【据《日经产业新闻》报道】目前,日本石油产业活性化中心正协同日本各汽车制造企业加紧研制以甲醇为燃料的汽车,并争取在短期内使甲醇汽车达到实际应用。去年日本制造的甲醇汽车巳经开始道路试验,在日本的横滨市还新建起甲醇供应站。从天然气中提取的甲醇将有可能是下个世纪代替石油的燃料。甲醇汽车在美国和西德等发达国家基本上达到了实际应用。日本如果能在试验所内解决废气排放问题,就可以进入公路试验阶段了。去年,日本共制造出12辆甲醇汽车,分别准备在日本的寒冷地区、高温地区、山区公路和首都高速公路上进行5万公里以上的道路试验。以检查是否能够保持在试验室内测得的性能指标。 [According to Nikkei Industry News] Currently, Japan’s oil industry activation center is working with Japanese auto makers to step up the development of methanol-fueled vehicles and strive to make the methanol vehicle in a short period of practical application. Methanol vehicles manufactured in Japan last year have already started road tests, and a new methanol station has also been set up in Yokohama, Japan. Methanol extracted from natural gas will likely be the fuel of the next century instead of oil. Methanol vehicles in the United States and West Germany and other developed countries have basically reached the practical application. If Japan can solve the problem of exhaust emissions in the test institute, it can enter the road test phase. Last year, Japan produced a total of 12 methanol vehicles, each of which is planned to carry out more than 50,000 km of road tests in Japan’s cold areas, hot areas, mountainous roads and the capital expressway. To check if it is able to maintain the measured performance in the laboratory.