Chery Automobile launched the small ant series, the performance in the market has been good, with this east wind, Chery last year listed a large ant, from the name can feel its menacing momentum. As a pure electric model positioning a mid-size SUV, the starting price of the big ant is about 150,000 yuan, and the cruising range reaches 510 kilometers. So let's analyze today from the aspect of car cost, how does Chery Ant perform in the three aspects of insurance cost, maintenance cost and electricity cost?
Insurance costs
As a pure electric vehicle, the implementation of captive insurance for new energy vehicles will inevitably have a certain impact on the insurance cost of Chery Big Ant. According to our previous survey of the hot-selling model "2022 Ride Class", the average annual insurance cost of this car is about 6,000 yuan. However, after the insurance reform, after the purchase of three major insurance types of 3 million yuan, car damage insurance and compulsory traffic insurance for this hot-selling model, the insurance cost in the first year will be about 7682 yuan. After the inclusion of three electric warranty, spontaneous combustion, etc. into the coverage of insurance, the price of car damage insurance rose to about 4532 yuan.
However, according to the policy of the insurance company, if the first year does not produce insurance, the second year when buying insurance can enjoy a decreasing discount year by year, assuming that there is no accident in three years called insurance, according to the standard premium of the second year 20% off, the third year of the 30% discount to calculate, in fact, Chery Big Ant three years the total insurance cost should be 19205 yuan, the average annual insurance cost is about 6402 yuan, more expensive than before about 400 yuan.
Maintenance costs
As a pure electric model, Chery Big Ant needs to replace and inspect the accessories in maintenance and is not as complicated as that of fuel vehicles. From the official maintenance manual, the maintenance cycle of Chery Ants is carried out every 10,000 kilometers or 1 year. A simple inspection of the vehicle is required for the initial insurance and there is almost no cost. After that, it is necessary to replace the brake oil and antifreeze at 40,000 kilometers, and the gear oil needs to be changed at 60,000 kilometers, and the maintenance is still relatively simple. We take the family car to drive 60,000 kilometers in three years as a maintenance cycle, so the total maintenance cost of the 60,000 kilometers before Chery Big Ant travels is about 2460 yuan, and the average annual need is almost 820 yuan. In addition, it is worth mentioning that at the beginning of the listing of Chery Big Ant, policies such as lifelong free basic maintenance were also provided, and the maintenance cost of the later period could be further reduced.
Electricity
Chery big ant NEDC cruising range reached 510km, according to our survey, its actual 100 km power consumption is about 20kWh, we use the current household electricity consumption of about 0.56 yuan / kWh to calculate, then Chery big ant travel 20,000 kilometers a year need to spend 2240 yuan, flat down, each month is about 187 yuan. On the whole, as a medium-sized SUV, Chery Big Ant's power consumption is relatively durable, and the endurance is also very good, and most of the owners who buy to walk only need to charge once a week.
summary
We add up the insurance costs, maintenance costs and electricity costs calculated above, that is, we can conclude that after Chery Ants travel 20,000 kilometers per year, the cost of car maintenance required is about 9462 yuan, and the average monthly is about 789 yuan. Among them, after the release of the new energy vehicle exclusive insurance, the annual premium of Chery Big Ant is close to about 6,500 yuan, which is nearly 400 yuan more expensive than the original. However, on the whole, Chery Big Ant is still much lower in the cost of car maintenance than the same 150,000 yuan fuel vehicle, and it is still a very suitable choice to choose this car as a substitute for urban road transportation.