The Jianghuai Marshal Ahn in the first half of the year has probably been a mixed blessing. The joy is that the engine joint venture between JAC and Navistar has been approved by the NDRC at the end of June. The concern is that the introduction of Navistar diesel engine technology may be a Mainstream."
On June 25, the first working day after the Dragon Boat Festival, a phone call from JAC chairman and general manager An Jin made the JAC office staff who had just returned from the holidays busy.
They began to translate news on foreign websites and contacted an American company's staff in China. This all came from a piece of paper on the other side of the ocean.
What kind of judgment will affect JAC's sensitive nerves? The reason is that the engine cooperation project between Jianghuai and Navistar has just been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, and there must be no mistake in order to be put into production smoothly.
Cases across the Atlantic In mid-June, Navistar, using EGR technology, was brought to court for failing to meet the EPA 2010 EPA 2010 emissions standards. At the beginning of the implementation of the EPA 2010 emission standards, the US Environmental Protection Agency believed that Navistar could continue to sell its engines, but this approach was met with strong opposition from Daimler, Volvo, and other truck giants using SCR technology. To this end, these companies filed joint appeals.
It is understood that the EPA2010 regulation is an environmental protection measure implemented by the US Environmental Protection Agency as of January 1, 2010, and is currently the most stringent emission regulation in the world. In response to the implementation of this standard, manufacturers of heavy-duty diesel vehicles (over 3.5 tons) in the US market have adopted two technical routes: advanced exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and selective catalytic reduction (SCR). This time, Daimler and Volvo, representatives of SCR technology, pushed the EGR technology defender Navistar to the edge of the cliff.
Before the court’s verdict, the US EPA began to impose fines on Navistar, but it did not ban its sales of engines. Patrick Sabano, vice president of government relations at Navistar, said that Navistar paid for the EPA-related use fees and insisted on some of the original engine design.
In spite of this, after the EPA2010 was announced, its heavy dust particles emitted by heavy engines failed to meet the standards, and the EPD imposed a fine.
Even media sources who support the elimination of EGR technology pointed out: "The EPD's efforts to rescue a lone manufacturer are foolish choices."
This time, Navistar's competitors are not satisfied with the EPA's fines and directly appeal to the court. The final court ruled that the EPA's decision to revoke Navistar’s sales of engines using EGR technology was forbidden.
In an attempt to salvage the fact, the disagreement between the SCR and EGR routes has been heated up since 2010. At the time, Navistar insisted that the upgraded version of the EGR engine had a clear price advantage. In contrast, engines that use SCR technology to achieve this standard are about $2,000 more expensive.
However, under the pressure of emissions, in 2008, Cummins, who had insisted on the EGR route, had already abandoned the SGR route and introduced SCR technology in order to win large clients such as Daimler and Volvo. At this point, Navier reached the sole keeper of US EGR technology.
In this regard, Lin Tiejian, Ph.D. of the Guangxi Yuchai Engineering Research Institute believes that “for a long time to come, the sulphur content of diesel will be the most important factor influencing the selection of emission control technology routes. SCR catalyst is an exhaust aftertreatment system. The most reliable system."
However, the outcome of this technical route dispute has not yet been finalized. On the day of the deadline, the reporter learned from the staff of a heavy-duty engine company in the United States that Navistar had already protested the verdict and sent its engine to the EPA to test whether the discharge was up to standard and tried to recover the case.
A verdict that EPA is drafting shows that Navistar still has emission credits and can continue to produce engines in the short term. Navistar said in a written statement: "Although this is a case initiated by the EPA and company competitors, we disagree with the court's decision and demand a retrial."
In addition, Navistar also stated: "The company will continue to manufacture ship engines, and customers will continue to receive product and EPA-certified engine supplies."
Chinese partner Jianghuai "shocked"
This lawsuit in the United States is enough to make JAC senior officials pay attention, but what really stimulates Amgen is the diesel IV standard that will be implemented next year.
On January 10 this year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection issued an announcement requiring all localities to strictly implement the National IV standard for gasoline vehicles. However, due to insufficient supply of diesel fuel in line with the standards, the final time point for implementing national IV standards for diesel vehicles across the country is 2013. month. This means that the upgrading of heavy trucks using diesel engine emission standards has become a reality that has to be faced.
"SCR is the best choice for the current State IV heavy duty diesel engine." Lin Tiejian believes.
At present, there has been a one-sided situation in the selection of heavy-duty diesel engines in China. China National Heavy Duty Truck, which has launched the EGRDPF IV engine, has also formally released the national IV technical route, that is, on the basis of common rail, it adopts SCR to carry out post-treatment of exhaust gas to meet the national IV emission standard.
Similarly, relevant people in Weichai and Shangchai also indicated that their national IV emission control technology route will also adopt the high pressure common rail + SCR line.
If the new engine project is Navistar's EGR technology, this means that it becomes the "non-mainstream" of the National IV standard.
A few days ago, reporters learned from Jianghuai that Navistar’s suspicion to dispel Jianghuai was given that Navistar also has SCR’s technical reserves. However, the transition from EGR to SCR is really as simple as that? The reporter learned from an American truck company person that there is a big difference between SCR and EGR. In particular, the need to add production equipment will increase production costs.
On September 16, 2010, Navistar entered into an engine joint venture agreement with JAC Motors. Navistar's Maxxforce engine brand was officially named "Masfo" and it was intended to be happy. It was placed on Navistar. The Group’s determination and hope to open up the commercial vehicle market in China. On April 24, 2012, Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co., Ltd. and Navistar Motor Company formally signed the Letter of Intent for the Related Projects of Jianghuai Automobile-Navistar Deepening Cooperation at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show. Recently, this project has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, and the new National IV standard will be the first level to test this engine project.
How Navistar will win and defeat in the United States’ technical route will, to a certain extent, also affect its future direction in China.
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