In October last year, "Remote Car" Chengdu announced that Geely has blown into the horn of commercial vehicles. It will specialize in R&D and manufacturing of new energy and clean energy commercial vehicles. In terms of clean energy, methanol products are one of the key development directions for long-range vehicles. Among them, as one of its core components, the remote powered methanol engine has been mentioned and unveiled in the industry many times, and it can always cause a methanol-powered whirlwind. So, what features of remote power conquer a crowd of fans? Please follow the "Commercial Automotive News" reporter walked into the methanol "core" of Geely commercial vehicles. Mr. Su Maohui, product manager of the methanol engine for Geely Commercial Vehicles, explained the original intention of the development of the methanol engine when interviewed by the reporter. He said that according to the Group's development philosophy, methanol is mainly selected for several reasons. First, Geely is incumbent on responding to the national supply-side reform call to find a way out of excess methanol capacity and find a way out for coal-rich capacity. Second, Geely has been a world leader in methanol engine and vehicle technology. Third, methanol is rich in resources. It can be produced from non-renewable natural gas, coal and other resources, and can also be produced from renewable resources such as CO2. Fourth, high methanol octane number, high combustion efficiency, economical and environmental protection have obvious advantages over gasoline and diesel. "Innovation, safety, reliability, energy saving, environmental protection and other development concepts, to specify the direction for the development of methanol engine." Su Maohui said. As a new type of fuel for automobiles, methanol has good development potential and application prospects both in terms of satisfying the requirements for the power performance of automotive engines, or in terms of production technology, use cost, and environmental protection, and has long-term availability and safety. Sex and economic advantages. It is understood that the current domestic development of methanol engine M100 (pure methanol fuel) rather than transformed into a methanol engine only Geely; In addition, Tianjin University led research and development of diesel / methanol dual-fuel blending technology has also been mass production. Although several domestic mainstream engine manufacturers expressed interest in methanol power and realized that the reliability and commercialization of this technology route are higher than those of pure electric power, they have not been seriously invested. Needless to say, the biggest investment is Geely Automobile. The reason, Su Maohui stressed that the first is technical reasons. Methanol is difficult to start at low temperatures, corrosiveness is relatively high, and the reliability of parts is poor. This technical barrier has prevented many manufacturers from entering this field. The second reason is the market. The current market development of methanol vehicles is not obvious. In the initial stage, Geely has a stronger and more confident understanding of the methanol market than other manufacturers. As the saying goes, "I don't know how to go." The Geely Commercial Vehicle has taken a solid and even a step toward opening up a new world. The spark of the stars can pave the way. Under the current wind to disperse the hazy dome, there are many large and small plates that need to be changed. Methanol power is a worthy one. Adventure road. Another word was made: "There is no need to accumulate small streams and there is no way to become a river." Geely is about to become a river trend and is willing to work together with the industry to seek common development. The reason why Geely commercial vehicles have the courage and strength to break through issues such as corrosion resistance, low-temperature start-up problems, reliability issues of key components, and oil dilution issues, etc., take a methanol-powered road with large development workload and difficulties. It is enough to show that it has already been able to take precautions in strategic planning or technical protection, and it is well-established. According to Su Maohui, Geely Commercial Vehicles has developed several methanol engines and is currently in the stage of reliability analysis testing and national certification preparation. It is expected that the engine announcement will be available in the first half of this year. Take the remote power GS210FM5 as an example. Recently, this model of methanol engine participated in the "6th I-reliable commercial vehicle power evaluation" held by "Commercial Automotive News". It was attended by a lot of attention at the expert review meeting. Experts also gave this product recognition and praise. At the same time, Su Maohui told reporters that this series of engines based on the company's mature model platform development, is a type of ignition engine with in-line, six-stroke, liquid-cooled, supercharged intercooling, multi-point EFI. Speaking of product advantages, Su Maohui said: I: Environmental protection is good. According to internal tests, the emission limit is very low, and there is no pressure to meet the national six. The main advantage is that there is almost no particulate matter; Second, the energy conservation is outstanding. Compared with pure electric vehicles, natural gas buses and highway buses operating in cities, according to the current car price of methanol is 10% lower than the price of natural gas. If the product volume is large and Geely participates in the methanol supply chain, the economic advantage will be more obvious. Save more than 30%; Third: high reliability. The product has undergone 1000 hours of reliability test and test work. In addition, the special methanol parts, dedicated methanol boosters, special-purpose pistons, valves, special three-way catalytic converters and other methanol-powered parts ensured the good performance of the entire engine; four: the power performance was comparable to that of diesel, and was stronger than natural gas. Suitable for buses. "Remote-powered GS210FM5 series engine is suitable for a wide range of models, such as 10 meters and below urban bus, 8 ~ 9 meters highway bus, school bus, coach, group bus, and medium-sized logistics vehicles, municipal special vehicles and other types of tonnage dedicated Cars, etc. This year, there will be a 10 meter public bus first listed and operated," said Su Maohui. Tire Valve Accessories includes tire valve cores and full range of tire valve caps, such as valve core #9200, plastic valve caps, copper caps and colored aluminium valve caps. Tire Valve Accessories Ningbo Heyu Tire Repairs Co., Ltd. , https://www.autorepairstools.com
How big is the stage of the heart, Geely's involvement in the field of methanol cars is sufficient to interpret the spirit of the “daring to be ahead of others†of Geely and the “first to eat crabsâ€. As we all know, in the past two years, pure electric vehicles have won a lot of favors in the industry. Many people feel strange about methanol cars. However, according to the reporter's knowledge, methanol fuel is an internationally recognized clean fuel. At the same time, Geely started to research and develop methanol alternative fuel as early as in 2005, and it has become China's only car company that has obtained the national methanol car product announcement. Afterwards, Geely Commercial Vehicles used the Group's resources to overcome and improve the methanol engine technology for commercial vehicles based on the passenger vehicle technology.
Su Maohui disclosed to reporters that the commercial use of methanol-powered vehicles for Geely is widely used, including two-cylinder one-liter methanol-powered drive systems; four-cylinder 3.8-liter light trucks and other urban logistics vehicles; and six-cylinder bus, road bus and medium-sized logistics vehicle. Large displacement engine for heavy trucks. In this way, Geely commercial vehicles will form a complete, full range of commercial methanol power systems.