The 62nd Hanover Commercial Vehicle Show reflected a clear trend. European passenger and truck manufacturers have focused their attention on hybrid technology. They believe that hybrid power is the latest energy-saving emission reduction solution from the market. In other words, hybrid buses and trucks have the least incremental cost and can reach the production target first. The reporter noticed that German Mercedes-Benz and Mann, Swedish Volvo, Japanese Nissan, and Polish Solaris exhibited hybrid models.
Hybrid products compete to debut
Mercedes-Benz booths can be described with great momentum. They opened the 14th Hall and the 15th Hall and exhibited dozens of trucks, buses and special vehicles. Only a dozen models of hybrid vehicles were on display. Among them, the hybrid truck AXOR for long-distance transport attracts attention. It uses a parallel approach, the vehicle weight only increased by 155 kg, according to different road conditions and driving habits can achieve 4% to 10% of the effect of fuel economy. In the open-air exhibition, Mercedes-Benz also exhibited hybrid buses. Mercedes-Benz officials told reporters that in the near future, they will also launch hybrid passenger cars for the passenger market.
Volvo Trucks exhibited the first heavy-duty hybrid garbage truck, the VolvoFE Hybrid. The car debuted in April this year and was tested in Sweden by two garbage collection companies, which can save 20% of fuel and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The on-site staff said that the hybrid garbage truck is completely free from exhaust emissions and noise when it is driven by an electric motor. This is very important for garbage trucks because they usually work early in the construction-intensive area.
Mann and Solaris exhibited hybrid buses and Nissan exhibited hybrid light trucks.
Where should China go from here?
European passenger car and truck manufacturers have focused energy-saving and emission-reduction technologies on hybrid power. What about China? This is the most direct question of the Chinese audience at each location in the exhibition.
The reporter saw Wang Jian, a professor at the Jiaotong University School of Transportation at the ZF booth. He told reporters: "Our government and companies should rethink the path of new energy technologies for commercial vehicles. There is no doubt that pure electric vehicles have better energy-saving and emission-reduction effects than hybrid vehicles, but they are important in battery technology. Before the breakthrough, hybrid technology was closer to the market. The key is that hybrid technology has the least incremental cost and is easy for consumers to accept.â€
“There is nothing wrong with the development of electric vehicles. We must continue to carry it out. At the same time, the pace of developing hybrid technologies cannot slow down. There is always a saying in China that we are lagging behind in traditional internal combustion engines, and new energy vehicles will It is our chance to catch up and surpass and we must not let go. Now that European commercial vehicle companies have accelerated their progress in hybrid technology, we must not lag behind,†said a Chinese expert who declined to be named to express his views to reporters.
The reporter saw Sun Jinming, director of the technical department of Zhongtong Bus at the exhibition. He told reporters that the biggest problem that Zhongtong pure electric buses are currently encountering is that there is a conflict between the huge weight of the battery and the carrying capacity of the chassis. Rainer Klemm, global vice president of the ZF A-AXLE system, believes that if the battery is too heavy, passenger capacity will be reduced. A pure electric vehicle that cannot pull many people and can not run too far, it is difficult to get the market's approval.
Xu Xiangdong, deputy general manager of Grand Dragon, told reporters that they have been engaged in research and development of new energy buses in recent years, and their eyes are not limited to pure electric buses.
The reporter noted that there are many Chinese commercial vehicles and parts companies visiting the Hanover Motor Show. It is believed that each company will make its own judgments and choices after learning about the latest developments in the European market of commercial vehicle technology. In this regard, we will continue to pay attention and conduct follow-up reports.
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