On January 1 and July 1, 2013, the national V regulations on gas engine emissions and the national IV regulations on diesel engine emissions will come into effect in China. To be geared to these more rigorous emission regulations, take up the challenge of the market slump since 2012 and take the initiative, Yuchai Machinery Co., Ltd., a model enterprise in Chinas internal combustion engine industry, On December 27, held Yuchai 2013 New product Launch Conference at the headquarters in Yulin, launching 7 National V gas engines and 5 National IV diesel engines.

The seven National V gas engines launched this time were the quintessence of Yuchais concentrative R & D over the past three years, including YC4DN-50, YC4GN-50, YC6JN-50, YC6GN-50, YC6LN-50, YC6MKN-50 and YC6KN-50, with a power of ranging from 120hp to 440hp and a displacement of ranging from 4L to 13L. These engines are applicable to coaches, lorries, buses, port tractors, dump trucks, etc.

The five National IV diesel engines represent Yuchais light and medium-duty vehicle engines, and use technologies of optimal combustion, electronic calibration and post processing to accomplish outstanding fuel economy. They are two-valve YC6J-46 and YC6A-46 diesel engines; YC4S-48 diesel engine specific to common rail+EGR+DOC+POC high-end highway vehicles; YC4EG-40 and YC6A-45 common rail diesel engines. These new products are applicable to trucks, dump trucks, highway vehicles, coaches, lorries, etc.

Integrating internationally advanced technologies, with superior performance and strong market competitiveness, these engines were independently developed by Yuchai on the basis of its technologies accumulated over the years, and opportunities and demands from different market segments. With the launch of the 12 new models, Yuchai will seize the initiative in its switch to National IV diesel engines and National V gas engines in 2013. With the launch of these new products, Yuchai will seize the initiative in its switch to National IV diesel engines and National V gas engines in 2013.

According to Wu Qiwei, general manager of Yuchai Machinery Co., Ltd., despite the severe market situation and the decreases in Yuchais sales of truck engines and construction machinery in 2012, Yuchais sales of coach engines and marine engines were on the rise, maintaining strong overall momentum. Yuchai enjoyed a safe lead in overall sales, over 110,000 units more than the second placer, and its market share increased by 3 percent from 2013 to 26.5 percent.

In segments, Yuchai has taken the advantage of independent development to introduce a series of new market-oriented competitive energy-conserving and emission-reducing products, thus boosting its market share. For example, coach engine sales grew with the coach sector, school bus engine sales were expected to hit 10,000 units in 2012 as a growth point of the coach sector; 20,000 gas engines were sold throughout 2012, up 51.6 percent year on year; agricultural machinery sales were basically flat in 2012 compared to 2011; marine engine sales were in 2012 up 18 percent year on year, holding a market share of 23 percent, up 8 percent year on year, creating the Yuchai phenomena of exclusive growth in the industry.

In 2013, Yuchai will accomplished the full switch to National IV diesel engines and National V gas engines, achieve the goal of selling 455,000 units and strive to sell 470,000 units and challenge 490,000 units.

For reasons such as the European debt crisis, economic slump, under capacity, over capacity and transport redundancy, the situation of domestic and foreign engine markets was severe in 2012. With the implementation of the national V regulations on gas engine emissions and the national IV regulations on diesel engine emissions, and the practice of overload regulation and fuel tax in 2013, Chinas auto industry and engine industry will also face great challenges, and the market situation is pessimistic. According to Xing Ming, executive vice president and secretary-general of the China Internal Custom Engine Industry Association (CICEIA), in energy conservation and emission reduction, Chinas fuel consumption rate is some 15 percent above advanced foreign standards and emission standards are one class or two lower than foreign standards; energy conservation and environmental protection have become an inevitable trend of the development of the modern internal combustion engine industry.

(Source: Luo Xianbin/Feng Feng, chinanews.com)