No matter how big or small, it is always necessary to be managed by people when they come out of the mix.
On April 8, CHINA AUTOMOBILE CENTER passed the 2022 Automobile Evaluation International Summit and C-NCAP Annual Conference. Yun issued the "Special Evaluation Regulations for Micro Electric Vehicles".
To put it bluntly, for pure electric passenger cars with a body length of less than 4 meters, there is a set of professional examination questions, and the new regulations will be officially implemented in July.
The topic mainly covers three aspects: collision safety, use safety and endurance charging.
Among them, collision safety mainly covers three items: frontal collision, side impact and whiplash test.
Safety includes five items: charging safety, braking performance, electromagnetic immunity, hydropower safety and human body electromagnetic protection.
Endurance charging focuses on evaluating four items: normal temperature endurance, low temperature endurance, low temperature charging and charging compatibility.
Can the short, thin A00-class pure electric car pass these tests, and should the Hongguang MINI EVs already be shivering in the corner?
The standard is not high
First of all, there is only a difference between excellent and qualified mini trams currently on sale, and the pass rate of this set of evaluation procedures is almost 100%.
On the one hand, at present, micro-small trams have become popular.
In addition to using electricity as a power to meet the market demand for urban short-distance vehicles, it is also an important reason to have the support of national policies.
Whether it is a traditional main engine factory or a new car-making force, the miniature small trams that leave the factory are at least the standardized products left by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Replacing "old man music" with standardized products is an inevitable process of market evolution.
On the other hand, this set of procedures is to give the major micro-electric vehicle manufacturers enough preparation time.
As early as two months ago, the China Automobile Center has publicly released a draft for the public and will add a special evaluation of micro-electric vehicles.
Earlier in the period before the opinion draft, there was even a communication meeting with the car companies involved to listen to the opinions of the industry extensively.
Therefore, the new and old car factories involved in it have enough time to cope.
——There is no anti-collision steel beam plus anti-collision steel beam, there is no airbag to make up, and even double airbags.
On the other hand, it is the reduction of the evaluation standard.
There is a very important sentence in the instructions - "the assessment content is moderately condensed and simplified on the basis of the original C-NCAP and CCRT assessment items".
The implication is that if you are born weak, we will lower the standard of customs clearance for you.
Regardless of the difficulty of evaluating the project or the dimension of the project, more than one Level has been reduced.
For example, the formal evaluation item retains only 5 dimensions and only targets the front row.
As for the active security configuration assessments that we are familiar with, such as AEB, LKA, ESC, etc., they are all divided into optional projects, and do not do as you go, without affecting the overall evaluation.
In this way, in the face of such a set of questions that are not strong and have enough preparation periods, it is not a threat to Hongguang MINI EVs.
But for users, isn't it obvious to take something very LOW to fool the market?
Talk is better than nothing
Does this set of procedures make sense for the benign development of the market?
The answer is yes. After all, there is better than nothing.
The significance of the early guidance of the new regulations has been highlighted: manufacturers have made positive follow-up actions to improve the safety of the body structure, increase the necessary safety configuration, and solve the user's pain points.
However, these are still secondary, from the perspective of the evaluation standards of C-NCAP of China Automobile, this is a set of dynamic standard methods that can grow and keep pace with the times.
For the new regulations of micro-electric vehicles, the China Automobile Center is also particularly clear: step by step to guide the performance of micro-electric vehicles, and finally align with conventional-size vehicles.
This is only the meaning of the regulatory level, and for the market, it has the role of a beacon beacon.
We all know that the electric vehicle market is a seriously inward-looking market. Since the inner volumes are no longer inevitable, let them be rolled more scientifically and more realistically.
A 50,000 yuan mini tram talks to you about intelligence, at least for now, it is some fancy things.
Now with this set of growable procedures, because there are standards for supervision and concern in the market, manufacturers will definitely leave the limited cost space as much as possible to the more affordable needs of safety and battery life.
This is what a micro-electric car should look like.
Just, will a new problem ensue?
In view of the continuous optimization of mini-tram products, it is imperative that the cost will increase. Especially for new products after July, there is a high probability that the price will rise.
So, if you want to buy a miniature electric car, then buy it after July, although the price is a little more expensive, but the safety is indeed improved.