For the actual demand for cars, models with range-increasing power can often be suitable for more car use scenarios than pure electric models while ensuring the economy of the car. Of course, many consumers often consider more of the advantages of cheaper cars in this type of car when choosing a range extended model. However, with the introduction of exclusive insurance for new energy vehicles, new energy models have made certain adjustments in insurance costs, which of course also include range-extended models that take into account both fuel and pure electricity, such as the Lantu FREE that we are going to talk about today. Today we will take a look at what is the situation of the car maintenance cost of the Landu FREE range extender model after the implementation of new energy insurance?
The model we choose to calculate the cost of car maintenance is the top version of Lantu FREE currently in the sale of extender models, the 2021 four-wheel drive extender version exclusive luxury suit priced at 333,600 yuan, today we use this car as a reference blueprint, and asked the relevant personnel of the Lantu brand about insurance costs, maintenance costs and energy consumption expenses.
Insurance Costs:
Lantu's sales staff showed us the quotation of a newly delivered range extender FREE purchase insurance after the introduction of the new energy vehicle exclusive insurance, and we can see on this quotation that a range extender Lantu FREE has purchased two commercial insurances of new energy vehicle loss insurance and 2 million three liabilities, plus compulsory traffic insurance, and the policy fee is 5184 yuan. Compared with the previous insurance cost, the exclusive insurance of new energy vehicles is about 100 yuan more expensive, mainly because the new energy vehicle loss insurance covers more insurance contents such as spontaneous combustion and three electric warranty than the original car damage insurance.
If we calculate the premium according to the three-year cycle, in the absence of insurance, after calculating the insurance company's declining discount year by year, the total insurance cost required for the three-year extension lantu FREE is 12960 yuan, and the average one-year insurance cost is 4320 yuan, which is 83 yuan higher than before.
At the same time, Lantu's sales staff also told us that when buying a new car, the insurance company will also increase or decrease the premium according to the owner's personal car behavior data. However, the specific calculation is done by the program, and the specific standard is unknown.
Maintenance cost:
For range extender Lantu FREE, the mileage reference given by the manufacturer is based on the mileage of the range extender, if pure electric driving, the mileage is not counted in the maintenance cycle, but this is also the maintenance specification of the Lantu brand after the adjustment according to user feedback in the later stage.
Therefore, in the maintenance cycle calculation of range extender Lantu FREE, we want to split it into a common maintenance project of the car series and a maintenance project unique to the extender. Among them, the joint maintenance project of the car series is calculated according to the actual mileage of the vehicle, while the maintenance project unique to the extender is calculated according to the mileage used by the range extender.
First of all, let's talk about this part of the maintenance according to the actual mileage of the vehicle, the first insurance of Landu FREE is carried out at 5000 kilometers, the main content is to check the vehicle, this piece is free. Every 20,000 kilometers need to replace the air conditioning filter, the cost is 300 yuan, and then 40,000 kilometers need to replace the brake oil, the cost is also 300 yuan, and 80,000 kilometers to spend 980 yuan to replace the antifreeze.
In addition, there are some maintenance items unique to range extender models, which are maintained according to the range extender mileage, including the replacement of oil and filter every 10,000 kilometers, and the cost is 700 yuan. The air conditioning filter is replaced once in 20,000 kilometers at a cost of 150 yuan, while the spark plug is replaced at 30,000 kilometers at a cost of 550 yuan.
If we calculate the maintenance cost of 60,000 kilometers for the vehicle for 3 years according to the vehicle driving 20,000 kilometers a year, in the extended range mode and pure electric mode of the same half of the mileage, by calculation, the total maintenance cost required for three years of range extender Lantu FREE is 4,000 yuan, and the average maintenance cost for one year is 1333 yuan.
Energy consumption cost:
When calculating energy consumption costs, we also assume that under the premise of driving 20,000 kilometers a year, the mileage of both the extended range mode and the pure electric mode is 10,000 kilometers.
In the pure electric mode, because the owner of the extended range model does not have electricity to give, we calculate the electricity bill according to the use of household electricity to charge the vehicle, and the average price of household electricity is almost 0.56 yuan / kWh. In our actual tests, the power consumption of this car in pure electric mode is 27kWh/100km, according to calculations, the electricity cost of this car for driving 10000 kilometers of pure electricity is 1512 yuan.
In range-extended mode, the actual fuel consumption of this car is almost 5L/100km, it is possible to add No. 92 gasoline, according to the current price of No. 92 gasoline 7.1 yuan / L to calculate, the cost of driving 10,000 kilometers is 3550 yuan.
By adding up the electricity bill and the fuel cost, we get that the energy consumption cost of driving 20,000 kilometers a year in lantu free is almost 5,062 yuan, and the average monthly energy consumption cost is 421 yuan, which is still quite economical as a medium and large SUV.
However, according to the description of the relevant staff, in different areas or stores, the maintenance price of Lantu FREE has increased or decreased slightly.
summary:
By adding up the insurance costs, maintenance costs and energy consumption costs, we conclude that the cost of using a car a year is 10,715 yuan without considering other soft expenses, and the average monthly expenditure on car maintenance is 892 yuan. For a medium and large SUV, the cost of such a car maintenance is indeed very economical. After the introduction of the new energy vehicle exclusive insurance, the cost of using a car in a year has risen by 83 yuan, and it is only 7 yuan a month, which is basically negligible.