Steam Standard Committee: The entire vehicle will not be banned from sale in 2011 in accordance with the "Automotive Banned Substance Requirements"

Recently, the "Commercial Automotive News" reporter learned from the website of the National Automotive Standardization Committee that the solicitation phase for the "Requirements for Vehicle Banned Substances (Consultation Draft)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Requirements") has ended and has now been submitted to relevant departments. Approval.

What exactly does "request" involve? If auto companies cannot meet the above requirements, will they have an impact on production, manufacturing, and circulation?

Failure to comply with the "Requirements" will not pass the 3C certification.

According to the "requirements", with the exception of automotive parts and materials that are partially exempted within a certain period of time, new accredited vehicles will be eligible for the following as of January 1, 2011, and production vehicles starting from January 1, 2013. Regulation: The content of lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in each homogeneous material of automobiles and their parts and components shall not exceed 0.1% of the mass percentage, and the content of cadmium shall not exceed the quality. 0.01% of the percentage.

What was the original intention of making this "requirement"?

An expert on automotive standards who did not wish to be identified told reporters that in 2008, the National Automobile Standards Commission had established a standard research and development group on “Control of restricted substances”. Initially, this standard was named "Road Vehicle Disabling Restricted Substances" and was later changed to "Car Banned Substance Requirements."

The development of this standard, on the one hand, is to reduce the heavy metal pollution of the human body and the environment. It is understood that in automotive materials, lead is harmful to the nervous system, and cadmium can damage the kidneys; cadmium, mercury, lead and their compounds are likely to cause cancer, and cars containing these heavy metals are likely to cause secondary pollution when they are scrapped and recycled. Cause environmental problems. “On the other hand, these heavy metals are mainly left in the manufacturing process of parts and components, then through a long industrial chain, and finally to the entire vehicle company. But because the automobile industry chain is really long, we are in the vehicle industry. Checking the links is also to find out all the problems at the end,” said the expert.

The automotive standards expert also told reporters that in the process of formulating the “requirements”, it is based on mandatory standards and may change in the process of approval of the relevant departments. It is understood that once the standard is successfully passed as a mandatory standard, if the vehicle fails to meet the "requirements" after testing, it will be unable to pass the 3C certification, and finally it will not be able to enter the circulation. The implementation and supervision of this standard will be implemented by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

Lead-acid battery companies are dangerous

The reporter learned from the technical personnel of the truck companies and passenger car companies that the “requirements” would have an impact on vehicle companies.

Yang Peng, head of the Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Technical Center Heavy Vehicle Project Development Office, said that after the issuance of the “Requirements”, the company’s first thing to do is to establish a self-inspection and conduct a thorough investigation of the company’s situation. Look at some of the requirements mentioned in the “Requirements”. Heavy metals and toxic substances are over the standard phenomenon. "From the current situation, some single-product parts manufacturers may be fatally hit, such as lead-acid battery manufacturers. If the supplier's products do not meet the requirements, the entire vehicle company can choose to change one, but for the single product For parts and components manufacturers, it will bear a lot of pressure." Yang Peng said.

Wu Xiaoguang, deputy chief engineer of Yutong Bus, was calm after learning about the requirements. He told reporters that from the current process of auto parts and vehicle manufacturing, the heavy metals such as mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium mentioned in the “Requirements” have been very few, and the only one that may exceed the standard is lead. "Pb is mainly found in lead-acid batteries, so companies that produce, manufacture, and use lead-acid batteries should pay special attention." Wu Xiaoguang said.

Experts in automotive standards have also emphasized to reporters that the current lead-acid batteries do not need to pay attention to excessive lead.

Experts also warned that if they really exceed the standard, companies can solve these contradictions by developing alternative materials that meet these requirements.

Yang Peng told reporters that during the research and development of alternative materials, two aspects should be considered: First, whether or not alternative materials are far more expensive than the original materials; second, whether the equipment needed to produce alternative materials is needed Make major changes to the original production line. If these two requirements are high, it may increase the price of the product.

Users expressed their welcome to the “Requirements”. “Whether or not it will eventually lead to price increases, users are now increasingly demanding truck quality, so reducing heavy metal pollution is a good thing for users.” Linfen City Shengyun Steam Chen Dongxing, general manager of Trade Co., Ltd. said.

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"Request" issued background

The EU Parliament and the Council promulgated the “2000/53/EC Technical Instructions on Scrap Cars” on September 18, 2000, which stipulates that the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent iron is prohibited in principle after July 2003. This is the first time in the world to regulate the heavy metal content of automotive materials. Since then, the European Union has successively promulgated the "2002/525/EC" and "2005/673/EC" technical directives, and revised the exemption clause for the ban on heavy metals in the Appendix II of the original "2000/53/EC" Technical Instruction. The European Union has banned technical regulations on heavy metals in automotive products. EU member states seized the opportunity to implement the ban on heavy metals in the form of mandatory technical regulations.

Inspired by the EU's technical directives, various countries have legislation to regulate the use of heavy metals in automotive products.

In April 2008, the National Automobile Standards Commission organized the establishment of a "Restricted Substance Use Control" standard research and development group.

From August to November 2008, members of the drafting group, on the one hand, learned about and mastered the application status of domestic automotive products on six kinds of prohibited substances such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium; on the other hand, they reviewed the latest EU In the 2008/689/EC version, there is a new understanding of the adjustment of automotive materials and parts in this version of the exemption list, as well as the exemption period.

By the end of November 2008, the draft standard for the "banned use of restricted substances on road vehicles" was completed. Since then, the standard name has been adjusted to "Car banned substance requirements". On May 20, 2009, the draft of this standard was released.