For BYD Song Pro new energy models, monthly sales can reach more than 10,000 units, occupying the forefront of sales of compact SUVs. Just some time ago, the listing of its medium-term redesigned models has attracted the attention of a large number of consumers, and the new car, in addition to being more people-friendly and grounded than the old model in terms of price, has been upgraded in all aspects of appearance and interior, bringing many surprises. So the question is, is the new Song Pro DM-i also enough to save money on the car? After the implementation of new energy vehicle insurance, what is the impact on the cost of car maintenance? Today, we will analyze it from the three aspects of insurance costs, maintenance costs, and electricity and fuel costs.
Insurance costs
After the implementation of the new energy vehicle captive insurance, we went to the BYD 4S store to investigate the premium increase of Song Pro DM-i, and analyzed the highest attention of the top -equipped "2022 DM-i 110km Flagship Pro" as the model. The renewal staff in the store said that if it is covered by 1 million three liabilities, car damage insurance and deductibles as commercial insurance, the current cost is about 4594 yuan, and then counting the 950 yuan of compulsory insurance, then the insurance cost required in the first year after purchasing the Song Pro DM-i top model is about 5544 yuan. If there is no insurance in the subsequent use of the vehicle, there will be certain discounts after the purchase of insurance, according to the standard premium of the second year 20% off, the third year of 30% off to calculate, in fact, Song Pro DM-i three years of insurance costs is about 13084 yuan, the average annual need for almost 4361 yuan of premiums.
Of course, this is the cost of including items such as three power quality and spontaneous combustion in the insurance, according to our previous survey, the top model of Song Pro DM-i needs about 4100 yuan per year. It can be seen that Song Pro DM-i is about 261 yuan more expensive in terms of insurance costs, and the increase is not large, not as exaggerated as circulating on the Internet. Car owners do not need to worry too much, after all, it cost more than two hundred yuan, which can bring more comprehensive protection to the car, and it is also a good choice.
Maintenance costs
For the maintenance cost of BYD Song Pro DM-i, we have learned from the official that the initial warranty date of Song Pro DM-i is carried out at 3600km or 6 months (whichever comes first), and the subsequent maintenance date is carried out every 7500km or 6 months. Assuming that we take the family car driving 60,000km for three years as a large maintenance cycle, then the maintenance projects that need to be carried out in these three years include the replacement of the oil filter that needs to be carried out during each maintenance, counting the working hours cost of about 395 yuan; the replacement of brake fluid at 15,000km, the cost is about 493 yuan; the need to replace the spark plug and air filter element at 30,000km, the cost is about 835 yuan; and the replacement of transmission oil at 60,000km is about 717 yuan.
In addition to the first guarantee free, counting the cost of man-hours and replacement of accessories, it can be concluded that the total maintenance cost of Song Pro DM-i for three years is about 5944 yuan, which is evenly apportioned and requires almost 1981 yuan of maintenance costs every year. Such a price is not cheap compared with pure electric models, after all, the plug-in model also needs to maintain the engine, and every six months to carry out maintenance, frequent maintenance cycles to increase the overall cost, but the replacement cost of Song Pro DM-i accessories is not expensive, if you can properly extend the maintenance cycle, it should save a lot of costs.
Fuel costs
As a plug-and-play hybrid model, we need to consider its refueling cost and charging cost. In terms of refueling costs, the NEDC comprehensive fuel consumption of the top "2022 DM-i 110km Flagship Pro" is 0.9L/100km, and the comprehensive fuel consumption under the feeder state is 4.5L/100km, and the comprehensive owner feedback information shows that the actual 100 km comprehensive fuel consumption of this car is about 4.7L, and the current price of No. 92 gasoline is 7.15 yuan / L. Suppose we use the family car to drive 20,000 km a year to calculate, of which 10,000 km as pure oil, then the cost is about 3361 yuan.
The remaining 10,000km we drive as pure electricity, based on the current household electricity consumption of 0.56 yuan / kWh to calculate. According to our tests, the power consumption of this car is about 13kWh, so the electricity bill is about 728 yuan. Adding up the fuel cost and electricity bill, it can be concluded that the annual energy consumption cost of Song Pro is almost 4089 yuan, which is much more cost-effective than the same level of fuel vehicles. If there is more electricity drive in the subsequent driving, I believe that the cost of this part can be further reduced.
summary
We add up the cost of the above car, of which the insurance cost is about 4361 yuan, the maintenance cost is about 1981 yuan, the electricity and fuel cost is about 4089 yuan, then the annual car maintenance cost of BYD Song Pro DM-i is almost 10431 yuan, and the average monthly maintenance cost is about 869 yuan. It can be seen that after the implementation of new energy insurance, the annual insurance cost of Song Pro DM-i has risen by 261 yuan, which is more expensive than the electricity and fuel costs, accounting for the main cost of car maintenance. However, on the whole, the cost of Car maintenance of Song Pro DM-i is not high, and if the maintenance cycle is extended or more electricity is used in the future, there will be further optimization in the cost.