Before and after driving nearly 5 years of plug-in hybrid cars, feel a lot, originally because of the worry about pure electric vehicle endurance problems and choose plug-in hybrid, its advantages are obvious, but 5 major shortcomings are hard injuries, this is the choice of hybrid vehicles worth paying attention to, I use my experience to tell you the real situation.
If you want to start a new energy vehicle because of the rise in oil prices, then I advise everyone to think twice, and after 10 years, if you calculate an economic account, you will find that it saves fuel but does not save money, let alone worry.
Before starting the plug-in hybrid model, I also understood the oil-electric hybrid model, but after a comprehensive comparison, I found that the oil-electric hybrid model is only fuel-saving, and other advantages are far less than the plug-in hybrid model.
Pain point one, pure electric endurance is too short, frequent charging is too sad
At that time, the model was equipped with lithium iron phosphate battery, battery capacity of 16kwh, the official pure electric NEDC endurance of 80 kilometers, but the actual false standard is very serious, the winter temperature is low, the speed of the car runs fast, such as running high speed, and open the heating air conditioning, the actual endurance is only forty or fifty kilometers.
Default priority to use pure electric mode, battery power exhausted system switch to fuel mode, at this time and fuel vehicles, only drive the car to the charging pile fully charged, in order to re-switch pure electric mode, most of the time are used around the city car, basically every 1-2 days need to charge once, otherwise you can only use fuel mode.
Pure electric mileage is too short, the current pure electric endurance on the market is generally within 100 kilometers, the actual endurance is about 30%, equivalent to the actual endurance is only 70 or 80 kilometers, if you want to save money, only frequent charging.
Plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicle model, if the community installs charging piles, the property needs the owner to have a property parking space, while being close to the main power supply, if the wiring is too long, for safety reasons, the property does not allow the owner to install charging piles. Short-term rental and long-term rental spaces require the owner to sign a waiver agreement, but the owner is certainly not willing to help the tenant sign, so the charging pile cannot be installed.
If you do not have a charging pile, use the outside public charging pile, the current stage, the public charging pile is mainly in commercial areas, office buildings, dense residential areas and other areas, these places of charging piles generally charge more people, queuing charging is a common thing, short endurance model car companies generally do not have fast charging, can only choose slow charging, so that charging outside is indeed very troublesome.
Pain point two, battery life, warranty concerns
A noteworthy problem: the battery is not charged for a long time, not used, the impact on battery life is relatively large, there are months of frequent business trips to run long distances, usually lazy to charge, often for several months without pure electric mode, less than two years, found that the endurance shrinkage is obvious, the same distance, before full charge can travel more than 60 kilometers, the back found that can only travel more than 50 kilometers, and the charging time is more than 10 minutes.
At present, it is mainly lithium iron phosphate batteries and ternary lithium batteries, this type of power battery life depends on the number of cycle charging, frequent charging, the number of cycle charges will be consumed more, in comparison, plug-in hybrid models battery life is far less than pure electric vehicles.
Although car companies implement 8 years or 160,000 kilometers of warranty, but the restrictions are more "harsh", for example, only for the first owner can enjoy battery warranty, if you buy a second-hand car, you can not enjoy the battery free warranty service. If there is a more serious collision accident, you will not be able to enjoy the battery warranty service.
The circle of car friends saw a car owner, accidentally drove the car to the road teeth, the vehicle was bottomed, the back drove to the 4S shop for maintenance, and after the repair, he was informed that the vehicle battery was hit, which was caused by human factors and could not enjoy the battery warranty service.
Pain point three, maintenance costs are high, insurance costs are high
The new energy vehicle insurance program has just come out, and everyone is complaining that the insurance of new energy vehicles is higher than that of fuel vehicles, and it is specific to see how much more expensive it is?
The model started in 2017, the landing price is about 220,000, the new energy three insurance is 650, the car damage insurance is 4900, the occupant liability insurance on the car is small, depending on how much seat insurance is bought, but it is more expensive than the fuel car, it has not been insured for 3 consecutive years, and the strong discount is 665, and the car and boat tax is currently exempted.
All calculated down, minus the preferential part, and finally actually paid about 6300, and the same price, vehicle situation is similar to the fuel vehicle, buy the same underwriting items, all less than 5000, equivalent to the annual new energy model premium is about 1500 expensive, of course, different regions, different models, the purchase of car insurance amount and other situations are not the same, the premium will be different, but the premium is expensive This is certain.
The aforementioned riders, because they could not enjoy free warranty services, asked the maintenance costs, let the owner be surprised, the battery alone can not be repaired, need to replace the entire battery pack, assembly, material costs, working hours costs are all calculated down to more than 20,000, in order to use the car safety, at that time 4S shop staff suggested that he replace the entire new battery pack, the total cost of more than 30,000.
He also wants to repair through the car insurance company, after reporting the insurance, the loss determination personnel have a detailed understanding, the situation is fed back to the car insurance company, the insurance company does not agree with the maintenance cost of the 4S shop, and requires a detailed charging basis.
But the 4S shop can only provide part of the ticket, such as dismantling fees, testing fees, transportation costs, etc. are high, can not provide reasonable bills, the owner of the car back and forth and insurance companies, 4S shop to coordinate maintenance matters, and finally still need the owner to pay 6,000 yuan, buy car insurance is much more expensive than the fuel car, report insurance also a variety of conditions, the more the owner thinks the more he feels that he is very lost.
Pain point four, the retention rate is low
After all, the new energy model is just out of the model in recent years, the overall technical level, basic supporting facilities are not mature enough, to plug-in hybrid and pure electric two models, the amount of ownership on the market is relatively small, involving power battery life, safety, quality assurance policy, endurance and other concerns, many car owners are not willing to buy second-hand cars.
Although the first two years of the retention rate and fuel vehicles are similar, but after the age of the car more than 3 years, many factors lead to the overall low retention rate of second-hand cars, in my own model, 2017 model, when landed about 220,000, opened for nearly 4 years, driven about 60,000 kilometers, no maintenance, asked a friend who does second-hand cars, probably can only sell about 10W, not necessarily someone is willing to buy.
The same price of fuel vehicles, almost the car, second-hand cars can sell at least 13W or more, plug-in hybrid models retention rate is OK, but the pure electric vehicle retention rate and fuel vehicles Gap is relatively large, 4 years later may be 50% off no one is willing to take over.
Pain point five, save fuel but do not save money
New energy models to our impression has always been energy saving, environmental protection, money saving, sense of science and technology, plug-in hybrid models, in the case of electricity, the default is motor driven, and charging is very cheap, if you use household charging piles, night valley electricity is very cheap, two or three cents a degree of electricity, night peak electricity slightly expensive, the average down, one degree of electricity about 6 mao.
If you use the outside public charging pile, one kilowatt hour of electricity is about 1.5 yuan, the average calculation of household and public charging piles, 1 degree of electricity is calculated as 8 cents, plug-in hybrid if the daily pure electricity is the majority, the power consumption of 100 kilometers is close to about 20 degrees, and the fuel consumption will be slightly higher than that of the same fuel vehicle by 1-2L.
The reason is very simple, plug-in hybrid models have two sets of motor, engine two sets of drive systems, the body is generally heavier than the same fuel vehicle or pure electric vehicle weight of more than 300 kg, many plug-in hybrid models body weight is more than 2 tons, and therefore, whether it is pure electric mode or fuel mode, its energy consumption is higher than other models.
On the whole, the average energy consumption of plug-in hybrid models is about 100 kilometers: "electricity consumption of 15 degrees + fuel 3L", depending on the model and the use of the car, so calculated, plug-in hybrid one-year electricity and fuel costs about 5600 yuan.
Let's look at the fuel vehicle: suppose the fuel vehicle engine is 1.5T displacement, the fuel consumption of 100 kilometers is 8L, plus No. 92 gasoline, and now the No. 92 gasoline is 8.5 yuan / L, driving 15,000 kilometers a year, and the annual fuel cost is about 10,000.
In addition, the maintenance cost is slightly more expensive than the fuel vehicle, small maintenance is also a routine inspection, the large maintenance needs to be determined according to the situation, timely replacement of coolant, reducer gear oil this category, on the whole, plug-in hybrid models a year maintenance costs are about 200 more expensive than fuel vehicles.
That is to say, the annual cost of plug-in hybrid models is about 4,000 less than that of fuel vehicles, and if a car is used for 10 years, it is equivalent to saving 40,000.
However, plug-in hybrid models are at least 30,000-40,000 yuan more expensive than the same fuel model, second-hand cars sell at least 30,000 yuan less than fuel vehicles, annual insurance is 1500 yuan more expensive than fuel vehicles, other costs are not counted for the time being, only these three costs, plug-in hybrid models are at least 40,000 more expensive than fuel vehicles.
Therefore, if only the economic account is calculated, the cost of plug-in hybrid models is far higher than that of the same fuel vehicle.
The above said that there are many pain points of plug-in hybrid models, but this is not to say that plug-in hybrid models are not good, in fact, its advantages are obvious, I believe that owners who are willing to buy plug-in hybrid models are also eyeing its advantages.
First of all, the power performance of plug-in hybrid models far exceeds that of the same level of fuel vehicles, it can be said that 200,000 plug-in hybrid models, its power performance crushes 400,000 fuel vehicles, which is the advantage of motor + engine drive.
Secondly, you can get on the "green card", enjoy unlimited lines and unlimited numbers, now many first- and second-tier cities, it is easy to buy a car, it is difficult to get a license, some car owners have not been in the lottery for one or two years, the cost of the license plate is very high, and all this only needs a pure electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid model to solve.
When driving a fuel car, every week to the day of the restriction, there will always be an alarm in advance to avoid driving penalties, and green cars do not have such troubles at all, many areas can take the bus lane, free parking for 2 hours and other offers, it is indeed very fragrant.
Finally, the assisted driving technology, intelligence is very high, the sense of science and technology is very strong, the appearance, interior, space, functional configuration and other aspects are far beyond the same level of fuel vehicles.
In short, plug-in hybrid, oil-electric hybrid, extended range, pure electric these new energy models, the main advantages are fuel saving, environmental protection, power performance, sense of science and technology and other advantages are obvious, the disadvantage is that the cost of the car is higher.
If you want to save money, it is not suitable for choosing plug-in hybrid models, plug-in hybrid models can be said to be fuel vehicles to pure electric vehicles "transition products", suitable for those who do not consider economy, only pay attention to power performance, short-distance, long-distance have the demand for cars, the annual mileage of more people, want to save money that is still to drive fuel vehicles.