During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we must continue to tap into the truck industry's potential for pollution reduction and carbon reduction and enhance the green competitiveness of trucks.
The heavy truck charging station on Linhu Road in the western suburbs of Zhengzhou is open to the public, and more than ten heavy trucks are charging.
The transportation industry is a key area for my country to reduce pollution, reduce carbon emissions, and achieve synergy. Among them, trucks with smaller fleets and higher emissions cannot be ignored. It is understood that trucks account for only 11% of the total number of cars, but their carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and particulate matter emissions account for more than 50%, 80% and 90% of the total vehicle emissions respectively. How to reduce road freight emissions using trucks as the carrier has become the key to my country's freight industry, and even the transportation industry, to achieve the "double carbon" goal.
The "2023 China Green Freight Pioneers" forum was held in Beijing. The latest report "Green Card List China's Truck Pollution Reduction and Carbon Reduction Progress" jointly released by the Asian Clean Air Center, Tsinghua University School of Environment and the New Energy Vehicle National Big Data Alliance Research" pointed out that my country's battle against diesel truck pollution control has achieved initial results. Diesel truck pollutant emissions have continued to decline, and the development of new energy trucks has entered the fast lane. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we must continue to tap the potential of the truck industry for pollution reduction and carbon reduction and enhance the green competitiveness of trucks.
Diesel truck emission reduction results are evident
The transportation project director of Clean Air Asia said: my country has begun to gradually promote the emission reduction of freight trucks through the upgrading of new vehicle standards. During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, truck pollution and carbon reduction reached a critical development node. 11 departments including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment jointly issued the "Action Plan for the Fight against Diesel Truck Pollution Control." With the support and guidance of this plan, my country's truck pollution and carbon reduction work has achieved phased results. ”
The report shows that diesel trucks are still the main force in new truck sales, accounting for more than 90%. The number of trucks in my country increased by 20%, while nitrogen oxide and particulate matter emissions dropped by 7.5% and 6.5% respectively during the same period. . The emission levels of diesel trucks have been significantly reduced.
The upgrade of fuel consumption standards continues to reduce the fuel consumption levels of new vehicles, the increase in emission supervision, and the improvement of the emission supervision system have played an important role in promoting the reduction of pollution and carbon emissions of diesel trucks. " Thanks to the upgrade of new vehicle standards, especially the implementation of the National VI standards, the emission reduction effect of diesel trucks is more significant than before. Annual inspection and vehicle-following test data show that the nitrogen oxide emission concentration of National VI vehicles is 56-73% lower than that of National V vehicles, and the emission reduction advantage is obvious. "
A professor from the School of Environment of Tsinghua University gave accurate data. "After three years of action, nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel vehicles nationwide have been reduced by 14%, and fine particulate matter emissions have been reduced by 23%. ”
The director engineer of the Environmental Resources Institute of the Environmental Planning Institute of the Ministry of Transport pointed out that the adjustment of the transportation structure is also one of the main measures in the first phase of the battle against diesel vehicles. The Ministry of Transport makes full use of vehicle purchase tax funds to Support the adjustment of transportation structure. The national railway freight volume increased by nearly 50% compared with 2016, and the proportion of railway freight volume increased by three percentage points. The results of transportation structure adjustment are remarkable.”
New. Energy trucks have become a benchmark
On the one hand, they are promoting transformation by reducing the emissions and use of diesel trucks; on the other hand, they are accelerating the electrification of trucks and setting a new benchmark for truck development. "While effective progress has been made in reducing emissions from diesel trucks, , the new energy truck market is booming. Entering the '14th Five-Year Plan', the development of new energy trucks has pressed the accelerator button. "
The executive secretary of the National Big Data Alliance for New Energy Vehicles said that in 2022, my country's new energy industry will be accelerating. Truck sales reached 172,000 units, an increase of approximately 4.6 times compared with the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan. Among them, the sales of pure electric trucks and hydrogen fuel cell trucks reached 168,000 and 30.74 million respectively, an increase of approximately 4.5 times and 37.9 times compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan".
The report points out that my country’s truck electrification presents three major characteristics.
First, the number of cities promoting truck electrification continues to increase, second- and third-tier cities have entered the fast lane, and fourth- and fifth-tier cities have also begun to become important areas for promotion; second, the number of companies deploying new energy trucks has grown rapidly, with a variety of products and increasingly fierce competition. ; Third, the application scenarios of new energy trucks are constantly expanding, with various vehicle types covering different configurations.
Behind the rapid development of new energy trucks are favorable policies and rapid technological upgrades. "Take new energy heavy trucks as an example. From 2020 to 2022, the sales volume of new energy heavy trucks increased by 7.7 times, and the penetration rate increased from 0.2 to 7.8. In 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology launched a pilot project for the application of new energy vehicle battery swap modes. In addition, the "Hydrogen Energy Industry The promulgation of the "Medium- and Long-term Development Plan (2021-2035)" has promoted the development of battery replacement technology and hydrogen fuel cell technology, and promoted breakthroughs in self-swapping battery heavy trucks and hydrogen fuel cell heavy trucks."
Also. It affirmed the positive role of policies in promoting new energy trucks. "So far, the Ministry of Transport has released three batches of lists of cities selected for the creation of green freight distribution demonstration projects. A total of 77 cities have been selected, and the number and proportion of new energy logistics vehicles invested have increased significantly."
Looking forward to technological breakthroughs
In November 2022, the "Diesel Truck Pollution Control Action Plan" jointly issued by 15 departments including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment clearly stated that by 2025, the transportation structure, vehicle and ship structure will be clean and low-carbon Significant improvement, fuel quality continues to improve, the national diesel truck emission test pass rate exceeds 90%, the national diesel truck nitrogen oxide emissions dropped by 12%, the proportion of new energy and National VI emission standard trucks is striving to exceed 40%, and the proportion of railway freight volume An increase of 0.5 percentage points.
“In the previous emission control system, the action plan set clearer emission reduction targets. As the freight industry moves toward zero-emission cleanliness, it still needs to accelerate its transformation.” Currently, it is a link between the past and the future. During this period, how to continue to tap into the potential of the truck industry for pollution reduction and carbon reduction, expand the use scenarios of new energy vehicles, and enhance green competitiveness are key issues to be considered in the next stage. ”
Liu Shaohui, deputy director of the Green and Low-Carbon Department of the China Automotive Technology and Research Center Standards Institute, believes that technological upgrading is an important way to reduce carbon emissions for trucks. At the technical level, commercial vehicle fuel consumption still has a 12-15% reduction potential. However, in the future, to promote truck consumption reduction, we need to coordinate internal resources and collaborate with multiple departments to innovate. In addition, we need to conduct systematic consideration and targeted analysis based on the needs of different truck application scenarios and models.
It is pointed out that the truck industry needs to make continuous breakthroughs in exhaust emission control technology, energy-saving technology, and new energy technology. The strengthening of relevant environmental standards will help promote technology research and development and industrial promotion and application, and push the truck industry towards ultra-low emissions and zero emissions. Especially in the field of new energy trucks, the level of new energy in trucks is still relatively low, and there is considerable room for development in terms of market size, utilization, usage intensity, and scenario adaptability. Companies can focus on battery energy density, energy saving, and energy replenishment technologies. , enhance users’ recognition of new energy trucks