China's Energy External Dependence Predicts Automotive Energy Savings
December 06, 2022
In 2013, the scale of China's automobile production and sales both exceeded the 20 million mark, and the number of cars reached a record high of 137 million. The sharp increase in car ownership has led to a sharp increase in the proportion of vehicle energy consumption. China’s automobile energy crisis has caused Not alarmist.
According to statistics, the proportion of gasoline, diesel and diesel used in auto consumption in the country has reached about 55% of the total consumption of gasoline and diesel, and more than 70% of the newly added oil consumption is consumed by new cars. The dependence on crude oil imports in China is as high as 57.8% (2012 data). With an average annual increase of 20 million cars per year, the dependence on crude oil imports will exceed 70%, and the rapid expansion of automobile production and sales volume and ownership has threatened. National energy security.
What is more serious is that since international crude oil prices have been affected by the global economy, especially the weak economy in Europe, they have not risen in recent years. Under the pricing mechanism of domestic oil prices and international standards, China’s auto energy demand has been extremely long, but fuel prices are also high. Has not risen sharply. There is no pressure from the owners to use the cost, leading to high sales of SUVs and luxury cars with high fuel consumption in recent years, which further aggravated the energy crisis in China.
Racing against time, reducing the car's fuel consumption becomes very urgent. For newly added vehicles, encouraging energy-saving consumption at the consumer end, production requirements for the average fuel consumption of automobile enterprises are the two main lines of government policies in the past few years. In fact, as early as 2009, China had already introduced subsidies for energy-saving and new energy vehicles. However, due to the low initial barriers to entry and the poor energy efficiency, the threshold for subsequent energy-saving subsidies was 6.9 L/100 km. , gradually increased to the current 5.9L / 100 km.
In the face of increasingly tightening automotive energy-saving policies, auto and parts manufacturers are constantly introducing their own technical solutions. Different energy-saving technologies such as engine miniaturization, start-stop system, turbocharger, and hybrid power have all appeared, but who will become the mainstream? What kind of rhythm will it take? One of the sub-topics of the upcoming Automotive Industry Development Forward-looking Summit Forum in Beijing in April will be discussed around energy conservation, discussing how auto companies and parts and components companies can stay ahead of the competition and sustainable development of the Chinese automotive industry. road.