Car air quality standards will be introduced

Since the beginning of this year, the problem of air quality in cars has begun to attract more and more people's attention. People have a basic understanding of the universality and harm of their existence. At the same time, under the appeal of the industry, the mandatory standards for air quality in cars have been issued. In 2015, the country will issue mandatory air quality standards for cars.

In this context, the Gasgoo Automotive Research Institute's Roundtable Forum event was held in Beijing on December 5th. The event was organized around the industry's hot topics: "The Harmful Situation of the Air Quality in the Vehicle and the Future Trend of the Automotive Industry."

At the forum, the experts in the relevant fields in the industry, the representatives of the OEMs, the representatives of the material suppliers, and the mainstream media reporters from all over the country gathered to discuss the air quality hazards in China from multiple perspectives, including theoretical discussions, case studies, and information sharing. The status quo and the future trend of the automotive industry, together explore the future prospects of green materials and the response of the relevant OEMs and parts companies.

Song Guangsheng, director of the National Indoor Vehicle Environment and Environmental Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, delivered a speech explaining the implementation and development of China's air quality standards in a comprehensive and detailed manner. In his opinion, the problem of air quality in the car has begun to suffer from the entire society. Concern that the introduction and implementation of mandatory standards for air quality in cars need to rely on the joint efforts of vehicle manufacturers and raw material manufacturers. It also requires the supervision of the entire society.

Guo Yanheng, a professor of respiratory diseases at Chaoyang Hospital in Beijing, shared what harm harmful substances in the car will cause to the human body. It said that in recent years, the disease caused by indoor air pollution has caused a significant upward trend, which has become one of the greatest threats to modern humans. According to reports, car volatiles, such as benzene and formaldehyde, people inhaled after a short time, there may be central nervous system anesthetic effect, light people have dizziness, headache, nausea, chest tightness, fatigue, confusion, severe can cause Coma causes death due to breathing and circulatory failure. If the long-term exposure to toluene, xylene, a certain degree of solubility will cause chronic poisoning, there may be headaches, insomnia, listlessness, memory loss and other symptoms of neurasthenia.

At the meeting, Chen Wenkai, director of Gasgoo Automotive Research Institute, released a survey on more than 1,500 people in the industry. The survey results showed that the root cause of frequent air quality problems in the car was the lack of laws and regulations. At the same time, due to the complexity of the air pollution problem in the car and the industry’s concerns about poor enforcement, policy makers should formulate supporting policies as soon as possible and improve the monitoring and supervision system. From the automotive industry's point of view, the most important thing to be solved is the vehicle manufacturer's attention to the air quality in the vehicle and the environmental protection materials, especially the research and development of low emission materials.

In fact, some environmental protection raw material manufacturers already have solutions, and international low-spreading material company Kumho has launched a series of innovative materials for “car air pollution” in recent years. The tripartite authority has rated chemical materials as the lowest-distribution automotive interior plastics. This material has been reduced by more than 60% compared to conventional interior plastics, which is far lower than the VOC (volatile organic compound) emission standard of major host plants. Volvo Cars has always been one of its selling points in the interior of the car and has achieved good market response.

The influence of the air in the car on the human body runs through the entire life cycle of the car. With increasing attention from consumers, and the gradual improvement of laws and regulations, the automobile industry should pay more attention to the air quality in the car, and strict selection of materials from the source. To control and widely use environmentally friendly materials with low emissions to completely change the current state of air pollution in domestic vehicles.