The new energy vehicle market ushered in sustained high growth, and the data released by the China Automobile Association shows that it is expected that the national sales of new energy vehicles will reach 5 million in 2022, completing the previously set sales target for 2025 ahead of schedule. However, battery life and charging are still important factors affecting the promotion of new energy vehicles, especially in the low-temperature long-distance driving scenario in the northern region.
On January 27, the Emperor of The Car released the "Spring Festival Return Report of the Year of the Tiger", because the Spring Festival homecoming often faces a low temperature environment and long-distance driving, out of concern about endurance and charging, most users are cautious about driving new energy home, and nearly 62% of users said they would not consider this way of returning home. Among them, battery life and charging are the biggest concerns of long-distance self-driving new energy, and 74% of users hope to charge no more than 30 minutes in the middle.
95% of users believe that the halfway charge must be completed within 1 hour
Since the gradual popularization of new energy vehicles, although the mileage has been increasing, the charging service can not meet the long-distance travel needs of car owners, which still makes it controversial. The "electric daddy" incident of the 2021 National Day holiday is one of the representatives. A new energy vehicle owner who returned to Hunan from Shenzhen spent 5 hours queuing up to charge in the Leiyang service area, and the original 8-hour journey ended up spending 16 hours. Data from the State Grid also show that the daily charging volume of domestic highways during the holidays hit a record high, reaching nearly 4 times the usual level.
What is the user's view on holiday long-distance self-driving new energy? The "Report on the Return of the Tiger in the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger" was conducted in a special investigation. The data shows that in answering the Spring Festival "if conditions permit, whether to consider driving new energy back to the hometown", 62% of users said they would not consider it, and 38% of users said they would.
According to the report", "the first attitude of users to the return of self-driving new energy vehicles", 33% of users said that they "do not consider it at all, and do not trust new energy", and 43% of users said that they would not give priority, worried about slow charging or queuing" . Only 7% of respondents believe that long-distance self-driving new energy vehicles are completely fine and can be prioritized.
The report also shows that in the face of the two major problems of endurance and mid-way charging that are the most concerned about long-distance driving of new energy vehicles, 67% of respondents said that they expected the actual endurance to reach more than 600 kilometers, and 95% of users believed that charging must be solved within 1 hour. Among them, 41% of users hope that the charging problem should be solved in 15-30 minutes, and 33% of users believe that the halfway charging should be completed within 15 minutes.
The charging infrastructure will be laid out ahead of schedule to meet the needs of more than 20 million electric vehicles
At the end of 2021, The Emperor of Understanding Car launched the largest winter test of new energy vehicles in the industry, and the results showed that in the limit environment of -20 °C, the actual endurance of some vehicles has approached or exceeded 300 kilometers, and it can be driven directly from Beijing to Shijiazhuang. Industry insiders said that although the low temperature endurance of new energy vehicles is progressing, but the Spring Festival and National Day long holiday self-driving after all have higher mileage demand, in the case of battery technology has not yet appeared a major breakthrough, winter and long-distance car "endurance anxiety" is normal.
From the perspective of charging pile data, the user's concerns are also basically in line with the actual situation. According to the latest data disclosed by the National Development and Reform Commission, at present, there are 810,000 public charging piles in the mainland, of which the scale of public charging piles in the top ten regions such as Guangdong and Shanghai accounts for more than 70%, while the construction of charging infrastructure in counties and townships is insufficient. Mainland Highway Charging Pile 1. 380,000, mainly concentrated in beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and other regions, has not yet achieved full coverage.
However, the development of new energy vehicles is the trend of the times, and the endurance and charging problems encountered by long-distance self-driving will be slowly solved. Just on January 21, the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments issued two documents in a row, proposing to vigorously promote new energy vehicles and gradually cancel the purchase restrictions of new energy vehicles in various places; promote the standardized and orderly development of charging facilities, and accelerate the construction and installation of charging facilities in residential communities. According to the plan, the mainland will form a moderately advanced, balanced layout, intelligent and efficient charging infrastructure system, which can meet the charging needs of more than 20 million electric vehicles.
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers previously said that mainland consumers are becoming more and more receptive to new energy vehicles, and the new energy vehicle market has shifted from policy-driven to market-driven. With the steady improvement of battery life and charging and replacing technology, the target of more than 20% penetration rate of new energy passenger cars in mainland China will be completed ahead of schedule, and consumers' car needs in long-distance and winter scenarios will also be fully met.
【Source: China Youth Network】