Recently, a Tesla Model S owner in Finland was particularly disappointed in Tesla after knowing that replacing the battery would cost 20,000 euros (about 140,000 yuan) at his own expense, blowing up the car to express his dissatisfaction with Tesla, and also put the dummy of Musk's image into the car and shared the process through live webcasting.
The incident has aroused netizens' concern about battery loss. As we all know, with the gradual improvement of the public's recognition of new energy, the number of people buying new energy vehicles is also increasing, at the same time, the service life and quality assurance of new energy vehicle batteries have also become a concern of the public. Many new energy vehicle users, worried about the power battery attenuation, worried about the failure of the three-electric system, then the manufacturer will give a commitment: the power battery pack lifelong warranty. However, after combing through a number of new energy vehicle companies, Times Finance found that the battery lifelong warranty program has many restrictions, and when using the car, if you do not pay attention, you may lose the qualification of "lifetime warranty".
Less than 140,000 prices for batteries, the owner detonated Tesla
On December 22, Times Finance consulted a sales of Tesla in Beijing on issues such as Tesla power battery replacement price, and the sales said, "Now tesla replaces the price of the entire power battery pack is about 80,000 yuan - 120,000 yuan." At the same time, he also said, "Tesla batteries can generally be used for 15-20 years, and now we have not encountered the situation of replacing batteries, so we don't have to worry about changing batteries." ”
In fact, the expensive cost of power batteries has always been an industry problem, and it is not uncommon in China. It is understood that the power battery, as the core component of new energy vehicles, accounts for almost 40% of the cost of pure electric vehicles, which means that the cost of an electric vehicle with a cost of 200,000 yuan is as high as 80,000 yuan.
In addition, in the process of charging pure trams, there may be attenuation and failure of the power battery capacity of the car due to incorrect charging methods, long-term use and other reasons, which is an unavoidable potential cost for the owner. According to reports, there were new energy car owners who said that an electric vehicle in the early 100,000 years they bought had to replace the battery for two or three years, and when the 4S store asked for the price, the maintenance cost actually reached 60% of the purchase price.
According to Times Finance, electric vehicles are currently in the development stage, and different manufacturers have different ways to deal with this problem. On December 22, Times Finance consulted Xiaopeng, Ideal and other sales, and said that if the power battery is replaced, it will be at least tens of thousands. "If the battery meets the warranty conditions, it can be replaced free of charge. If you do not meet the warranty rules, because the price of raw materials has been rising, there is no way to give you a specific price, but at least tens of thousands of pieces. Xiaopeng sales said.
In this regard, some insiders said that the current upstream raw material prices continue to rise, power battery supply and demand imbalance, battery prices themselves are very expensive, so the price of battery replacement is high, this is a normal market phenomenon, and can not be fully attributed to car companies.
It is reported that as of December 13, the spot price of spodumene concentrate in the upstream of the power battery was 2000 US dollars / ton, an increase of 379.04% over the beginning of the year, and the average spot price of domestic battery grade lithium carbonate in the midstream was 223,000 yuan / ton, an increase of 320.75% over the beginning of the year. In addition, due to the surge in raw materials, in October this year, many head power battery manufacturers, including BYD, Guoxuan Hi-Tech, Penghui Energy and so on, announced price increases.
In the face of the continuous rise in the price of power batteries, the cost of replacing batteries in the future will also increase, and once there is a problem with the power battery, the cost of replacing the battery will become a problem that manufacturers and users have to face. It is reported that at present, more and more car companies provide consumers with service terms for the lifetime warranty of power batteries, and they hope to exchange consumers' trust and reduce consumers' concerns to a certain extent.
The long battery warranty time or free replacement of the battery has also become a major factor that many new energy car owners will consider when buying a vehicle.
According to times finance and economics, according to Tesla's warranty rules, at present, for the three electricity, that is, motors, power batteries and electronic control systems, provide standard endurance version of 8 years or 160,000 kilometers, long endurance version of 8 years or 192,000 kilometers of two battery warranty programs, when the battery capacity attenuation to less than 70%, you can apply to Tesla after-sales service, free replacement of the battery. In addition, tesla warranty manuals say that if the ownership of the vehicle changes, the owner of the vehicle after the transfer can enjoy the remaining warranty period or kilometers based on the previous vehicle life and kilometers.
On December 22, Times Finance consulted a Tesla sales in Beijing on battery warranty and other issues, according to the sales revealed that Tesla currently has no lifetime warranty policy, and there is no way to upgrade the warranty period of Sandian by purchasing some services, "Tesla cannot upgrade the warranty period of Sandian by purchasing some services, and the follow-up after-sales service may launch a certain extension of warranty services. ”
Times Finance combed the quality assurance plans of many domestic car companies for new energy vehicle batteries and found that at present, some car companies have launched a warranty period of 8 years or more than 150,000 kilometers, and some car companies have even played a "lifetime warranty" publicity in order to compete for customers, but there are many specific restrictions behind these battery quality assurance programs. For example, at present, the "lifetime warranty" promised by many car companies is strictly limited, and if you do not pay attention to the use of the car, you may lose the qualification of "lifetime warranty".
On December 22, in response to the above situation, Times Finance consulted a number of car companies that promised a "lifetime warranty", including BYD, Ideal, Weilai and other sales, saying that the current lifetime warranty policy is limited to the first car owner. For non-first car owners, BYD Sales said, "If you are not the first car owner, you can only enjoy an 8-year or 150,000-kilometer warranty program." Ideal Sales revealed, "If the second-hand owner can only enjoy an 8-year or 150,000-kilometer warranty, and the 8-year warranty time is not calculated from the date you transfer the property, but from the day the first owner is licensed." That is to say, if the vehicle has been used for 3 years, the remaining warranty time for the second-hand owner is only 5 years. Weilai Auto Sales said that second-hand owners only enjoy a warranty of 1 year or 30,000 kilometers.
On July 22 this year, the State Administration for Market Regulation promulgated the Provisions on the Responsibility for Repair, Replacement and Return of Household Automobile Products, which will come into effect on January 1, 2022. The new regulations add relevant provisions on the failure of new energy vehicles such as power batteries and drive motors to "repair, replace, and return" to solve the problem that new energy vehicles need to replace batteries at their own expense.