Electric vehicles and fuel vehicles, who is more expensive to use, has always been a matter of debate. Proponents of electric vehicles believe that the driving cost of electric vehicles is much lower than that of fuel vehicles, while proponents of fuel vehicles believe that the retention rate and battery replacement costs of electric vehicles are much higher, and the cost of using electric vehicles throughout the life cycle is higher.
Throwing aside the part of the boat tax, parking fee, toll, these two needs, then we take BYD Han and Toyota Camry, to calculate from the purchase cost, driving cost, maintenance cost, retention rate, maintenance cost, etc., to calculate who is higher in the use of electric vehicles and fuel vehicles.
The cost of buying a car
Many people say that the price of electric vehicles in the same grade is also higher than that of fuel vehicles. But that was a few years ago, and now it's 2022, is the price of the same grade car, electric car still high? Remember that contrasts are made within the same level. For example, the same price of early 100,000 can buy Honda Fit, you can also buy pure electric models such as BYD Dolphin and AION Y, more than 200,000, you can buy Camry Asia Dragon Accord Maiteng and other models, you can also buy BYD Han, Tesla Model 3, Xiaopeng P7 and other models.
You know, oil vehicles are still subject to purchase tax, in terms of power performance, driving texture, configuration level, etc., pure electric models at the same price point are often much stronger. In terms of car purchase costs, in fact, the same level of fuel vehicles and pure electric models have not much gap.
Driving costs
In terms of driving costs, no matter how it is calculated, the cost of electric vehicles is lower, especially in the current situation where oil prices have been at a high level, the difference is only that if household charging piles can be installed, the driving cost of electric vehicles will be a dimensionality reduction blow relative to fuel vehicles. BYD Han calculated according to 15kwh/100km, in fact, the actual power consumption of many electric vehicles is much lower than this value.
1. There is no household charging pile. The electricity price of charging piles in most second- and third-tier cities is about 1 yuan per kilowatt-hour, that is to say, the driving cost is about 0.15 yuan per kilometer. Even in first-tier cities, it will not exceed 0.3 yuan per kilometer.
2, there is a charging pile, charging in the trough period, the electricity price is more than 3 mao, and the driving cost per kilometer is about 5 cents.
The Camry 2.5 self-priming version of the Bear owner's mass test fuel consumption is 8.38 liters, according to the current oil price, the cost per kilometer of driving is about 0.64 yuan, the gap is obvious. If you drive 15,000 kilometers a year, in the case of home charging, the fuel cost that electric vehicles can save every year is about 9,000 yuan, and if commercial piles are used, they can also save 4,000-7,000 yuan in fuel costs.
And the more congested the road conditions, the higher the level of the model, the greater the gap, the SUV model, tram and oil car driving cost gap is also larger.
Maintenance costs
Compared with fuel vehicles with internal combustion engines and gearboxes, maintenance projects are more complex and more complex, electric vehicles only have motors, the frequency and price of maintenance are lower, and there is no routine maintenance such as replacing oil machine filters.
BYD Han maintenance content for the replacement of brake fluid, air conditioning filter, transmission oil and antifreeze, the overall calculation, BYD Han EV in three years in the maintenance of a total of 1577 yuan, an average of only 525 yuan per year.
The cost of small maintenance of Camry is about 751 yuan, the cost of 3 years of maintenance is 5771 yuan, and the annual cost is about 1923 yuan.
Insurance costs
The maintenance price of pure electric models is indeed higher, mainly because after the insurance reform, insurance items such as spontaneous combustion insurance have been added for pure electric models.
Insurance costs, bydir Han EV in the first year of insurance costs of about 6,000 yuan, thereafter the annual insurance costs of about 4,000 yuan. The insurance cost of Camry in the first year is about 5,000 yuan, and then about 3,000 yuan per year, which is not a big difference.
Retention rate
In terms of retention rate, pure electric models are definitely lower than fuel vehicles, especially compared to Camry, which itself has a particularly high retention rate, but the current retention rate of new energy models has also improved, and it is by no means like many people say, and no one is willing to collect it for several years. The three-year retention rate of BYDHan EVs is about 64%, while the Camry is about 72%.
Therefore, if you buy a pure electric model, be prepared to hold it for a long time, and the longer you hold it, the higher the cost of the car you will save.
Repair costs (battery replacement) costs:
A few years ago, the Internet has been circulating, pure electric models of batteries can only be used for four or five years, a battery replacement of seven or eighty thousand, the saved fuel money is put in, but in fact, now all pure electric models enjoy 8 years 150,000 kilometers of battery warranty, some car companies such as BYD even provide a lifetime warranty.
Even if there is no warranty, the battery of the current pure electric model, the stable driving of 200,000 kilometers is not a problem, the battery control logic is relatively excellent, and even can achieve 600,000 kilometers of attenuation within 20%, so the cost of replacing the battery is actually not the evidence that the use cost of pure electric models is higher. On the other hand, pure electric models have a simpler structure and lower failure rate, and the maintenance costs in other aspects are lower than those of fuel vehicles.
summary
Combining all the costs, in the current pure electric model price is getting cheaper, the battery life is getting higher and higher, if you can install a household charging pile, the driving cost of pure electric models is much lower than that of fuel vehicles, coupled with lower maintenance costs, it is certainly cost-effective in the case of long-term holding. But if you don't have the conditions to install home piles and are ready to change cars in three or four years, then don't count, electric cars will not only save you money, but also probably make you pay more.
Therefore, to discuss the use of pure electric models and fuel vehicles, who is high and who is low, it is inseparable from the specific use scenarios and use methods, and it is best to suit yourself.