Blue card light truck weight limit, is it about to be adjusted to 7.5 tons?

Can increasing the efforts of investigation and rectification truly fundamentally solve the problem of "large tons and small labels" of blue brand light trucks that have been repeatedly banned?

Fangde.com believes that in order to promote the healthy development of blue brand light trucks, we should think in reverse: accelerate the adjustment of current regulations and standards, improve urban freight efficiency, and avoid social resource waste.

At present, there is a high demand for the adjustment of the weight limit of blue card light trucks to a total weight of 7.5 tons. When can it be achieved?

The "Focus Interview" aired on May 21, 2019 exposed the "big ton and small label" of light trucks (video screenshot)

The survival space of blue card light trucks is getting smaller and smaller

On one hand, the cumulative sales of the light truck industry have repeatedly reached new highs in 2020, and on the other hand, the management of "large tons and small standards" is becoming increasingly strict, making the living space for blue brand light trucks on sale and in use increasingly small.

The National Three Year Action Plan for Special Rectification of Work Safety, issued in April 2020, proposes to basically eliminate prominent illegal and irregular issues such as illegal modification of trucks and "large tonnage and small labeling" by 2022.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Transport, and the State Administration for Market Regulation organized a special rectification work for trucks from July 2020 to May 2021, severely cracking down on illegal and irregular behaviors such as "large ton and small label", "hundred ton king", and reselling qualification certificates.

On November 6, 2020, the Ministry of Public Security issued a notice on the centralized investigation and rectification of suspected vehicles with large tons and small labels for light trucks. The suspected models of light trucks with large tons and small labels involve more than 50 brands and 738 types of vehicles.

In 2020, CCTV Finance Channel continued to pay attention to "big tons and small labels" (video screenshot)

In Guangdong, where market regulation is more standardized and strict, light truck dealers are deeply impressed. He said on the other side's website, "This year is a very difficult year for blue license plate light trucks, especially when the vehicle management office has strict requirements for license plate registration: carriages with better assembly quality for cargo and warehouse vehicles are suspected of being overweight; special vehicle models such as hazardous chemicals, cold chain vehicles, and cleaning vehicles with declared self weight exceeding 3 tons are even more difficult to register; there is no blue license plate dump truck that can be sold this year, and second-hand cars registered three years ago are still in high demand with a price increase of over 30000 yuan."

Recently, Fangdewang learned from dealers in multiple regions that blue license plate light trucks are not only difficult to license plate, but also require stricter re inspections by vehicle management offices in multiple regions on models that have already been registered. In the traffic police's road overload inspection work in many parts of China, such as Beijing, Shandong, Henan, and Jiangsu, the 4.2-meter blue plate light truck is clearly the key target of interception. Users who exceed the vehicle registration limit are generally punished with a deduction of 6 points and a fine ranging from 1000 to 2000 yuan.

Whether it's the "Ten Ton King" sold before "521" in 2019, or the heavy-duty light trucks registered through top wind and dark box operation, users are now facing space compression: cars cannot be sold, cannot get off at high speeds, and will be inspected by traffic police on national and provincial roads.

Where is the way out for blue card light trucks?

According to industry surveys, as of the first half of 2020, there were 5.57 million blue license plate light trucks in China, with approximately 50% of vehicles experiencing overloading.

The chaos of "large tons and small labels" in blue card light trucks should be standardized, but the problem is where the way out lies?

The mainstream configuration of blue brand light trucks has a self weight of 2.5-3 tons, and according to the standard of 4.495 tons for blue brand light trucks, the compliant load capacity is only 1.5-2 tons. That is to say, in addition to transporting potato chips and express light goods, other items such as daily necessities, household appliances and furniture, clothing, shoes and hats, vegetables and fruits are likely to face the dilemma of overloading even half a carriage.

The road of compliance may seem beautiful, but it also means that a transportation task that can be completed by a 4.2-meter light truck running once needs to be divided into three or four trips; To ensure the original efficiency, it is necessary to purchase three additional vehicles. For a vehicle worth 100000 yuan with a cargo compartment of 4.2 meters, it is more of a waste of manpower, vehicles, fuel consumption, and road resources.

At the same time, the freight cost for calculating weight needs to increase by 300% to maintain stable income for light truck users. How can the industry "cut the meat"? Not only is the large group of light truck users facing turbulence, but logistics and freight costs are also related to material security and rising prices. Improper handling will ultimately increase the burden on the entire society.

In 2020, CCTV Finance Channel continued to pay attention to "big tons and small labels" (video screenshot)

Another solution is to upgrade the yellow card.

Blue brand light trucks are highly favored by industry users because of their high transportation efficiency, ability to adapt to various transportation scenarios, and more relaxed road rights, without the need for "dual certificates" or "C certificates" to be issued. However, yellow cards have more restrictions on urban road rights, which seriously conflicts with the fast and flexible characteristics of urban logistics required by new retail and e-commerce; Upgrading a driver's license from C1 to B2 requires economic and time costs, as well as obtaining a professional qualification certificate, road transportation certificate, etc. The proportion of blue card light truck users who can upgrade in a short period of time is not high.

It's already 2020, can't we still mention 7.5 tons?

Breaking free from the deadlock of repeated bans and increasing the total quality limit of blue card light trucks is currently a highly sought after solution.

A news article published by Fangde.com on a certain media platform has received numerous comments from light truck users. In the dilemma of compliant light trucks carrying even less cargo than tricycles and micro trucks, the strongest desire of users is to increase the weight limit of blue brand light trucks and find a way out for them.

Xiong Yanwu, Secretary General of the China Highway Small Parts Express Alliance, once stated at the third "Finding the Limits of Cars" event held on Fangde.com in December 2019: "The industry association is discussing with experts to promote policy relaxation and see if the weight limit cannot be expanded to 7.5 tons, so that light trucks can better serve urban life." This information has attracted the attention of tens of thousands of cardholders and received a lot of likes.

Previously, a National People's Congress representative suggested adjusting the total weight of blue license light trucks from less than 4.5 tons (carrying capacity of about 2 tons) to less than 7.5 tons (carrying capacity of about 4.5 tons), and allowing them to drive legally with a C-license.

In October 2020, a reply on the official website of the Ministry of Transport stated: "Next, our department will actively cooperate with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other departments to revise and improve the national standard" Dimensions, Axle Load, and Mass Limits for Automobiles, Trailers, and Train Vehicles "(GB 1589-2016), further scientifically determine the production admission standards for truck products, and investigate the problem of overloading 4.2-meter light trucks without loading."

Scientifically determining the production admission standards for truck products has been a long-standing call in the industry.

Industry insiders have analyzed that the total weight of blue brand light trucks will be adjusted to 7-8 tons, which will cover most of the operational needs of light trucks and instead reduce the "ten ton king" overload phenomenon, which is more conducive to the healthy development of the industry.

The total weight of blue card light trucks is set to not exceed 4.495 tons, believed to be for transportation safety reasons. However, the speed of China is changing rapidly, and the technology of truck manufacturing enterprises is also advancing rapidly. While ensuring safety, it is a scientific and positive attitude to appropriately increase the weight limit standards to match the actual urban logistics.