More and more new energy car owners have become a "complex" landscape on the way home during the Spring Festival. The mileage anxiety of long-distance driving still exists, and the low temperature driving in winter is also a great test for the battery of new energy vehicles. During the Spring Festival holiday, Tencent Automobile launched the "Extraordinary Homecoming Road of New Energy Car Owners" series of planning, recording the warm, interesting and extraordinary homecoming of ordinary car owners.
I thought that the return of the wrong peak would be very smooth, but in the face of the rapid decline in the mileage, Dong Shumin had to calculate carefully.
Because of the epidemic, Dong Shumin and his family decided to leave from Beijing on the fourth day of the first year to return to their hometown of Pingquan in Chengde, Hebei Province, and originally only needed to be charged once, but this time they charged twice to return home without danger.
The shrinkage of winter battery life is a common problem of pure electric vehicles, but Dong Shumin, who drove home for the first Spring Festival, felt that the speed of power loss of the vehicle this time was much faster than expected, and the power loss ratio was close to 3:1.
"I started from Beijing Changping, the mileage showed a full charge of 480km, as a result, I drove 175km to the Chengde Daguang Expressway service area, the power left 30km, basically there is no meter mileage." Dong Shumin said that at that time, he was very scared, "worried that there was a sudden lack of electricity on the road, whether he would have to wait for the trailer or rescue."
Fortunately, there were few cars on the fourth high-speed highway, and there was no queue for charging piles in the service area, and Dong Shumin successfully completed the first replenishment in the service area, and the insurance was charged for an hour and a half.
With the first thrilling experience, when driving 136km away from home and 60km, Dong Shumin estimated it and decided to charge in the service area again. "This charge is mainly worried about the power consumption on the road too fast, afraid of any unexpected situation, only charged for 20 minutes."
Compared with most battery life sensitive users, Dong Shumin has "little perception" of battery life on weekdays. Since the purchase of GAC Aion S in July 2019, he has only traveled about 30km a day to and from work, and the official mileage of this car is 510km, which is basically enough to charge only once a week.
However, after experiencing this winter battery life shrinkage, Dong Shumin feels that "the north is not suitable for driving pure electric vehicles, and where Beijing is going north, it may be more appropriate to drive hybrid vehicles."
The following is the self-statement of the owner Offinan Dong:
I returned to my hometown in Chengde, Hebei Province, from Beijing in the fourth year of junior high school, and I originally wanted to go home a few years ago, but the epidemic situation in Beijing suddenly increased, and I postponed my return time after hesitation. Driving home is also worried about the epidemic, there are many people in contact with public transportation, everywhere in the country, there are fewer people who contact by car, and it is convenient to go home with a car.
This time is mainly because there are things to do, you must go home, there is an epidemic situation also have to find a way, and finally decided to go to the first four, just with the Spring Festival peak home, the road should not be so congested.
I started from Changping, Beijing, the mileage shows a full charge of 480km, as a result, I drove 175km to the Chengde Daguang Expressway service area, the power is 30km left, basically there is no meter mileage. In other words, the power-down ratio of the car is close to 3:1.
To be honest, this power-down speed was much faster than I expected. We were 3 people in the car this time, there were 3 suitcases, maybe more people will increase the endurance, but also opened the warm air throughout the whole process, but did not expect the power to drop so fast, almost "lying down".
Before the mainland to celebrate home or not in winter to go home, generally drive about 300km only once charged is enough, and in the past in the high-speed service area charging half an hour is enough, this time the first time to charge the time charged for an hour and a half.
After the first thrilling experience, I drove 136km to the service area and decided to charge it a second time, because I estimated that according to the first distance, the power loss speed may not reach home.
This time I am very close to home, only about 60km, but according to the power loss ratio of a section of the road, you need to show the mileage of 180km-200km, so I added 20 minutes of electricity, home enough on the line, this charge is mainly worried about the road power consumption is too fast, afraid of what unexpected situation.
This was my first time charging twice on my way home. When I first went to the service area without showing the mileage, I was actually very scared, worried that I would suddenly run out of power on the road, and Whether I would have to wait for the tow or rescue.
But fortunately, there is no queue for the charging pile in the high-speed service area, probably because I am home after the year, not the peak period, from my charging to the end of no new energy vehicles to come in, this is still very good, otherwise it is really a little scary.
I myself analyzed the reasons for the fast power loss, this time home in addition to the number of people and luggage increased another reason is that I returned to Chengde, Hebei is to drive north, the outdoor temperature will be lower and lower, and the battery life performance may be worse and worse.
When I set off from Beijing, the outdoor temperature was about 0 degrees, and when I arrived at my home in Pingquan, Chengde, the minimum temperature had reached minus 9 degrees.
I've driven home in the winter before, but I don't think I've had a bad battery drop. And I charge in the service area, always have to plug and unplug the charging gun several times to charge successfully, it may be that each charging pile is different, the response is relatively slow.
The road home this time is also in good condition, just at the beginning of the Miyun section of a bit of congestion. In addition, I am a Beijing license plate, originally thought that going back to my hometown will arrange to do nucleic acid, but there is no, when I came out of the high-speed exit, I made a registration, and the staff said that there was no need to do nucleic acid.
I installed a home charging pile in my hometown in Pingquan, charging is relatively convenient, and it is good to come back. And my home slow charging time is not so long, generally 5-6 hours on the full, the longest estimated 8-9 hours are also full, and is charged at night, no perception, no delay.
I bought my car in 2019 and turned three years old in July this year. I usually go to work more than 10 kilometers, the perception of electricity is not very large, charged once a week or so, so the daily use is more than enough, usually long-distance travel is not much, there is no perception, just this time home feel that the winter power is too fast, did not expect so fast.
The neighborhood where I live in Beijing is also one kilometer away from the outlets in Maquanying, and I usually park the car at night, charge it, and then wander home by myself, but it is not troublesome.
In general, I feel that the north is not suitable for driving pure electric vehicles, and where Beijing is going north, it may be more suitable to drive a hybrid car.
Almost no one in my hometown drives a new energy car, because there is no limit on this side, unlike Beijing, people here want to buy oil trucks to buy oil trucks, and as I said so cold, it is really not suitable for driving new energy vehicles.
Although my car has an official range of 510 kilometers, it can't jump the gun when it is full in winter, so when we start it is 480km, but I estimate that we may be able to drive 200 kilometers in winter, and more than 300 kilometers in non-winter.
Overall, I think this car is not bad, mainly the appearance and interior I like, now I think the price is a bit expensive, if only 140,000 yuan can be won. Some people may think that GAC Aean's endurance is a bit fictitious, but I usually don't care too much about enough, and the endurance of this thing still depends on personal needs.
(Text/Zhang Cuicui)