Tonight at 12 o'clock,
Domestic refined oil prices will rise again.
Many car owners exclaimed, "Can't afford to drive, can't burn oil",
And ask around for fuel-saving "secrets".
meanwhile
The market is diverse
Fuel-saving devices and fuel-saving agents have also begun to sell well.
Someone in the circle of friends sells a fuel economizer
Claimed to save 30% of fuel
"The 17th is going to rise again, early installation saves money, Volkswagen Sagittarius installation saves 24%!" The power is very pronounced. "Mercedes-Benz just proposed from the 4S shop to install car economizers. It is very silky to drive, saving 0.25 yuan per kilometer. With the approaching of the domestic refined oil price adjustment window, the reporter found in the circle of friends that there was more information about selling automotive energy savers.
What kind of "artifact" can save 24% of fuel consumption? Curious, the reporter contacted the buyer as a buyer. The other party quickly sent promotional materials for the product, including a PPT and a video.
PPT introduction, this product called automotive electronic energy saver, is the use of air to produce oxygen enrichment, with electronic constant current voltage regulator circuit optimization of the car electronic control system, so that the engine in the "constant current stable pressure oxygen" conditions to work, so that the fuel combustion more fully, improve combustion efficiency, reduce carbon deposits, enhance power, and ultimately achieve the goal of fuel saving.
The installation process of the energy saver is described in detail on the video, and the energy saver is simply connected to the car intake pipe and battery. The price is around 1000 yuan. The data also claims that the product saves 10%-30% of fuel consumption, increases power by 20%, and reduces exhaust emissions by 60%-90%.
"Fuel savers" are on sale
Gas stations blow fuel saving effect
"Adding a bottle of 'fuel economizer' not only protects the engine from removing carbon deposits, but also saves fuel and money." On the afternoon of the 16th, when the reporter refueled at a gas station in the city, the staff enthusiastically promoted the "fuel-saving agent". The staff told reporters that such a fuel-saving product is 58 yuan per bottle, and every time a bottle is poured in the fuel tank, it can play a role in cleaning the oil circuit and improving the combustion rate, and said that if it is used for a long time, 15% of the fuel consumption can be saved per 100 kilometers.
When watching the reporter hesitate, the staff pointed to a carton filled with empty bottles of "fuel-saving agent" next to the fuel dispenser and said that since the beginning of this year, the price of domestic refined oil products has continued to rise, and the "fuel-saving agent" has sold well. "In the past two days, oil prices have risen again, and more than ten bottles have been sold in the morning alone." Subsequently, the reporter visited several gas stations and saw that there were similar sales, some called fuel essence, fuel treasure, some called fuel saving agent, synergist, or detergent, compound agent.
The reporter noted that the outer packaging of these products generally did not mark the specific fuel saving ratio, but generally said that the products have a fuel-saving effect. Some of the staff said that they could save 10% of fuel when selling, and some said that they could reach more than 25%.
Fuel economizer, fuel treasure
How long will this "IQ tax" have to be paid?
Most of the efficacy of oil-saving products on the market is exaggerated, and the products are mixed, and every time the oil price rises, it will be on fire.
Mr. Xu, a private car owner of HomeStead and International, told reporters that he has used 3 different types of fuel-saving products, and there is no magical fuel-saving effect promoted by manufacturers. The first time was in November last year, a nanomaterial that put a fuel-saving patch on the car's inlet pipe. The second time, a gasoline additive shaped like chewing gum was used, dubbed "Car Viagra", 240 yuan and 20 pieces, which were required to be put into the fuel tank every time they were refueled, and it was said that it could achieve a fuel saving effect of 15%-25%. Last month, Mr. Xu installed a fuel-saving equipment that claimed to be from the United States, which cost more than 300 yuan, installed between the engine and the oil inlet pipe, and used radiation to make gasoline burn fully.
The owner of an auto beauty shop on Baixiang Road told reporters that once the oil price was raised, the fuel-saving products on the market were on fire for a while. New products emerge in an endless stream, and they are all under the name of nano, polymer, ultra-infrared and other high-tech. The boss admitted that they are not optimistic about such products, but they are generally sold by manufacturers, and they cannot be sold or lost for car beauty shops.
"The fuel-saving effect claimed by these products is actually not very obvious, and it is a product that collects IQ tax." Mr. Chen, a senior automobile beauty expert in Yangzhou and a master of automotive engineering, said frankly that fuel-saving products can improve fuel atomization and increase oxygen content by cleaning the oil circuit, thereby increasing the power of the engine and achieving the effect of fuel saving, which is theoretically feasible. However, whether it is as advertised by the merchant can save 15% or even 25% of the effect is questionable.
Mr. Chen believes that fuel consumption is one of the key data of the major automobile brand competition, the major manufacturers will spend a lot of money every year to carry out the research and development of new fuel-saving technologies, if there is such a good fuel-saving effect, manufacturers will have long been used in the automobile production process. The best way to save fuel is to follow the instructions for normal maintenance of the car and develop good driving habits.
Reporter Li Xiaoming