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Written by: Huang Weilun
2021-03-11 00:00
Last update date: 2021-03-11 00:00
The government has promoted electric vehicles in recent years. It is expected to announce the "Roadmap for the Popularization of Electric Vehicles" this month and set a goal of suspending new registration of fuel-fueled private vehicles by 2035.
In addition to charging stations and other equipment, other supporting facilities are needed to promote the popularization of electric vehicles. The car dealer Yingzhijie Group described that there is still a lot of room for improvement and must immediately catch up with the backward. For example, the maintenance of electric vehicles is not supervised, and there are concerns that unqualified persons may cause accidents and deaths; and there is insufficient publicity for recycling electric vehicle batteries, and they are worried that people will discard them indiscriminately. As a result, electric vehicles have changed from protecting the environment to manufacturing. Multi-chemical pollution.
In addition, the government recently raised the car’s first registration tax and license fee. Inch Group criticized that it was a cold winter under the epidemic, but the government insisted on increasing taxes. Regrettably, some people who were negotiating to purchase new cars were temporarily suspended after the tax increase. The plan has hit the car dealers' business again.
The government mentioned in the latest "Budget" that the "Roadmap for the Popularization of Electric Vehicles" will be announced this month. The goal is to stop the new registration of petrol-fueled private vehicles and expand the charging network for electric vehicles by 2035.
Li Kangye, chairman of the Automobile Maintenance Management Association and director of the after-sales service department of Inchage Group Greater China, said that he agrees to promote the popularization of electric vehicles, but believes that the current government mainly focuses on charging facilities and ignores other supporting facilities as well. He described the authorities to promote the popularization of electric vehicles. It may be one or two strokes before ten strokes," especially in the areas of electric vehicle maintenance and battery recycling.
The government has implemented the "Voluntary Registration Scheme for Vehicle Maintenance Mechanics" since 2007. As of the end of 2020, there are about 8,200 registered mechanics. However, the scheme is only voluntary and does not include the maintenance of electric vehicle technology.
Li Kangye said that electric vehicle batteries involve high-voltage electricity, and there is a certain danger when repairing them. "It (a garage) has to repair an electricity of more than 300 watts. For DC (direct current), 60 watts or more is considered If the high voltage and high voltage are not handled well, there will be a fatal accident."
Li Kangye, Director of After-sales Service Department of Inchage Group Greater China (left), Liu Qicheng, Managing Director of Inchage Group Greater China (right) (Photo by Yu Junliang)
Li Kangye continued to point out that when repairing electric vehicles in a qualified workshop, the electric vehicles to be repaired will be separated by fences, and then only employees who have received relevant training can handle procedures involving high-voltage electricity.
In addition, when repairing the battery, it is necessary to lock the plug for protection to prevent short circuit, and put the plug key and the key of the electric vehicle into a folder 5 meters away to avoid accidents.
He believes that vehicle maintenance mechanics must establish a licensing system to professionalize the industry. In addition to ensuring the quality of maintenance, it is more important to avoid accidents.
When repairing an electric vehicle, the battery must be locked with a safety plug.
(Photo provided by Yingzhijie)
Industry: Insufficient publicity for battery recycling in electric vehicles
In addition to maintenance issues, Li Kangye also pays attention to the battery recycling of electric vehicles.
He said that although the existing legislation covers the disposal of electric vehicle batteries, the government has insufficient publicity. "Maybe I have heard of recycling batteries, but I have never heard of (electric vehicle batteries)." He added that in general, car factories will assist in recycling electric vehicles. There are also local recyclers responsible for the recycling of car batteries, and some countries such as South Korea and Belgium can also accept batteries, but the public is not aware of battery recycling.
He said that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between fuel vehicles and electric vehicles from the appearance alone. Once someone discards the electric vehicle together with the battery in a waste car yard or even to a landfill, it is actually difficult to know, and the chemical pollution caused by the battery may even The impact is more serious than that of fuel vehicles.
He believes that legislation related to electric vehicles should be enacted. Apart from further strengthening regulation, it can also raise public awareness of battery recycling.
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Li Kangye also said that in fact, there are relevant vehicle maintenance courses on the market, and they do not involve cutting-edge science. He urges the government to improve the relevant facilities as soon as possible. "If we talk about implementing this package at a time, the time will be today, because the car has already started. It's tightening on the market."
Liu Qicheng, a member of the Hong Kong Automobile Chamber of Commerce and the Managing Director of Inch Group's Greater China Region, said that in addition to electric vehicles, there are actually other types of environmentally friendly vehicles on the market, such as hydrogen vehicles. Japan has set up about 160 hydrogen stations across the country, just like oil. Station-like, in order to cooperate with the operation of the hydrogen car.
He believes that the more types of environmentally friendly vehicles, the better.
Increasing car first registration tax hits auto dealers' business
In order to control the growth of private cars, the "Budget" also mentioned raising the car's first registration tax and license fee.
Liu Qicheng criticized that it was a cold winter in all walks of life under the epidemic, but the government insisted on increasing taxes, which regretted this.
He said that some people were negotiating to buy a new car, but after the tax increase, the plan was immediately suspended, causing the car dealer's business to suffer again.
He also said that the growth of newly registered vehicles has slowed down in recent years. For example, it was 33,000 vehicles in 2017 and dropped to 26,000 vehicles in 2019. He believes that the government does not need to rush to increase taxes and that there are other policies to ease traffic congestion.
In terms of electric commercial vehicles, Yingzhijie is also the agent of Maxus eDeliever3 pure electric passenger trucks. The Transport Department is arranging vehicle inspections and is expected to be launched in the second quarter.
Yingzhijie pointed out that Maxus pure electric light commercial vehicle ranks first in the relevant market share in the UK and Norway. It only takes 45 minutes to charge the electricity from 20% to 80%, and the maximum load is 865kg. It is believed to be suitable for Hong Kong. .
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