- What have truck air conditioners experienced over the years, from cooling by air to parking for air conditioning?
With the improvement of the social and economic level, people's demands for environmental protection, energy saving and comfort are reflected in all aspects. The parking air conditioner came into being and grew rapidly under such an environment. According to the latest "Research Report on China's Parking Air Conditioner and Its Compressor Industry in 2022" released by Industry Online, the production and sales of parking air conditioners still achieved high growth, of which the global market increased by 29.7%.
The most intuitive driving factor for the outstanding performance of the parking air conditioner comes from the external demand market. Parking air conditioners are currently mainly installed on heavy-duty trucks. In 2022, the sales volume of China's heavy-duty truck market will increase by 38.2% year-on-year, hitting a record high. Heavy trucks are subdivided into tractors, unloading trucks and engineering vehicles, etc. Among them, tractors have grown significantly in recent years with the rapid development of long-distance logistics transportation. As for construction machinery vehicles, driven by China's vigorous development of new infrastructure and other policies, domestic sales will increase by as much as 40% in 2022. These have directly promoted the rapid development of the parking air conditioner supporting market. the
Another important reason is the advantages of the product itself. Relevant surveys show that nearly half of long-distance truck drivers will choose to spend the night in their vehicles during transportation. Because the traditional car air conditioner is driven by engine power, if the original car air conditioner is used, it will not only consume a lot of fuel, but also have associated risks such as exhaust pollution, engine wear, and driver carbon monoxide poisoning. The parking air conditioner is powered by batteries, so it will not be affected even if it is parked for a long time. It not only solves the above pain points well, but also can flexibly adjust the temperature and humidity of the air in the car, which is both environmentally friendly and comfortable.
Because of this, the parking air conditioner has been very popular since its birth, and now it has almost become a rigidly-needed product in the truck market.
Judging from the development situation of the parking air conditioner industry, the current continuous expansion of the scale is mainly due to the rapid popularization of the stock market. Since the industry is still in the initial stage of development, there are many problems. Due to the lack of mandatory standards, parking air conditioners are not required for vehicles, so the enthusiasm of vehicle manufacturers is not high, and the proportion of vehicles installed with parking air conditioners before leaving the factory is extremely low. Therefore, more than 90% of the current parking air conditioners belong to the aftermarket, that is, after the vehicle enters the circulation link, it should be installed at the request of the user.
The products and operations of post-installation are also varied. For example, some roof-mounted products are originally suitable for vehicles with sunroofs, but there are also some cases where the roof is cut and installed without permission. These "illegal modifications" actually have many hidden dangers. Therefore, accelerating the introduction of national standards and promoting cooperation in the pre-installation market has become a top priority to ensure the sound development of the parking air-conditioning industry.
It is understood that the industry is led by professional parking air-conditioning companies, actively seeking to join hands with car manufacturers to develop the pre-installation market, and even supporting compressor manufacturers are also trying to cooperate with vehicle manufacturers.
From the perspective of the industrial chain, upstream and downstream manufacturers are at the same pace, and major companies in the industry are currently actively deploying to jointly promote the development of the parking air-conditioning industry in the direction of energy saving, consumption reduction, high efficiency and environmental protection. According to Megmeet, an upstream component supplier, compared with household air conditioners, parking air conditioners are used in harsh environments and have higher requirements on the performance of accessories. For this reason, Megmeet has launched a 24V and 48V full range of inverter control system solutions for truck parking air conditioners. The design, manufacture and testing of this solution can be applied in relatively extreme ambient temperature, and the size and direction of the magnetic field can be precisely controlled through vector frequency conversion control technology. At the same time, with the intelligent torque compensation and vibration suppression technology, the vibration of the compressor can be greatly reduced. It is more stable, less noisy, and more efficient, and it is suitable for a variety of transportation scenarios.
It can be seen that, regardless of product technology and market demand, the parking air-conditioning industry has the basic conditions for continuous upgrading and standardized development. According to the forecast of Industry Online, the parking air conditioner market will continue to maintain rapid growth in 2023, and the market size is expected to be close to 1.2 million.
