Li Shufu suggested that the existing standards should be adapted to make electric vehicles and lithium battery parts comply with laws and regulations and be transported efficiently, safely and economically by railway. The special train for new energy vehicles will be opened in time to meet the needs of China automobile enterprises "going out" and the growing new energy vehicle market in Europe.
The following are the details of the proposal on revising industry standards to adapt to railway transportation of electric vehicles:
In September, 2020, China announced that it would enhance the independent contribution of the country and adopt more effective policies and measures, so as to achieve the peak of carbon dioxide emissions in 2030 and carbon neutrality in 2060. The Central Economic Work Conference also made it clear once again that it is necessary to do a good job in peak carbon dioxide emission and carbon neutrality.
Automobile industry is one of the pillar industries of China's national economy. China has clearly taken the development of new energy automobile industry as a national strategy, which is also an important way to promote green and low-carbon development. In 2020, the sales volume of new energy vehicles in China was 654.38+0.367 million, a year-on-year increase of 654.38+00.9%. With the popularization of new energy vehicles, the potential consumer market will gradually expand from first-and second-tier cities with restricted purchases to third-and fourth-tier cities without restricted purchases, with huge market potential. China Association of Automobile Manufacturers predicts that the production and sales of new energy vehicles will exceed10.8 million in 2002/0/year. With the increase in sales of new energy vehicles in overseas markets such as Europe, China's new energy vehicles are expected to gain more development opportunities overseas. In addition, major auto companies, including foreign investors and joint ventures, have positioned China as an important global production capacity export base. The rapid development of new energy vehicles is followed by a large number of cross-border logistics needs.
The opening of China-Europe train has opened up a new logistics route for automobile enterprises. However, because the current railway transportation industry standard is based on the market environment decades ago, it is strictly forbidden to transport lithium batteries, which greatly increases the transportation cost of new energy vehicles and carbon emissions generated during transportation, and affects the export of new energy vehicles (including lithium batteries) by major car companies.
China's new energy vehicles are mainly exported by sea, which has high cost and long cycle, and faces considerable uncertainty (corrosion caused by climate, line safety and harsh marine environment), and it also brings a lot of carbon emissions during transportation. Compared with sea transportation and land transportation, railway transportation has great advantages, especially in long-distance transportation, which surpasses sea transportation and land transportation in economy, stability and carbon emission. Thanks to the EU's infinitely friendly regulatory environment for railway transportation of electric vehicles, many European car companies began to choose to use railways for long-distance transportation of automobile products, including electric vehicles.
The safety of new energy vehicles is closely related to the whole industrial chain and life cycle, such as product design, manufacturing process, quality control, parts production, product use, charging and maintenance. At the critical stage of the current market growth, all major car companies regard the safety of electric vehicles as the most important index of the new energy automobile industry, and ensure the safety of electric vehicles through various technical requirements and manufacturing standards, and the safety during transportation is controllable.
Suggestion:
1. According to the product characteristics of electric vehicles, the existing standards are revised adaptively. Meet the market demand of new energy vehicles in the new development stage, make electric vehicles and lithium battery parts comply with laws and regulations, and carry out efficient, safe and economical transportation by railway, thus contributing to the domestic development of China's new energy vehicle industry and the global mainstream market development.
2. It is suggested that industry organizations and relevant government administrative departments discuss and communicate with the characteristics of new energy vehicles and the industry management requirements of railway transportation, and formulate corresponding product safety standards and transportation management regulations.
3. Considering the needs of the market and enterprises, a special train for new energy vehicles will be opened in due course to meet the needs of China automobile enterprises "going out" and the growing new energy vehicle market in Europe.