With the increase of tension and uncertainty in the international situation, oil prices will soon enter the "9 yuan" era. But many consumers still do not choose to buy pure electric vehicles, the most choose hybrid new energy models, why is this?
1. Oil prices have entered the "9 yuan" era?
In early March, the National Development and Reform Commission announced the latest oil price adjustment policy, and the domestic gasoline and diesel prices increased by 260 yuan and 255 yuan per ton respectively. As a result, the price of No. 92 gasoline in many provinces across the country has entered the era of 8 yuan, and it takes at least 400 yuan for ordinary private cars to fill a tank of oil. The next round of oil price adjustment window, on March 17. Some analysts believe that with the intensification of tensions between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the complexity of the international political and economic situation, there is still room for international crude oil prices to rise, and domestic refined oil prices will also rise sharply, and it is expected that No. 95 car may fully enter the 9 yuan era.
2. Do you just not buy a pure electric car?
Eight or nine yuan a liter of refueling costs, compared with five or six yuan in 2020, the cost of using a car has indeed increased a lot. In such a situation, many people laugh at the price of oil, while saying that they will not consider buying a pure electric car, why? First of all, pure electric cars save fuel and do not save money. Pure electric car charging, fuel vehicle refueling, according to the cost of each kilometer to calculate, certainly pure electric car is much cheaper. However, the price of pure electric cars is often tens of thousands of yuan more expensive than the same level of fuel vehicles, which is converted into expensive fuel costs, in fact, it is almost the same. Moreover, pure electric cars have to change batteries in five or six years, tens of thousands of dollars, and the retention rate is also frighteningly low.
Secondly, under the current technical conditions, pure electric vehicles have hard injuries that cannot be completely solved, and fuel vehicles have the advantage that electric vehicles cannot reach. Driving a fuel car, consumers at any time, there is no mileage anxiety, when there is no oil, you can easily find a gas station nearby anywhere, and fill up with fuel in a few minutes. And pure electric cars, consumers generally have mileage anxiety, almost out of power, to find a charging pile in advance. There are charging piles in their own parking spaces, and the charging speed is very slow. In addition, there is also the problem of serious shrinkage of winter endurance, which also makes many pure electric car owners speechless.
3. The more hybrid models sell, the better?
Fuel vehicle refueling is becoming more and more expensive, pure electric cars have mileage anxiety, plug-in hybrid models have become the most accepted compromise choice for consumers at present, and are also considered by the industry to achieve the transition from fuel vehicles to pure electric vehicles. Plug-in models have no mileage anxiety and can run long distances with fuel. Although the use of oil but very fuel-efficient, such as BYD's DM-i fuel consumption can be as low as 3.8L / 100 km. Moreover, plug-in and hybrid models are new energy vehicles, which can enjoy policy dividends such as green cards, subsidies, and no restrictions on the number of vehicles similar to pure electric vehicles.
Plug-in hybrid models can be said to take into account the advantages of pure electric models and fuel vehicles, and the price is similar to the same level of joint venture fuel vehicles, such as BYD's hybrid models, whether it is the car Qin PLUS DM-i or Song PLUS DM-i, falling in the price range of about 150,000, which is the price of traditional joint venture fuel vehicles. Therefore, plug-in hybrid models are popular. According to the data, the cumulative sales of plug-in and hybrid models in 2021 were 545,000 units, although the absolute number is not high, but the year-on-year growth rate is as high as 171.1%, which is the highest growth rate among all market segments.
Large multinational car companies in Europe and the United States, basically do not look at the hybrid model, although the Japanese two fields entered this market very early, but its mainstream hybrid models are weak mix, no charging function, belongs to the energy-saving car, and is not considered a new energy vehicle. In the hybrid market, it is clear that independent brands understand the needs of consumers better. BYD has DM-i super hybrid, Geely has Thor hybrid, Great Wall has lemon DHT hybrid, Changan has IDD hybrid, chery has Kunpeng DHT hybrid. Among them, BYD, which has an earlier layout, has become the biggest winner, with BYD hybrid models selling 272,000 vehicles in 2021, accounting for half of the country.