Swords go on a biased front, and the combined truck's strategic positioning of LNG heavy trucks is almost persistent.
On April 12, the 13-liter LNG heavy truck of the joint truck K gold version went offline, becoming the first domestic LNG heavy truck with the largest displacement. "The model is equipped with the YC6K13N gas engine with the largest displacement, maximum power, and maximum torque in the country." At the K gold version product launch conference, the joint power general manager Liang Heping, together with the three "most" summed up the K gold version. The advantage lies.
Will the launch of the K-gold heavy truck be able to give the joint truck another 10% increase in competitiveness in the natural gas heavy truck market?
Conquering the two major problems of LNG K gold edition plans to sell 1,000 vehicles this year
Although the LNG heavy truck market has always been constrained by various factors, the joint truck as a newcomer to the industry has always been attached to the LNG heavy truck market.
At the K Gold Edition product launch conference, Tang Gang, deputy general manager of Jirui Union Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., said that currently there are six factors that affect the promotion of gas-fired heavy trucks: lack of power, poor reliability, weak after-sales, high purchase cost, inconvenience of gas filling, and gas The price rose. "The advent of the "K Gold Edition" can solve two major problems: insufficient power and poor reliability."
It is understood that during the period of rapid growth of the natural gas heavy truck market, the mainstream engines WP12 and 6MK on the market have low power, low torque, and unsatisfactory reliability. Users often give up because of their lack of power, and the market needs more urgently. Strong and reliable gas engine.
The K gold heavy truck will undoubtedly solve this problem. The biggest highlight of the K Gold heavy truck is its large displacement. The 6K13N engine has a 12.939 litre displacement and is the largest domestic natural gas engine with a horsepower range of 380-440 hp and a maximum torque of 1880 Nm. In this regard, Tang Gang bluntly said: "Because of the advantages in displacement, the problem of insufficient natural gas heavy truck torque and poor climbing acceleration performance has been solved."
Liu Bo, chairman of Ji Rui Union Trucks, said that in the future, the joint truck K gold version will become the company's strategic products. "The current K-gold product will cover 6X4 models of tractors and mixers. The dump truck will cover 8X4 models. It is understood that the successor joint truck will continue to develop natural gas vehicles such as bulk materials vehicles to achieve full coverage of natural gas trucks. â€
At the same time, Liu Bo also revealed that the price of the K gold version of the 6X4 standard model is about 450,000 yuan. “In the early stage, some key regions and key dealers will be selected to test the K gold version of the model, but after July, the dealership scope of the agency K gold version will gradually expand.â€
According to Liu Bo, the market competitiveness of this product is very large, very optimistic about this product. "This year plans to sell 1,000 gold K-spots." It is reported that the unit truck sales target for natural gas heavy trucks this year is 3,000 units, compared with the K-gold model's sales target of 1/3. It can be seen that the combined truck's market expectations for the new offline K-gold version are quite high.
Optimistic about the LNG heavy truck market
Since its inception in 2009, Union Trucks has been dedicated to the development of LNG products and is positioned to take the high-end LNG heavy truck route. What are the reasons for this?
This answer may be found in the changes in LNG heavy truck sales in the past three years. "In three years, from 2010 to 2012, LNG heavy truck sales increased from 1,322 units to 2,324 units, and then increased rapidly to 9,433 units." With this set of data, Tang Gang said that the LNG heavy truck market has grown very rapidly in recent years. This is also the case, and Union Trucks has been optimistic about this market since its inception.
At the same time, he predicted that the future of the LNG heavy truck market will become more and more optimistic. “The economics of LNG heavy trucks have already been loved by more and more users. In addition, with the gradual improvement of the national gas stations, the LNG heavy truck market capacity will also expand year by year.â€
With the expansion of LNG heavy truck market capacity, betting on the joint truck in this market segment will naturally benefit greatly. According to Tang Gang, in February this year, the joint truck LNG heavy truck sales reached 288 units, second only to Shanxi Automobile LNG sales of 861 units and heavy truck LNG sales of 387 units, and squeezed into the top three LNG heavy truck market segments.
However, in 2012, the joint truck LNG heavy trucks sold only 668 units. In contrast, the combined trucks completed one-third of last year's LNG sales in February this year. This achievement is precisely the joint market truck's return on LNG heavy trucks.
Large displacement will be the trend of future power
According to Liu Bo, the advent of the K Gold version of the 13-liter LNG heavy truck not only solved the current domestic LNG heavy truck power shortage problem, but also led the domestic heavy truck products into the large displacement era.
“All along, the domestic heavy-duty truck market lacks high-horsepower products. In the case of severe overload, they are all small horses and horses. This can easily result in deteriorating engine life. Therefore, domestic heavy-duty trucks are often not used for three to four years.†Liu Bo Explained.
Liu Bo further stated that China's heavy truck market is in the same track as Europe. "In the future, domestic heavy trucks have also been tending to large-displacement power products."
It is understood that in the European and American heavy truck market, the engine displacement of 300 horsepower or more is basically concentrated in the range of 11 liters to 15 liters, of which the diesel engine with a displacement of about 12 liters is known internationally as “gold displacement†and is 15 More than tons of optimal configuration of the heavy truck. However, in China, heavy-duty trucks with more than 12 liters of displacement and 400 horsepower or more are monopolized by foreign brands.
“Large-capacity high-power heavy trucks are more efficient, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly than other models.†Liu Bo said that according to the K-gold version of the prototype test data, the 13-litre K-gold version saves gas consumption compared to the previous 10-litre LNG heavy truck. More than 10%. "In recent years, the modern logistics that has gradually developed in China is demanding more efficient, energy-saving and environmentally friendly heavy trucks."
Perhaps, the availability of a 13-litre LNG heavy-duty truck for the K Gold Edition will not only make up for the lack of momentum in LNG heavy-duty trucks, but will also open the prelude to the “domestic LNG heavy truck power upgradeâ€.
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