For GAC Aeon, 2021 is a year of rapid sales growth, from January to November this year, GAC Aeon's cumulative sales exceeded 100,000 vehicles, reaching 105,700 units, an increase of 102.3% year-on-year, and completed the annual sales target of 100,000 vehicles ahead of schedule.
However, some recent news about the rise in commercial insurance costs for new energy vehicles seems to make users who are ready to choose GAC AION V worried, will it be difficult to save electricity bills, all handed over to insurance premiums? Therefore, in response to this concern, we re-conducted a new survey of the cost of using the car after the premium adjustment AION V, and the scope of the survey is still in the three aspects of insurance cost, maintenance cost and electricity cost.
Insurance cost survey
Previously, we conducted an insurance cost survey on the hot-selling model of GAC Aion V, "2021 Evolution Edition 70 Smart Collar Edition", and after purchasing three major insurance types of 1 million three liabilities, car damage insurance and compulsory traffic insurance, the total premium for the first year was about 6630 yuan. If no accidents occur during the later use process, the premium will be further reduced after that (calculated by 20% off the second year of the standard premium and 30% off in the third year), and the total cost of AION V three-year insurance is about 16575 yuan, with an average of 5525 yuan per year.
After we inquired about the renewal staff of the 4S store, we learned that after the new regulations, the commercial insurance of most models of GAC Aion V did not change much, and the difference between the previous one and the previous one was almost no more than 100 yuan, so even if we calculated the commercial insurance of AION V by 100 yuan, the increase was only 1.5%. If we take into account the differences in insurance items, as well as the differences between different insurance companies, different regions, and different models, we can fully infer that AION V commercial insurance has not changed compared with before, and it has no impact on user cars at all.
Maintenance cost survey
According to previous investigations, the initial insurance time of GAC AION V is 5000km or 3 months, and the three-electric system needs to be inspected. The interval after that is 10,000 km or 12 months. Brake oil needs to be replaced every 40,000 km; air conditioning filters need to be replaced every 20,000 km; antifreeze needs to be replaced every 40,000 km; gear oil needs to be replaced every 60,000 km. The price of replacing these accessories ranges from 200-500 yuan, compared to other pure electric models, the price is somewhat high, but due to the long replacement cycle of accessories, it will not increase too much car cost.
We still use three years of driving 60,000km as the car cycle, calculating the total maintenance cost of GAC Aion V, about 4,000 yuan, an average of about 1333 yuan a year, there is no doubt that this price is quite low in the same level. However, like other GAC Aean models, the AION V costs 300 yuan per maintenance, which is slightly higher.
Electricity Bill Survey
As a high-end SUV of GAC Aean, the AION V leads the same class in terms of pure electric mileage, with a starting cruising range of 500km. According to our previous survey, the actual power consumption of AION V per 100 kilometers is about 14.3kWh, and we calculate the electricity cost of AION V at the current electricity price of 0.56 yuan / kWh, which takes about 4800 yuan for three years to drive 60000km, and the average monthly electricity bill is about 133 yuan. As a pure electric SUV with a curb weight of more than 1.8 tons, the AION V's electricity tariff performance is average in the same class, but it still has obvious advantages compared with the same price point of fuel SUV.
epilogue:
We add up the insurance cost, maintenance cost and electricity cost after the price increase, and we can calculate that the cost of the car used by GAC Aion V for three years to drive 60,000km is about 25,611 yuan, an average of about 8,537 yuan per year, an average of 711 yuan per month, and an average of about 23.7 yuan per day. If you count the differences between different insurance companies, different regions, and different models, this increase of about 1.5% is completely negligible, and has no impact on daily use. However, it is worth mentioning that the new insurance clauses introduced for pure electric vehicles have been expanded in terms of insurance coverage, which can not only ensure the quality of "three electricity", but also pay for spontaneous combustion accidents in vehicles, so it is generally beneficial to users.