New energy vehicles may be able to completely replace fuel vehicles in the future, but they certainly can't do it now.
On the evening of December 18, Weilai held this year's NIO DAY, founder Li Bin released the second car model ET5 after ET7 at the meeting, although various previous revelations have made this new car less mysterious, but after the real release, it still makes many people call "true fragrance".
In terms of endurance, such as equipped with a standard battery pack (75kWh), et5 has a range of more than 550 kilometers, a long battery pack (100kWh) with a range of more than 700 kilometers, and a super long battery pack (150kWh) with a range of more than 1000 kilometers; in terms of power, et5 is equipped with a front permanent magnet synchronous motor, a rear induction asynchronous motor power system, and the acceleration of 100 kilometers is only 4.3 seconds, and the braking distance from 100 kilometers to zero is 33.9 meters.
In terms of delivery, WEILAI continued the futures delivery style of the new power car companies, and NIO DAY opened pre-sale on the same day and will be officially delivered in September next year.
As for the most concerned price inside and outside the industry, if you choose the vehicle purchase plan, the standard endurance version ET5 starts at 328,000 yuan, and if you choose the battery rental plan, the price is directly down to 258,000 yuan, and the battery monthly rental cost is 980 yuan.
Although the price of about 300,000 is still in the high-end range, based on the average selling price of 430,000 yuan for other models of Weilai, and the previous statement about "not launching models below 300,000", ET5 can already be regarded as a model of Weilai to explore the broader market.
At the time of NIO DAY and after the end, the evaluation of ET5 on social media was basically positive, and many people directly posted screenshots of the deposits that had been delivered, and some people said bluntly that Tesla was suddenly out of smell.
However, in the interview session after the press conference, Li Bin promoted the new model and his own technology at the same time, but also made a pull on the fuel vehicle.
Li Bin said bluntly that he does not understand why consumers still want to buy oil cars, in addition to being able to smell some gasoline, what is the good place for oil cars; in terms of power anxiety, it is now just the heart of gasoline car users who are operating electric vehicles.
Such remarks immediately caused controversy on the Internet, most netizens think that Li Bin is too one-sided, too confident in the current electric vehicle, and some people said that the good feelings that have just been generated by ET5 for Weilai immediately disappeared because of Li Bin's words.
In the past two years, under the joint promotion of national policies, various capitals and new players, new energy vehicles have indeed ushered in the spring of development, the penetration rate is getting higher and higher, and the monthly delivery volume of new forces such as Weilai and Xiaopeng has crossed the threshold of 10,000 vehicles.
However, from the fact that electric vehicle owners spent several hours waiting for charging piles during the National Day holiday this year, to the actual mileage of the vehicle after the temperature dropped, it shows that there are still great deficiencies in electric vehicles at this stage, the most basic endurance has a lot of room for improvement, and the charging network also needs to be improved.
Judging from the evaluation of many automotive bloggers and car owners, Weilai's models are not very perfect, and the actual mileage will be 30% or 20% off compared with the level of official publicity, and it will be worse at low temperatures.
Therefore, Li Bin's statement of "not understanding why consumers still want to buy fuel trucks" is indeed too one-sided, and one day in the future, new energy vehicles may be able to completely replace fuel vehicles, but now it is certainly not.
On the other hand, the impact of Li Bin's remarks on the WEIlai brand once again shows that although the excessive binding between the new force car companies and the founders is a major feature, there are also great potential risks. For example, after the ideal car was previously questioned by the owner of the seat mercury, the founder Li wanted to publicly anger directly on social media, "Wishing that the people who spread rumors are filled with mercury in their heads", which attracted many media reports and comments, affecting the brand image.
New energy vehicles are indeed the trend of the times, but there are still many places that need to be improved, especially the problem of endurance, which not only requires car companies and supply chain companies to increase the research and development of various technologies such as three electrics, but also requires charging service providers to increase investment, coordination and management.
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Text / Bao Xingwa
Editor / Zeng Xiantian