New energy vehicle maintenance cost warning, don't be bound by maintenance costs!
Development of fully electric new energy vehicles.
In recent years, with a series of policies issued by the state, China's new energy electric vehicle industry has developed rapidly, and it has also maintained a large scale.
Sales of automobiles of brands such as BYD and GAC Yi'an Automobile have doubled. There are also activists who are working around the clock to demand a complete ban on the sale of vehicles with conventional fuel, and want to switch all fuel vehicles to all-electric mode.
With the popularization of pure electric vehicles in China, the penetration rate of pure electric vehicles continues to increase, and major car companies are successively launching new pure electric vehicles.
It is worth mentioning that despite the rapid development of all-electric vehicles in China, it is not well known abroad.
On the one hand, the price of oil is cheap in most countries and the average income of the population is also very high, which means that consumers no longer have to save money on oil prices.
However, there are still technical problems such as low temperature range and long charging delay in pure electric vehicles.
Some time ago, due to commercial considerations, some international car rental companies have decided to sell or replace some electric vehicles purchased in the first two or three years.
Hertz, the U.S.-based car rental company, has announced a new car rental program.
Hertz Rent-A-Car, the world's largest car rental company, announced a big strategy on January 17, which includes Tesla, selling more than 20,000 electric vehicles and investing money in more fuel-efficient vehicles.
This is due to the fact that electric vehicles are becoming more expensive to repair and the demand for such electric vehicles in the rental car market is gradually decreasing.
After investigating and explaining this, some analysts and industry experts said that Hertz's decision will have a certain impact on the aftermarket of electric vehicles. Hertz's announcement has added to the concerns of potential buyers who have been forced to buy electric vehicles in large quantities due to the constant interest rates.
Tesla's **open**287%, which is a negative sign.
New energy vehicles are expensive to maintain.
According to the figures released by the China Automobile Industry Association some time ago, in the first nine months of this year, the production and sales of new energy vehicles have increased significantly, with production, sales and sales of 471 respectively70,000 units, 45670,000 units, an increase over the same period of the previous year, showing an amazing momentum of development.
At the same time, the market share of new energy vehicles has reached 235%, exceeding the 20% development target in 2025.
While China's new energy vehicles are growing rapidly, we should also pay attention to some of its problems. In addition to safety issues such as short cruising range and spontaneous combustion, the after-sales maintenance costs of new energy vehicles have also attracted much attention.
Some time ago, the news reports left many consumers scratching their heads. For example, an all-electric sports utility vehicle worth 150,000 yuan can be repaired as much as 20,000 yuan after a minor impact; Another 28 W all-electric SUV requires a maintenance fee of 200,000 yuan. All this tells us that buying an electric car is not unaffordable, and it costs a lot of money to repair and maintain. All this tells us that the purchase of new energy vehicles does not mean that there is no burden at all, and the maintenance costs in the later stage are also considerable.
We Predict, a well-known data analytics company, conducted an in-depth survey of more than 19 million vehicles between 2016 and 2021.
Wang (pseudonym) is a technician who has been engaged in the first class for many years, he said that the current maintenance costs of new energy vehicles are indeed very high, mainly because: First, because many new energy vehicle companies have not yet come out of the loss state in the fierce market competition, many brands will choose to raise prices to meet their income needs and obtain more profits.
Secondly, although the new processing technology represented by integral injection molding reduces the manufacturing cost, because one part of the human body affects the whole body, the later maintenance work also becomes more difficult.
Finally, even a small scratch can lead to damage to the lidar system, which can lead to a significant increase in maintenance costs. Therefore, many car manufacturers have begun to install laser radar on the roof of the car to minimize the danger.
How expensive is it to maintain a new energy vehicle?
The number one reason for high maintenance costs is the high value of damaged parts. Electric vehicle batteries, in particular, have long been considered the most expensive and difficult components to maintain.
According to the "16th Research Report on the Comprehensive Renewal Rate of Automobiles" by the Insurance Association of China, the comprehensive renewal rate of new energy vehicles in China in 2021 will be 4885%, of which the comprehensive new energy vehicle rate reached 4885%, including years. This means that a set of energy batteries can be nearly half of a new energy vehicle.
And in BEVs, advanced sensors such as lidar tend to be the most expensive. In the Xpeng P5 mentioned above, the maintenance cost is largely due to the damage of a lidar of up to 8916 yuan. This is largely due to the fact that such components may contain some key patented technologies and cannot use the same parts to reduce costs as in conventional fuel cell vehicles.
You know, in the battery, up to Tesla, down to BYD, down to CATL, then to Xinwangda, and then to Honeycomb Energy, these new battery manufacturers, although they have their own production processes, but when there is a problem with the battery, they have to find a manufacturer for maintenance, and it is impossible to be like a traditional oil car, even if there is one less part, it can be replaced. Unlike traditional gasoline vehicles, even one missing part can be replaced. Unlike traditional fuel vehicles, even if one part is missing, it can be replaced by parts from other brands.
In addition, when the electrical appliances of electric vehicles fail, it is not easy for individual users or repair shops to purchase and replace spare parts for them.
In addition, the production processes used by automakers are also putting pressure on maintenance costs. A typical injection molding technology for the integration of the whole vehicle and the battery, the technology connects the battery, the chassis and even the whole vehicle into a whole, and if serious damage occurs, the corresponding parts and supporting batteries are usually replaced.
Of course, more critically, the maintenance and operation of all-electric vehicles requires specialized technical and technical experts, and China is still at a disadvantage in this regard.
Car rental platforms are mainly fuel vehicles.
Sixt, a local car rental company in Germany, is also gradually reducing its share of Tesla's electric vehicles for the same reason, and is also facing significant pressure from the depreciation of its vehicles and the increase in maintenance costs.
There are two main reasons why Tesla's electric car production has been stopped: one is that the car is too fast to meet people's expectations; Second, the high maintenance and maintenance costs in the later stage have caused great pressure on the operation of the enterprise.
Both rental car giants agree that many of the advantages described by EV proponents are unlikely to be realized. They believe that the probability of failure is much higher and the corresponding maintenance costs are much higher than that of a vehicle with the same engine. To make matters worse, just after Tesla's price cut, Hertz, the largest car rental company in the United States, also began a pricing offensive against Tesla.
Hertz said in public that the residual value of its brand electric vehicles has been greatly reduced due to continuous downward adjustments and sales growth, and the overall residual value is only 1 3. This can be a big challenge for rental car companies that need to change their vehicles frequently.
Faced with high maintenance costs, declining cars**, and declining sales of older cars, these are all factors that need to be improved urgently, and these factors have led several large car rental companies to choose to abandon the Tesla brand.
In China, although various industries are vigorously promoting new energy vehicles, the promotion of new energy vehicles by large leasing companies such as China Leasing is still in its infancy.
As far as I know, even in the big urban rental market, such as Shenzhou Car Rental, it is difficult to find new energy vehicles. Even in the nearby regional sales centers, there are only a few models available for rent, such as the Nissan Elysée and the Tesla Model 3.
Conclusion. However, it is undeniable that as a strategic emerging industry with great development prospects, the after-sales service system of new energy vehicles is still in its infancy.
Because the parts structure of new energy vehicles is quite different from that of traditional fuel vehicles, traditional maintenance technicians have encountered many difficulties in the maintenance process.
In order to effectively solve the problem of high maintenance costs of new energy vehicles, enterprises should not only seek policy support, improve the corresponding maintenance specifications as soon as possible, and increase the supervision of opaque pricing, but also reflect on the design ideas and configuration strategies of products, so as to make them more in line with market needs and produce various models with different performances.
In this process, we cannot blindly use "luxury" hardware configuration as a means of publicity, nor can we blindly pursue product innovation, but use a fanatical attitude to cover up the real dilemma.
What we want to do is to let consumers buy, use and maintain new energy vehicles, try to increase their income, so that they can afford and enjoy the fun of using new energy vehicles.