A high percentage of methanol cars enter Shanghai, Shanxi, Shanxi and Shanghai taxis or start up

The pilot work on the industrialization of methanol vehicles has made progress recently: The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on the 28th that it will carry out trials of methanol cars in Shanghai, Shanxi, and Shanxi. This is the year after the beginning of last year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology appointed Shanghai Maple, Chery, FAW Jingyu as a high proportion of methanol gasoline vehicle production enterprises, and in the above-mentioned three places to start M85 and M100 methanol gasoline pilot, it is clearly proposed to carry out a high proportion of methanol car related standards system Pilot work.

The person in charge of the above-mentioned Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that the trials in the three places will be promoted in accordance with the principles of “restricted geographical area, limited fuel, limited use of vehicles”, and after 2 to 3 years, the reliability, economy, safety and environmental protection of high-proportion methanol vehicles will be completed. And other evaluation work, the establishment of methanol-related standards system, proposed a high proportion of methanol automobile related supporting infrastructure transformation and management of industrial policy recommendations.

The Securities Times reporter learned that yesterday, Shanghai-related companies had held a meeting on the "Exhaust Emission Test of Methanol Fuel Refuelling with Vehicles" on the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. A participant revealed to reporters that the technical documents concerning the production of high-proportion methanol vehicles have been clearly published in the documents issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), involving two technical indicators of methanol-diesel combined combustion and methanol-gasoline combusted combustion.

The person also stated that the advancement of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to promote the high proportion of methanol vehicles has not made much progress. It is not a technical issue, but is due to the consideration of the national energy strategy. In the pilot principle, the fuel will be dominated by a high ratio of M85 (adding 85% methanol to mix) and M100 (pure methanol fuel).

In the past few years, in the process of popularizing methanol cars around the country, the reality of the shortage of filling stations has frequently been encountered, and the trials in three places, especially in Shanghai, are no exception. In response, Zhang Youguo, chief of the Shanghai Coking Co., Ltd., told the Securities Times reporter that the Shanghai Economic and Information Technology Commission has coordinated the relevant work in recent days. The methanol fuel in the Shanghai area will be designated as coking production in Shanghai. The demonstration filling station will also be approved. .

In addition, the pilot work will be promoted according to the principle of “restricted use of vehicles”, and there are industry insiders who interpret it to reporters: First, they must meet the technical conditions of the vehicles announced, and second, the number of limited pilot vehicles. As far as the Shanghai area is concerned, it is highly probable that the pilot will begin with the conversion of taxis and gradually expand the production of vehicles.

Zhang Youguo believes that methanol is a clean alternative energy source, but what is more important is that methanol takes the coal-based production route and has the advantage of raw materials. Some coal-to-methanol projects can even recover 70% of carbon dioxide emissions. The experimental data show that if M100 fuel is used for taxis, the fuel cost can be reduced from 0.8 yuan/km to 0.55 yuan/km, with a drop of more than 30%. The price of 1 litre of gasoline is equivalent to 1.6 liters of methanol, and the latter has obvious economic advantages and comprehensive emissions. Carcinogens are 20% of gasoline and diesel.

Zhang Youguo told reporters that at the current stage, domestic diesel supply is more in short supply than gasoline, alternative technologies are more difficult, and emission problems are more difficult to solve, and methanol fuel can solve the problem of diesel emissions. “Alternative diesel is more practical than alternative gasoline”.

According to report, the provinces including Shanxi, Shaanxi, Guizhou and Hebei provinces have already started the promotion of M15 methanol gasoline and automobile refitting work. Among them, Shanxi relies on FAW Jingyu Automobile Factory to restructure and produce about 50,000 methanol cars. Ranked in the forefront of the country, exceeding the total number of taxis in Shanghai and other provinces and cities. This means that the development of methanol cars in other cities is equally huge.