Pure electric vehicles
Auto-first|Wang Yi
On the one hand, the tide of pure electric new energy vehicles is rising, and on the other hand, it is the embarrassment of consumers in the process of use.
saw that he drove to Hainan, and saw that his return ticket was blocked; Seeing him driving on the highway in the scenery, and seeing him being forced to charge the service area because of insufficient battery life, his face was full of anxiety and ......In the Spring Festival of 2024, new energy vehicle travel will once again usher in a big test.
A few days ago, many new energy vehicle owners of Hainan self-driving tours encountered unexpected problems on the return trip, because there were too many new energy vehicle consignment jams, and the return ferry tickets were "hard to find".
The reason for the detention of vehicles is that, in order to ensure the safety of transportation, according to the regulations, the total number of new energy vehicles on a (passenger and cargo ro-ro) ship cannot exceed 18. According to Auto-First, Hainan restricts the number of new energy vehicles on the ferry mainly for safety reasons, and the special environment of passenger ferries may have an impact on the safety of power batteries, which may cause fires.
From the point of view of the ferry policy of new energy vehicles, Hainan is relatively open, for some complex sea areas, the restrictions on new energy ferries are more stringent, of which Yantai to Dalian is currently the largest span of ferries, but the policy prohibits green pure electric vehicles and green plug-in hybrid vehicles on boats, and blue hybrid cars can take boats.
Of course, the travel of new energy vehicles is limited more than this, during the Spring Festival, car owners choose fuel vehicles to travel is still the mainstream, and there are obvious differences in car use in different regions in the north and south.
According to Auto-First, in the northeast of China, consumers during the Spring Festival are mainly fuel vehicles, and pure electric vehicles are rarely seen in some areas of Heilongjiang.
Limited by the low temperature environment in Northeast China, the endurance of pure electric vehicles in cold regions will inevitably be greatly reduced. I have tested a new energy vehicle equipped with heat pump air conditioning in Shenyang, the cruising capacity can reach more than 400km when fully charged, and when the temperature is lower than minus 10, the comprehensive cruising range drops to only about 150km, which is not difficult to see that there are still obvious travel restrictions for new energy in the northern region in winter.
Not only that, in inland cities, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles is not high. It is understood that in inland areas such as Shaanxi and Gansu, only some taxis and travel companies have switched to new energy vehicles, and public charging piles can also ensure normal car demand, but the current penetration rate in the private electric vehicle market is not high.
Auto-First has learned from the travel market that the charging problem of new energy taxis is still one of the most troublesome problems for taxi drivers. Some car owners said, "The new energy taxi is too close to earn back, too far to measure the distance, and the charging queue, always to ensure that the car battery life is more than 100km before daring to take orders."
In addition to the northern region and inland markets, most of the vehicles on the road during the Spring Festival travel in the southern coastal areas are still dominated by fuel vehicles. According to a report by China ** Daily, during the Spring Festival, traditional fuel vehicles are still the absolute mainstream of travel.
According to the report, the number of highway charging piles from Shanghai to Henan is relatively sufficient, but the regional layout of new energy vehicle charging infrastructure is unbalanced, and the penetration rate of new energy vehicles is still low in central provinces such as Henan and Anhui, and only fewer users will choose new energy vehicles for long-distance travel. In Wuxi, Changzhou and other cities with high new energy penetration, the high-speed charging queue is more obvious.
In the process of travel, problems such as false mileage standards of new energy vehicles and mileage attenuation at high speed are still the pain points of car owners. Some car owners said that they have both fuel vehicles and new energy vehicles at home, but they still choose to drive fuel vehicles for long-distance travel during the Spring Festival.
According to the "2023 National Electric Vehicle Charging and Swapping Infrastructure Operation" released by the China Charging Alliance, as of December 2023, the cumulative number of charging infrastructure in China is 85960,000 units, an increase of 65% year-on-year. In 2023, 338 new charging infrastructure will be added60,000 units, accounting for 40% of the cumulative total.
In 2023, the sales volume of new energy vehicles in the domestic market will be 94950,000 units, with an incremental ratio of 1:28. According to the regional distribution of charging infrastructure construction, the public charging piles built in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hubei, Shandong, Beijing, Anhui, Henan, Sichuan and other places account for 707%, while the distribution of charging piles in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu and other regions in the northeast and inland areas is less than 30%, which is destined to have a low penetration rate of new energy vehicles in inland areas.
Long-distance high-speed travel of new energy vehicles is far less convenient than fuel vehicles in terms of energy replenishment. In the "big test" of extreme long-distance high-speed travel caused by heavy snowfall, winter rain, bad weather and severe congestion in Hubei and other places, it is still difficult to solve the anxiety of battery life and energy replenishment of new energy vehicles in a short time.
Zhang Xiang, an expert from the Auto-First think tank and a researcher at the Automotive Industry Innovation Research Center of North China University of Technology, said that the number of charging piles in China's highway service area cannot fully meet the charging needs of a large number of electric vehicles during the holiday, and there is no good solution to this situation in the short term. In this regard, how to maximize the role of limited charging piles has become the key.
For car owners who choose new energy long-distance travel, if they choose to travel by car to popular tourist destinations on holidays, it is recommended to plan multiple routes in advance and take charging and energy replenishment measures in advance; If you need to use ferries and other methods, it is recommended to check the ferry policy of local new energy vehicles in advance, so that your travel can be more secure. (Partly on the Internet).