Recently, Weilai Li Bin said: "I don't understand why there are still people who buy fuel cars, how nostalgic will they buy fuel cars?" The remarks shocked the four seats, causing many people to vomit out that "Hu does not eat meat".
Putting aside the cost of buying a car, the biggest pain point that prevents consumers from buying electric vehicles is still charging.
The most critical issue of this charging problem is the mileage of electric vehicles, the layout of the brand's charging network, and the three major problems of fast charging technology.
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How much mileage is enough?
First of all, the mileage of electric vehicles, just like most people have to take a charging treasure when their mobile phones are fully charged, and the same is true for electric vehicle users, and battery life anxiety is a common problem.
The mobile phone is out of power, and now the street is full of shared charging treasures, even if there is none, it is a big deal to take home and recharge; but the electric car is different, such a big guy, said that the nest is lying down, when there is no electricity, it does not give you the opportunity to find a charging pile at all.
With a daily commute of 60 kilometers, at least 300 kilometers are needed five days a week, but considering that the products are now nominally NEDC working conditions, the actual driving complex road conditions, the endurance must be at least a 20% discount, and in winter, I am afraid it will have to be a 50% discount.
Therefore, in 2018, 50% of the electric vehicle mileage on the market still fell in the range of 300 to 400 kilometers, and in 21 years, the main sales model basically reached 400 to 600 kilometers.
In addition to considering practicality, long cruising range is also a major tool for major brands to highlight their technical strength. Gac Aean LX PLUS officially announced that the mileage will reach 1008 kilometers, and the maximum endurance of the NIO ET7 will also reach 1000 kilometers.
In addition to these two futures that can only be delivered next year, the maximum endurance version of the Extreme Kr 001, Polar Fox Alpha S, Xiaopeng P7, Eian V PLUS and other models that have been delivered has also reached more than 700 kilometers.
Of course, the long-lasting version also means that the price is higher, so most users will still weigh between price and battery life.
For example, the new model of Xiaopeng P7 in November 2021, choosing to upgrade on the basis of two versions of 480km and 670km, is quite illustrative.
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Is the charging pile enough?
In terms of charging networks, according to data from the Charging Alliance, by the end of October, the number of public charging piles nationwide reached 1.062 million units, an increase of 59.4% year-on-year in October.
From January to October 2021, the number of domestic pure electric vehicle models was 1.689 million units, an increase of 195% year-on-year.
Due to the explosive growth of the new energy market in 2021, the expansion of charging networks in the short term is still somewhat disconnected.
According to CCTV financial reports, the number of pure electric vehicles in the first three quarters of 21 was 5.52 million, according to this calculation, the vehicle-to-pile ratio exceeded 5:1.
And the construction of public charging infrastructure still has the characteristics of regional imbalance, and public charging facilities in Guangdong, Shanghai, Beijing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other TOP10 areas account for 71.6%.
Therefore, it is not a big problem to drive in the city or go to the suburbs on weekends, but if you want to go to another city for the whole family to travel during the small holiday, you still have to think twice, at least you have to map the map to find out where the charging pile in the destination city is.
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How long does it take to charge once?
In addition to popularizing the charging network, speeding up charging speed and reducing the waiting time of users are also major links that affect the user experience.
Regardless of the time spent waiting at the charging station, the industry generally charged from 20% to 80% of the time in 17 years or 60 to 120 minutes, and in 21 years, it has dropped rapidly to 30 to 40 minutes, and 40 to 60 minutes.
The fastest is the super speed battery technology released by Aeon "charging for 5 minutes, lasting 200 kilometers", according to GAC, the super fast charging technology is divided into two versions, namely 3C and 6C.
Among them, the charging time of 0%-80% of the power of the 6C version is 10 minutes, and the charging time of 30%-80% of the power is 5 minutes, which is comparable to the speed of refueling.
But to really achieve this speed, one is to equip electric vehicles with graphene-based batteries, and the other is to match the charging pile of up to 480kW of power.
Therefore, there is still a certain distance from technical research to commercial promotion.
In addition, in order to improve the user's charging experience, major brands are working hard to study and launch a convenient charging gun, and even directly eliminate the user's action of looking for a charging gun and charging.
For example, Tesla's hot eye charging "snake", as well as BMW and Zhiji's wireless charging and so on.
summary:
With the downward exploration of the price and cost of electric vehicles, as well as the improvement of user experience in various use links, the demand for electric vehicles will be released faster.
Public data show that from January to November 2021, the penetration rate of domestic new energy vehicles has increased to 13%, and the penetration rate of more than 20% in 2022 is basically a foregone conclusion, and there is also a considerable possibility of early impact on 25% of the planning.
So, in 2022, when one-tenth of the friends around you are driving on the tram, will you still hesitate? Feel free to leave your opinion in the comments section.
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