Running 1000 kilometers to charge for 6 hours, do new energy car owners have power anxiety when they return home during the Spring Festival?

Bought a pure electric car

In the end, do you dare to drive home for the New Year

This is the Spring Festival every year

Electric car friends can not avoid the topic

Spring Festival open pure electric vehicles to go home for the New Year

What exactly is the experience?

On the Wuhan City Message Board

Some netizens said that during the Spring Festival

The experience of returning home in a pure electric car

The reporter interviewed several people

Owners of pure electric vehicles driving home

Hear what they have to say

The charging station is lined up with electric vehicles that are being charged. Photo by Zhan Song, reporter of The Yangtze River Daily

01

Use new energy vehicles like mobile phones

Charge when you touch the charging pile

Owner: Mr. Chen Destination: Xiangyang, Hubei Mileage: 300 km

Mr. Chen's family has three cars, two fuel vehicles, and one pure electric new energy vehicle. This year's New Year, he chose his own new energy vehicle to go home. He said that in order not to let himself fall into the anxiety of electricity, it is important to develop the habit of charging at any time - as long as there is a charging pile, as long as there is time at that time, it is a way to charge. This year's Spring Festival, he set off from Wuhan and drove to his hometown in one go.

The following is Mr. Chen's story:

I haven't been back to my hometown in Xiangyang for two years, and this year Chinese New Year's Eve, I decided to take my wife and children back to my hometown. There are three cars at home, two fuel vehicles, and one pure electric car. Pure electric vehicles bought for two years, calibrated endurance of 600 kilometers, daily can drive to more than 500 kilometers. Before I set off, I calculated that more than 300 kilometers from Wuhan to Xiangyang's hometown, pure electric vehicles can be driven back in one breath.

Now some pure electric car owners or prospective owners have mileage anxiety problems, but after two years of using electric vehicles, I think as long as it is not an ultra-long distance, electric vehicle owners basically do not have to worry about mileage problems. When I usually drive a fuel truck, I don't wait until the gas meter bottoms out to refuel, and when I see that the oil is running out but there is a gas station nearby, I will stop by to refuel. When driving an electric car, the habits are the same.

Many shopping malls in Wuhan have charging piles, there are also charging piles near the working company, usually go out to visit the mall, just charge in the mall by the way, when going to work, charge near the company. This New Year's Eve returned to Xiangyang, and the habits of using electric vehicles are the same. Many commercial circles in Xiangyang also have charging piles, shopping for more than two hours, and by the way, the electricity is charged.

Chinese New Year's Eve back to Xiangyang, the first four back to Wuhan, leaving Wuhan for a few days, I also charged once in Xiangyang's Wuyue Square, and many pure electric car owners also charged in Wuyue Plaza. When I visited relatives and friends in Xiangyang, I also traveled by electric car. After driving back to Wuhan to get home, the electric car has a mileage of more than 100 kilometers left.

After driving an electric car for two years, I will not deliberately look at the remaining mileage of the electric car, there is no mileage anxiety, and I charge it once every two weeks. Instead of paying attention to how long the electric car can run, it is better to pay attention to whether you have developed good habits of use.

I think that as long as the use habits of oil trucks are good, there will be no anxiety in driving electric vehicles. In fact, the use of electric vehicles is the same as the use of mobile phones, as long as there is a charger at hand, or the mobile phone is not used, it will be plugged in to charge. Electric vehicles are the same, do not deliberately care about the remaining mileage of electric vehicles, daily use scenarios, as long as there is a chance to charge, convenient charging, you can charge the electric vehicle by the way. In this way, commuting in the city, ordinary long-distance self-driving, and electric vehicles can be competent.

02

Only 100 km of range remains

There are no charging piles in the two consecutive service areas

Owner: Mr. Chu Destination: Wuxi, Jiangsu Mileage: 700 km

There is only 100 kilometers of cruising range left on the highway, and there are no charging piles in two service areas in a row, and I want to call a trailer, but I am worried that the towing fee is too expensive. When he was desperate, Mr. Chu asked the owner group for help, followed the instructions in the group, got off the highway and found a business district, and finally charged it.

The following is Mr. Chu's story:

My new energy vehicle is pure electric, after purchasing in June last year, I found in my daily use that this car has a full electric mileage of more than 500 kilometers, and can only run more than 300 kilometers in winter. Before the Spring Festival, I plan to drive back to Wuxi from Wuhan, the whole journey is more than 700 kilometers, the general service area has only 4 charging piles, and power anxiety is inevitable. Considering the Spring Festival high-speed congestion and charging problems in the service area, I chose to travel at the wrong peak.

At 4 p.m. on January 26, I set off with a full charge, stopped charging twice on the way, did not encounter traffic jams and charging queues, and arrived home at 1 a.m. on the 27th.

But on the way back, I was in trouble. At 10:00 a.m. on the second day of the Chinese New Year, I set off with full electricity, and it was not long before I encountered traffic jams. When I arrived near Chaohu City in Anhui Province, there were 100 kilometers left. I decided to go to the Chaohu service area to charge, and when I arrived at the service area, I found that the service area was being renovated and the charging pile had not been installed.

At this time, I was a little anxious, in order to save electricity, when I drove to the next service area, I kept walking in the outermost lane, the speed was maintained at 80 km / h, and I did not dare to accelerate. When I arrived at the adjacent Zhongxing service area, I found that there were no charging piles here. At this time, the mileage is only 60 kilometers, and the next service area is 50 kilometers away, which is basically impossible to run, which is very anxious.

At this time, I thought about calling a trailer, but I gave up when I thought that there had been a car friend who spent more than 3,000 yuan on a trailer. So I asked for help in the car friend group, and some car friends suggested that they go to the city to charge at high speed. The idea really saved me, I drove the car off the highway and searched to find that in a nearby Wanda Plaza, there was a supercharger station of my vehicle brand.

The car was charged, and I felt much more at ease, and while I was waiting, I went to the mall and bought something. When I set off again, I was more cautious, and after driving for more than 200 kilometers, I was fully charged again in the Changlingguan service area. After that, I drove all the way to my home in Wuhan, and the mileage of the car was more than 200 kilometers. In fact, when you arrive in Wuhan, you don't have to worry about it, and charging is very convenient.

I think that new energy vehicles run long distances, there will be a certain degree of mileage anxiety, but now the charging facilities are gradually improved, as long as reasonable arrangements, avoid the peak of travel, the overall problem is not big. In addition, I have been to many cities on weekdays, and I will encounter the situation that charging parking spaces are occupied by fuel vehicles, hoping to strengthen supervision.

03

Run fast and consume high power

But it saves time for charging

Owner: Mr. Li Destination: Jingzhou, Huarong, Tianmen Mileage: 550 km

Mr. Li works in Wuhan, and during the Spring Festival, he drives his electric car from Wuhan around Jingzhou, Huarong, and finally to Tianmen. The journey was 550 km. He summed up the experience and said: Although the speed is slower, the energy consumption is lower, but it will also increase the time spent on the road, for those car owners who are nearly a thousand kilometers at every turn, the time saved by the speed is used for charging, which may reduce the anxiety of electricity.

Here's what Mr. Lee said:

I returned to Jingzhou City from Wuhan, then went to Huarong County, Hunan, and then went to Tianmen City, a total of about 550 kilometers, and I would find a place to recharge everywhere, so I felt more at ease. Perhaps there are not many people driving electric cars on this road, and there are not many people at charging stations along the way, and there is basically no need to queue.

I also have a fuel car, considering that the mileage is not far, I also want to experience the endurance of electric vehicles, so this time I chose electric vehicles.

I calculated that according to my itinerary, if I drive a fuel car, it may save about 1 hour compared to driving an electric car, because refueling takes less time than charging. I charge for about 30 minutes each time, usually go to the bathroom when charging, and I can also link the handle to play games on the car, which is still quite comfortable when charging.

My trip is basically a highway. Generally before departure, I will use the navigation that comes with the car, it will calculate the amount of electricity needed to the destination by itself, if you need to charge, it will also be marked for me, but it can only show cooperation with new energy vehicle manufacturers and their own super charging station (ultra-fast charging station), like Huarong County Because there is no supercharging station, it will also use AutoNavi map or the State Grid e charging APP to search for the State Grid charging pile.

Although sometimes there are some extra roads to find charging stations, but compared to fuel vehicles, the overall savings are still a lot of money, and these small problems are still within the tolerable range.

I have been driving electric vehicles for many years, according to my experience, I especially remind everyone that high-speed cruise is one of the largest consumers of electric vehicles, many people will feel that driving 100 kilometers per hour or 120 kilometers per hour is too fast, so they will deliberately slow down the speed and set a speed of 80 to 90 kilometers per hour.

In fact, this method is OK for those two or three hundred kilometers of short-distance homecoming road, most of the electric vehicles with a range of four or five hundred kilometers can reach the destination without charging halfway. But for those who are nearly a thousand kilometers of car owners, reducing the speed for endurance is not appropriate, although running 80 kilometers per hour energy consumption is lower, but running 120 kilometers per hour can save a lot of time, this time used to charge will make the overall time faster, more can reduce the anxiety of electricity.

04

By car, 1145 km

Stopped charging in 6 service areas

Owner: Mr. Qiu Destination: Beijing Mileage: 1145 km

Mr. Qiu used to drive a fuel car, this year, he drove 1145 kilometers back to Beijing to reunite with his family, this self-driving created two of his firsts: the first long-distance self-driving of more than 500 kilometers, the first time to drive a pure electric vehicle long-distance self-driving. For the sake of insurance, Mr. Qiu made sufficient preparations.

Here's what Mr. Qiu said:

My new energy vehicle was purchased in November 2020 and is pure electric. Until then, I had been driving a fuel car.

My hometown Yunmeng, my wife works in Beijing, and before I came to Beijing, I used to take a plane. This is the first long-distance self-drive back to Beijing for the Chinese New Year.

I set off on January 25 with a full electric power, this trip was by me, and the trunk of the car was full of all kinds of Hubei special New Year goods.

I queried the charging piles along the way on a number of new energy charging APPS and navigation apps, and after the query, I planned two charging methods. The first is to charge with the brand's self-built supercharger station, the advantage is that the charging speed is fast, but there is no super charging station on the highway, and you can only charge at high speed along the way. The second is to use third-party charging piles to charge, although the compatibility and charging speed are not as good as the brand's self-built charging piles, but the service area along the highway basically has third-party charging piles. After weighing it, I chose the second one.

On the highway, my mobile phone APP will remind me at any time what charging piles will be in front of me, how the charging queue is, etc.

The higher the speed of the electric car, the more power-consuming, the whole process of turning on the air conditioner is also more power-consuming, along the way, I stopped in 10 service areas, charged in 6 service areas, charging time 6 hours. Basically every 180 km you drive, you have to charge it.

When I arrived at my home in Beijing, it was already 00:30 a.m. on the 26th, and there was 20% of the electricity left.

The road covers a total of 1145 kilometers, taking a total of 17 hours, charging a total of 6 times in the middle, costing 350 yuan, and the average power consumption of 100 kilometers is 18.2 degrees. Compared with fuel vehicles, at least half of the cost should be saved.

When charging at high speed, it is necessary to consider some uncertain factors such as interface compatibility, power and charging speed of charging piles. In the Shahe service area in Hebei Province, I encountered this situation: the first charging pile could not be used because of the incompatible interface, the second found that it was very slow, and the replacement was still very slow, and the fourth pile hit the power grid customer service hotline. People told me that the power of the electric pile in this service area is only 30 kilowatts, and the charging time is indeed significantly doubled.

Therefore, I recommend that before long-distance self-driving, you should make sufficient preparations, plan the charging method and line, and know it well.

Producer: Wuhan City Message Board Source: Yang Rongfeng Sun Xiaotian Zhao Jiaxin Yin Qinbing Editor: Deng Yao

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