areas. Supply (there are cases where the owner added the wrong oil) caused the vehicle to malfunction. In order to appease consumer sentiment, manufacturers and dealers had to install special equipment for the vehicle to reduce the failure rate, but also weakened the performance of the vehicle. “There is still no IV diesel supply available at the moment. Can we dare to sell it? If there is a sale in Guangdong, Guangxi or remote areas will only Can Canada III diesel, then what should I do?"

It is understood that domestic diesel truck manufacturers in the country are upgrading their IV diesel vehicles. They usually use SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) technology, which uses urea solutions to treat the nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas. Diesel vehicles that meet the national IV emission standards need to be regularly Supplement urea (vehicle installed urea tank), but currently there is no special urea addition station in China.