Turbo vehicles to double by 2015
By Richard Fu |
April 21, 2011, Thursday
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THE use of turbochargers in new vehicles in China is expected to double by 2015, according to Honeywell, the world's largest maker of the device that helps improve fuel economy.
Up to 9 million vehicles out of the 30 million units that China is expected to make in 2015 will include turbochargers, Gao Dinggui, general manager of Honeywell's turbo business in China, said in an interview at Auto Shanghai 2011 yesterday.
This year, 4 million units of China's 20 million new vehicles are expected to use turbochargers, a gas compressor which increases the pressure of air entering the engine to create more power.
German auto-parts maker Continental, which plans to begin production of its first turbocharger late this year in Europe, is also eyeing the Chinese market.
The company is in talks with a number of domestic auto makers and may start turbocharger production in China in two to three years, Volker Warnecke, senior vice present of Continental's Powertrain division in China and Korea, told Shanghai Daily yesterday.
Honeywell's Gao said demand growth will mainly come from gasoline-engine light vehicles because most diesel engines are already turbocharged. The firm is developing turbos specially suited for vehicle applications in China.
A turbocharger's price typically ranges from US$100 to US$400, making it affordable, said David Paja, a vice president of Honeywell Turbo Technologies.
"Even the cheapest car in the world can afford turbo," Paja said, referring to Tata Motors Ltd's Nano.
Up to 9 million vehicles out of the 30 million units that China is expected to make in 2015 will include turbochargers, Gao Dinggui, general manager of Honeywell's turbo business in China, said in an interview at Auto Shanghai 2011 yesterday.
This year, 4 million units of China's 20 million new vehicles are expected to use turbochargers, a gas compressor which increases the pressure of air entering the engine to create more power.
German auto-parts maker Continental, which plans to begin production of its first turbocharger late this year in Europe, is also eyeing the Chinese market.
The company is in talks with a number of domestic auto makers and may start turbocharger production in China in two to three years, Volker Warnecke, senior vice present of Continental's Powertrain division in China and Korea, told Shanghai Daily yesterday.
Honeywell's Gao said demand growth will mainly come from gasoline-engine light vehicles because most diesel engines are already turbocharged. The firm is developing turbos specially suited for vehicle applications in China.
A turbocharger's price typically ranges from US$100 to US$400, making it affordable, said David Paja, a vice president of Honeywell Turbo Technologies.
"Even the cheapest car in the world can afford turbo," Paja said, referring to Tata Motors Ltd's Nano.
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