Returning to their hometown during the Spring Festival this year, I believe that many people have a feeling that in small counties and rural areas, traffic is getting more and more congested, and the reason is that there are more and more cars. With the improvement of people's living standards, the car has become the main means of transportation for families. According to data from the Ministry of Public Security, the number of cars on the mainland will increase by 21 million in 2021, breaking through the 300 million mark for the first time and reaching 302 million.
However, today's cars are also divided into two types, one is a gasoline car, and the other is a new energy vehicle. From the current trend, new energy seems to be more and more favored, sales growth is very good, but the two kinds of cars have their own troubles, because the oil price has been rising in the past two years, gasoline owners driving costs continue to rise, and for new energy owners, going home to run long distance is a troublesome thing, because to charge on the road, it takes a long time.
In 2022, oil prices will rise "3 consecutively", and car owners will not be able to afford to open
In contrast, the biggest cost of gasoline vehicles is the cost of fuel, because the price of oil is more expensive than the price of electricity. Just on February 18, oil prices rose again, raising 210 yuan / ton, equivalent to rising oil prices of 0.16 yuan / liter - 0.20 yuan / liter. This is already the third rise in 2022, up 345 yuan / ton on January 17 and 310 yuan / ton on January 29, which means that the three times a total increase of 865 yuan / ton.
In the first month and a half of 2022, oil prices will "rise 3 times in a row", which is not a good thing for gasoline owners. After this round of rise, the price of No. 92 gasoline has entered the "8 yuan era" only one step away. Taking Beijing as an example, on January 31, 2021, the price of Gasoline No. 92, No. 95 and No. 98 was 6.16 yuan, 6.56 yuan and 7.54 yuan per liter, respectively. Today,84 yuan, 8.34 yuan and 9.32 yuan are respectively. Filling up a car with a 50L fuel tank will cost an additional 84 yuan, 89 yuan and 89 yuan.
In 2021, affected by the epidemic and other factors, international oil prices continued to rise, and the price of brent crude oil rose to $71 / barrel on March 8, and now rose to more than $90, about to break through $100 / barrel, a new high in 7 years.
Oil prices continue to rise, making many car owners unable to afford to drive. Once a week, the cost of oil is nearly 1500 yuan a month, which is indeed very expensive. Therefore, new energy vehicles seem to be favored, and sales continue to reach new highs.
Low cost of new energy vehicles? Sales volume "repeatedly set new highs"
In terms of driving costs, new energy vehicles are indeed lower, every 1 kilometer run, gasoline vehicles are six or seven cents, while new energy vehicles are less than one dime, and the cost difference is very large. Now that oil prices are rising, the advantages of new energy vehicles seem to be more obvious.
The cost is low, and the sales volume of new energy vehicles has "repeatedly reached a new high". According to the data, in 2021, the cumulative retail sales volume of passenger cars in mainland China reached 20.146 million units, an increase of 4.4% year-on-year. Among them, the sales of new energy vehicles exceeded 2.88 million units, an increase of 169% year-on-year; in contrast, the traditional fuel vehicles decreased by 1.02 million units, down 6% year-on-year.
In addition, new energy vehicle sales accounted for 13.88% of total passenger car sales in 2021, and in January 2022, this proportion increased to 19.2%.
In December last year, Li Bin, founder of the new energy vehicle brand Weilai, said that "why do you still buy oil trucks now, I can't understand at all", which triggered a hot discussion. Many people criticize Li Bin, but what he is saying is the truth, new energy vehicles are the trend of the times, sales are getting higher and higher, and the state issued a "carbon peak" plan, indicating that the penetration rate of new energy vehicles will reach 40% by 2030.
With the continuous maturity of technology and strong support from the state, new energy vehicles will surely become the mainstream in the future.
The cost of oil vehicles is high, why can't the 6 million new energy car owners laugh?
The cost of oil trucks continues to rise, but the 6 million new energy car owners who mock oil trucks can't laugh out, why is this? In fact, it is very simple, in addition to the low cost of driving, new energy vehicles do not have an advantage.
First of all, car insurance costs high. Generally speaking, the car has not been claimed for accidents, and the insurance cost will gradually decrease. But the new energy vehicles are different, but continue to rise, some high-priced new energy vehicles a year premium straight to ten thousand yuan.
To put it bluntly, the new energy vehicle technology is not mature enough, the concept of accidents and the opportunity for maintenance are more, which may require more claims for insurance companies, so it is necessary to count this. In addition, the maintenance cost of new energy vehicles is high, to go to a special 4S shop, if it is to repair the battery or electrolyte, the price will be very high, but also opaque. Insurance companies will not do loss-making business, and must add these risk costs, so the premium of new energy vehicles will be much higher than that of oil trucks.
Secondly, the safety risk is high, in recent years, there have been many accidents of spontaneous combustion and explosion of new energy vehicles, tesla alone has occurred many at home and abroad, and other brands have also had many. There is also a fire in the charging pile, causing the car to burn down. In short, compared with oil trucks, the safety risk of new energy vehicles is much higher.
Third, the time cost is high, the current charging pile is far from enough, still in the early stage of construction, if you run a long distance, new energy vehicles are basically scrapped. During the New Year's Festival, the travel time of new energy vehicles should be greatly improved, such as last year's National Day, a new energy vehicle owner returned to Hunan from Guangdong, originally 8 hours was enough, but because of the queue for charging, it finally took 16 hours to get home. It only takes a few minutes for a tank of oil trucks to fill up, while it takes more than 1 hour for new energy vehicles to be fully charged, which is a waste of time.
Fourth, the retention rate is low. At present, the core part of the new energy vehicle is the battery, do not know how long the life is, once it needs to be replaced, the cost is very high, it is better to change a new car. Therefore, the retention rate of new energy vehicles is very low, and oil vehicles have advantages in this regard.
However, with the continuous improvement of the technology of new energy vehicles and the increase in penetration rate, these problems should be solved. It is understood that some insurance companies have begun to launch special insurance solutions for new energy vehicles, which may reduce costs. From the current point of view, it is more convenient to use oil trucks.