As we all know, the emission standards have been upgraded for half a year now, and when the card friends are struggling to buy the five savings of the country or the purchase of the six worries, there is a kind of head-scratching operation on the market - many car owners will take down the three-way catalyst or other reprocessing devices on their cars and sell them for money, which is called income generation.
Coincidentally, as long as you search for words such as "high-priced recycling ternary catalysis" on the short video platform, there will be two-way dealers in one water, scrambling to promote their high-price advantages.
In this regard, I can't help but sigh: is this industry really so profitable? Why is everyone thinking of dismantling the reasonable configuration of the vehicle and exchanging it for money?
The oddities of events are mostly an exchange of benefits
If it is not profitable, who would be willing to put such thoughts on a lump of iron if it is not profitable? According to our understanding, aftertreatment devices such as ternary catalysis are attached with a certain amount of precious metals, such as Pt (platinum), Rh (rhodium), Pd (palladium), etc., which are important elements that produce chemical reactions with vehicle exhaust.
The reason why it is called precious metal is that it can be imagined to be worth a lot. According to relevant industry websites, metal platinum 205 yuan / g, rhodium metal 3335 yuan / g, metal palladium 394 yuan / g, and the same period of gold price of 476 yuan / g.
○ Figure丨 Precious metal price comparison, source: Yangtze River non-ferrous metal network
The good value is an important reason for the three-way catalysis to be targeted, coupled with the decline in mining and the continuous increase in international demand, the price of the three-way catalytic device has also risen all the way.
In fact, in the field of passenger cars, the illegal act of stealing a three-way catalytic converter has always existed. Although the relevant departments have been vigorously cracking down on this kind of illegal behavior, this "low-cost and high-return income-generating behavior" still makes many criminals willing to take risks.
According to our understanding, there are two main profit channels for dealers to recycle the ternary catalysis at a high price: one is to renovate and make money, and the better ternary catalysis of the finished product is processed by means of cleaning and grinding, and then sold to the repair shop or other car owners again to earn the difference.
The second is to refine and purify the precious metals inside and sell them, according to the different purity of the refining, the price given by the market is also different.
Why do car owners also have this idea of "generating income"
If stealing a post-treatment device such as ternary catalysis is for the precious metals inside, then as a car owner, why are you willing to sell the post-processing on your car?
A large part of this is due to the belief that the dismantling of the posttreatment unit can save fuel and improve power. Most of the people who think this way are because they listen to the marketing number's misinterpretation of the National VI reprocessing device — the longer and longer exhaust pipes are equivalent to wearing a mask on the engine.
"Selling this lump of iron will not only save fuel and boost power, but also make an extra income, the best of both worlds!"
First of all, we can't deny that aftertreatment devices such as three-way catalysis will indeed affect the exhaust efficiency of vehicles to a certain extent. But we also can't ignore an important fact: the official exhaust pressure set by the vehicle at the factory is the most balanced parameter obtained after weighing high power and low torque.
(Wouldn't anyone really think that the online marketing number will know more about the product than the manufacturer's technicians and engineers?) If so, why come up with so many titles to highlight the difference in ability? ）
If the aftertreatment device is hastily removed, the balance is broken, and the engine does not get a good exhaust back pressure, which will cause the low torque of the vehicle to decline, and better power can only be achieved by bombarding higher throttles and pulling out higher speeds, which will increase fuel consumption in disguise.
Dismantling the reprocessing unit will face serious consequences
Recycling the three-way catalysis of this post-treatment device seems to be "selling money back", and in the long run, the owner himself will only pay a higher price.
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and ten other ministries and commissions jointly issued the "2021-2022 Autumn and Winter Air Pollution Comprehensive Control Plan", which clearly stipulates that individuals and repair shops who dismantle and recover reprocessing devices such as ternary catalysis without permission will be punished together.
Let me briefly summarize to you what troubles you will face if you dismantle and recycle ternary catalysis and other post-treatment devices without permission.
1. Dismantle without permission, one sale and four penalties. According to the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution, the Provisions on the Technical Management of Road Transport Vehicles and other relevant policies, car owners will face the following penalties for illegal acts such as demolition and resale without authorization, and fraudulent acts by inspection agencies:
The owner of the car dismantled without authorization, the maximum fine of 5,000 yuan;
False maintenance in the maintenance plant, the maximum fine of 5,000 yuan;
Transport enterprises using vehicles in violation of the law, the maximum fine of 5,000 yuan;
The inspection agency cheated and covered up the non-compliant products and was fined up to 500,000 yuan.
Some people think that the fine of 5,000 is a small amount of money, but have you ever thought about how to pass the exhaust gas test during your annual inspection after dismantling and processing? And after the fine, it is inevitable that you will restore the vehicle, and a new set of post-processing assembly will need about 30,000-60,000, which is expensive to sell and not yet bought, so it is also necessary to paste a lot of money.
2. The right of way becomes smaller and it is difficult to travel. After the after-treatment and demolition, the exhaust emissions are bound to fail to meet the cleanliness standards, and it is simply difficult to move forward in some cities with strict environmental protection standards.
Especially for coal, iron ore, steel and other energy materials transportation is even more difficult, not long ago many steel production companies have issued a "ban on the country three, four vehicles into the factory" regulations, for such users, is equivalent to directly strangling their channels to support their families.
3. The warranty is invalid, and the rights protection is disturbing. Dismantling the post-treatment device is a violation of the operation, if your new car has a problem during the warranty period, the manufacturer is likely to use this as a reason to refuse the corresponding after-sales warranty, think about it carefully, this is also reasonable, who knows if the cause of the failure is because you privately dismantled the post-processing?
4. Power declines, fuel consumption increases. As mentioned above, although the post-treatment device is like a "mask" added to the engine, this is the balance result achieved by the automaker after precise calculation, if the balance is destroyed privately, it will cause the weakening of the vehicle power and the increase of fuel consumption, which is not worth the loss.
5. Second-hand trading, residual value damaged. People who have experienced the second-hand car transaction know that if the product itself is defective, it will definitely become a reason to reduce the price, as a buyer, the result of the lack of post-processing needs to be restored by itself, and the money can certainly not be borne by themselves, so most people will not choose such "defective products".
Raising and using cars cannot only seek immediate interests
As the old saying goes: A gentleman loves money and has a way. This is not only a warning to people not to touch the red line of the law because of interests, but also to persuade everyone not to do something contrary to social morality because of small profits.
Whether it is the ternary catalysis of natural gas vehicles or the aftertreatment device on diesel vehicles, it is the most important external purification device in the vehicle exhaust system, and once it is missing, it will bring greater inconvenience and loss to the product itself and the social environment.
In the short term, it seems that there can be a good "income generation", but in the long run, if this kind of industrial chain is expanded, it will eventually bring losses to the majority of card friends. (Text/Li Haiqiang)