As tesla's first model launched in the domestic market, the Model S was first imported into China in 2014. From the perspective of the time, the Tesla Model S was undoubtedly the most special model in the market, and this special feature was not only that it had the identity of a pure electric car, but also that it accelerated in less than 5 seconds, the extremely simple interior, and a new model of car building.
After years of development, Tesla Model S product performance has also been improved by leaps and bounds, stronger power, longer endurance, with a more comprehensive driver assistance system, etc., of course, the same is still its imported car identity, as well as million-level product positioning. So the question is, how does it cost to use the car? Is it as economical as other pure electric models? Next, we will investigate its maintenance costs, insurance costs and electricity costs.
Insurance cost survey
Tesla Model S currently has two models on sale in China, namely "2021 two-motor all-wheel drive version" and "2021 three-motor all-wheel drive Plaid version". The biggest difference between the two models is the difference in the number of motors and the maximum power, and the most intuitive difference to the user is the difference in acceleration time. The "2021 dual-motor all-wheel drive version" zero hundred acceleration time is 3.2 seconds; the "2021 three-motor all-wheel drive Plaid version" zero hundred acceleration time is 2.1 seconds, which is the level of million-level supercar. Other than that, there is not much difference in configuration between the two versions. Of course, judging from the results of the survey, most users are still more inclined to the higher price of the "2021 three-motor all-wheel drive Plaid version". So, we used this car as a survey model.
According to the results of the investigation of insurance costs, Tesla Model S has a premium of about 29,050 yuan in the first year after purchasing 1 million three major insurance types: three liabilities, car damage insurance, and compulsory traffic insurance. If there is no accident in the later use process, the premium will be further reduced after that, we calculate with a 20% discount in the second year of the standard premium and a 30% discount in the third year, and the cost of Tesla Model S three-year insurance cost is about 72625 yuan, and the average annual premium is about 24208 yuan.
Maintenance cost survey
Tesla Model S as a million-level pure electric car, in terms of maintenance and ordinary pure electric models, there are not too many maintenance items, maintenance intervals are relatively long. The first insurance time is 20,000km or 12 months, and it is necessary to conduct routine inspections of the three-electric system, chassis, lighting, etc. The interval is then 20,000km or 12 months, and at 60,000km or three years, you only need to go to the store for three maintenance. In terms of parts replacement cycle and price, the air conditioning filter element is replaced every 20,000km at a price of 152 yuan; the antifreeze needs to be replaced every 80,000km at a price of 911 yuan; the brake fluid needs to be replaced every 40,000km at a price of 754 yuan. It should be noted that tesla model S needs to charge 599 yuan per routine inspection, which is equivalent to the maintenance fee of other fuel vehicles.
We take the three-year driving of 60,000km as the car cycle, calculate the Tesla Model S maintenance cost, which costs about 2887 yuan, and the average annual need is about 962 yuan. The minimum for small maintenance is 711 yuan, which is the cost of routine inspection + replacement of air conditioning filter. The price of small maintenance alone is somewhat expensive, especially as a pure tram, which is higher than many fuel vehicles. But from the perspective of the total cost of three years of maintenance, Tesla Model S is really very economical, less than 3,000 yuan of cost is even cheaper than some small cars, completely can not see that it is a million-level car.
Electricity Bill Survey
The Tesla Model S accelerates strongly, but at the same time more motors also increase the vehicle's power consumption. According to our survey, Tesla Model S users actually consume about 22kWh of electricity per 100 kilometers, and the current household electricity consumption is about 0.56 yuan / kWh, the electricity bill per 100 kilometers is about 12.32 yuan, and the electricity cost of 60000km in three years is about 7392 yuan.
If the price of Tesla supercharger pile 1.8 yuan / kWh is calculated, the electricity cost per 100 kilometers is about 39.6 yuan, and the electricity cost of 60,000km in three years is about 23,760 yuan, minus the 400 kWh of electricity given away every year, it is almost 23,000 yuan. Compared to most pure electric models, this electricity bill is obviously much more expensive, but even then it is at least twice as cheap as the same price of fuel vehicles.
epilogue:
We add up the maintenance cost, insurance cost and electricity cost, we can calculate that the Tesla Model S three years to drive 60000km of car cost is about 98512 yuan, the average year is about 32837 yuan, about 2736 yuan per month, the average daily cost of 91 yuan. On the whole, Tesla Model S as a million-level pure electric car, the monthly cost of less than 3,000 yuan is not expensive at all, and this price is not much higher than some medium and large cars. In terms of specific aspects, the maintenance and electricity costs are very cheap, completely the level of a joint venture small car, only the insurance price "meets" the million-level identity, three years of 70,000 yuan of insurance costs, has exceeded the total car cost of 7 into, of course, for tesla Model S owners, it is not worth mentioning.