New energy vehicles replace fuel vehicles, are we ready？

　　Original title: New energy vehicles replace fuel vehicles, are we ready?

　　On February 14 local time, the European Parliament voted 340 votes in favor, 279 votes against, and 21 abstentions in Strasbourg to approve the "Zero Emission Agreement for New Fuel Cars and Small Trucks in Europe in 2035" reached by the European Commission and the European Council. After that, the agreement will be submitted to the European Council for adoption and final implementation. It is understood that the goal of the agreement is to stop the sale of new fuel cars and small trucks in the 27 countries of the European Union in 2035. According to the 15-year service life of ordinary household light vehicles, this ban will ensure that the European Union will achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

　　The future complete ban on the sale of fuel vehicles in the European Union is a long-planned and huge plan for environmental protection. In our country, the relevant discussions on establishing a ban on the sale of fuel vehicles have not stopped in the past few years. Under the severe situation of global warming, the development of new energy vehicles is the general trend under the reality that the natural reserves of fossil energy required for fuel vehicles will be exhausted within a hundred years. In recent years, our country’s government has launched a package of policies from multiple levels to actively encourage people to choose to consume new energy vehicles. The latest statistics released by the Ministry of Public Security in January this year show that the number of new energy vehicles in our country reached 13.10 million, accounting for 4.10% of the total number of vehicles, an increase of 67.13% year-on-year, showing a high-speed growth trend. Among them, the number of pure electric vehicles 10.45 million, accounting for 79.78% of the total number of new energy vehicles.

　　In the future, new energy vehicles will gradually replace fuel vehicles and become the mainstream choice for people’s car travel. This time, the European Parliament has clarified the European Union’s fuel vehicle ban schedule, which will also affect the long-term setting of the fuel vehicle ban schedule in our country to a certain extent. At this moment, we have to ask the question again: Are we ready to welcome new energy vehicles to replace fuel vehicles?

　　As the above data shows, the current new energy vehicles in our country are mainly pure electric vehicles, and these pure electric new energy vehicles almost all choose lithium-ion power batteries as energy supply. In recent years, in the social news related to the consumption of new energy vehicles, the problem of the significant reduction in the cruising range of vehicles in winter caused by the characteristics of lithium-ion power batteries continues to attract attention. Our country has a vast territory and a large range of areas with temperatures below 0 ° C in autumn and winter. With more and more new energy vehicles, winter battery life anxiety will be an important factor affecting the popularization and promotion of new energy vehicles.

　　The adequacy of charging piles is another important factor affecting the popularity of new energy vehicles. Fuel vehicles need to be refueled, and new energy vehicles need to be charged. The refueling process of fuel vehicles only takes a few minutes, while the charging of new energy vehicles takes hours. With the gradual popularization of new energy vehicles, charging piles should be included in urban infrastructure buildings to ensure that the number of charging piles matches the number of new energy vehicles in the city, and to achieve universal charging sockets and fast charging protocols. The reality is that it is difficult for charging piles to enter the community, and there is a contradiction in peak demand for charging piles in public areas. Especially the difficulty of charging in expressway service areas has led many consumers to define new energy vehicles as urban commuter vehicles.

　　The above problems are the most common and prominent problems in the popularization and development of new energy vehicles in recent years. In addition, the frequent spontaneous combustion incidents of new energy vehicles and the emergence of new car-making forces brought about by the low threshold of the industry have always affected consumers’ judgment and choice of new energy vehicles, causing some consumers to worry about the overall quality of new energy vehicles and other issues.

　The European Parliament’s approval of a comprehensive ban on the sale of fuel vehicles is considered a historic decision by the outside world. As a landmark product of the second industrial revolution, the internal combustion engine has become the choice of engines for automobiles and other means of transportation, and has promoted the development of oil extraction, petrochemical and other fields and industries. The automobile manufacturing industry represented by fuel vehicles is known as the crown of modern industry. In a sense, the emergence of fuel vehicles has affected the development process of human society for nearly a hundred years. The wheels of the times are rolling forward, and the comprehensive replacement of fuel vehicles by new energy vehicles may be realized. The premise of all this is the continuous progress of technology, so that human society can be fully prepared in all aspects. (Chen Cheng)