On February 1 1 this year, the Equipment Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the Notice on Adjusting the Relevant Contents of the Inspection Requirements for Road Motor Vehicle Products (hereinafter referred to as the Notice).

Article 5 of the Notice states clearly that vehicles equipped with ETC devices shall comply with GB/T? 38444-20 19 "non-stop toll collection system? Vehicle electronic unit "for relevant inspection and testing. Since? 2020? Year? 7? Month? 1? In, new applications accessed by products should be added to optional configurations. Wait? On-board equipment.

This also means that ETC will become the original optional configuration of new cars in July this year 1 day, eliminating the trouble for consumers to handle ETC themselves later.

In fact, since last year, at the request of the state administrative order, ETC has been fully rolled out all over the country, including many financial institutions, with unprecedented strength and scope. What's more, hard targets are set for business personnel. Under the heavy pressure, the grass-roots personnel racked their brains and wanted to give a bicycle.

I have to say that under the strong impetus, the popularity of ETC broke out. According to the data, as of February 23rd, 20 19, the total number of ETC customers in China reached1970,000, with a net increase of1200,000 and a year-on-year increase of 157%. The "Notice" issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology included ETC in the automobile front-loading matching catalogue for the first time, which is bound to greatly accelerate the popularization of ETC.

Although the penetration rate has been obviously improved, with the increase of the base, ETC has also exposed many problems in the practical application process. Among them, sky-high charges, different charges on the same road, and non-display charges have become the focus of people's criticism of ETC. In the eyes of many car owners, today's ETC charges have become a confused account, which is simply "artificial knife, I am a fish!"

Liu Dacheng, president of Tsinghua University Internet Research Institute, even publicly voiced for the majority of car owners: ETC does not show the total charge = fraud+highway robbery!

More importantly, the popularity of ETC was originally intended to improve traffic efficiency, but now there are many examples to prove that ETC lanes are not smooth-as long as cars are blocked at the entrance and exit due to data, system or equipment problems, they will be blocked behind. Long queues and stuck cars are in a dilemma and it is difficult to clear customs in a short time. On the contrary, it is a manual channel. Although the release speed is not fast, the toll collector has the ability to deal with complex situations, which increases the traffic efficiency.

If the ETC toll problem is a unilateral factor of high-speed companies, it is not difficult to solve it (February 1 1), the relevant departments said that the national expressway network toll system is speeding up the transformation and running-in. The expressway tolls that passed in the early stage but were not settled were uniformly deducted to form a monthly statement. )。 Then, the traffic efficiency of ETC channel is a multi-faceted problem, which is an all-round test for billing system, identification system and on-board ETC equipment. If there is a problem in any link, the pole can't be lifted, and the traffic efficiency can't be improved.

In particular, the on-board ETC equipment is currently under the responsibility of the major card issuers. The machines are small, but the models are uneven. If they accidentally drop it, they even need to contact the card issuer to reset it. To a large extent, the equipment problem of on-board ETC equipment is also a key factor that hinders the improvement of ETC traffic efficiency. So it is really necessary to assemble ETC in the new car factory.

So, what are the advantages of assembling ETC in the new car factory?

First of all, the current on-board ETC equipment, as the external equipment of the automobile, is difficult to achieve the unification of technical specifications, and the probability of failure at the port is naturally greater. If it is an optional configuration of the car, it will become an existing part of the car when it leaves the factory, then the stability of its technical specifications and equipment will be more guaranteed. Common problems such as power supply and disconnection will be solved to a great extent.

On the other hand, the original installation of ETC in the new car also solved the "trouble" of the owner to a certain extent. The owner only needs to go to the bank and other card issuing institutions to handle it, and there is no need for staff to install it. For some car owners who are afraid of trouble, increasing the penetration rate is definitely an important measure.

"Of course, to improve the efficiency of ETC is by no means to say that it can be completely solved by' assembling ETC in the original factory of new cars'. It is necessary for the state to start with the system, software and identification equipment to comprehensively solve the problems that car owners are most concerned about at present, such as unclear billing and poor traffic. But it can be said for sure that as long as the ETC system is perfect enough, the equipment is stable enough and the charging method is more transparent, there is no need for compulsory promotion. Car owners will naturally choose ETC, and the traffic efficiency of expressways will naturally be higher.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.