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Author | Zhou Jifeng
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After the 90s, Ah Hai recently had a hobby. Near the holidays, he would put folding chairs, sleeping bags, tents and other equipment into the car, and leave the city as if he were "running for his life" after work on Fridays.
Yes, he, like many young people, fell in love with camping.
This is nothing new, because of the epidemic, everyone can't go abroad, can't go far, and can only look to the suburbs. The camping caught fire at once.
This fire even led to the development of the entire industry. According to the Ai Media Consulting Report, more than 8,000 and more than 15,000 campground companies will be added in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
As one camping enthusiast put it: "Camping is really a return to the nomadic way of life, free enough." "But the nomads have horses as a means of transportation, and modern people have to have at least one car to go camping.
Dad's camping partner used to tell Shentu that the car was an integral part of camping. And the quality of the car directly determines the quality of the moving camp.
In the eyes of many people, the top of the campervan is probably a motorhome, or buy a professional off-road vehicle, such as a wrangler or tank. The second is the ordinary fuel vehicle. As for electric vehicles, they can't run long distances, their performance is worrying, and they are basically at the bottom of the chain of contempt.
But some people do not believe in evil, Ah Hai, carrying all his camping equipment, is a Chery ant, the mileage is only 300 kilometers. If it is winter, the mileage is directly discounted in half.
A new question arises, what happens when you drive an electric car out camping? When an electric car meets a camping, will it be "unsatisfactory"?
Driving an electric car to go camping, is it reliable?
After the epidemic, everyone's yearning for travel and freedom seems to have found an emotional outlet in camping. But people who have an electric car in their hands, their heads hurt even more at this time.
Anyone who knows a little bit about cars knows. Electric vehicles are too "delicate", the mileage is limited, it is difficult to drive in winter (the mileage is greatly shortened, the warm air does not dare to open), the charging pile is also limited, and it is difficult to find a holiday, and people even fight for charging.
When Ah Hai first prepared to drive the tram out to camp, he was worried that his car would lie in the middle of the road. He got on the road in a panic, daring to drive the car for 100 kilometers. What I didn't expect was that I didn't encounter many moments of horror along the way. Now, he is very accustomed to driving his little ants out camping.
More critically, Ah Hai found it cheaper to drive a tram to camp. If it is a 100-kilometer round trip, it is not counted as a high-speed fee, and it only costs less than 10 yuan for electricity, but if you drive a fuel car, the fuel cost will be about 100 yuan, "The difference between the two is nearly ten times." ”
Zhang Kai in Shanghai has long been accustomed to driving a Tesla to camp. In his opinion, driving an electric car to camp, the mileage is not a problem. "My car has a range of about 500 kilometers, and if there are charging piles at the destination or along the road, and the campsite is within 500 kilometers of home, there is actually no problem."
According to people's imagination, camping has to go to glacier plateaus and desert meadows, and camping often gives the impression of hardship and danger. But the camping market in 2022 has long since changed. Camping is becoming more and more sophisticated, more and more high-end, and the location of camping is getting closer and closer to the city.
"Everyone has to work from Monday to Friday, and only on weekends do they have time to go out on outings. In such a short period of time, it is difficult to achieve long-distance travel, and if you travel a short distance, you cannot do without a car. Niu Niu, a partner of light source camping, told Shentu: "Under the influence of the two factors of time + distance, if you go camping on weekdays, the distance is basically limited to 300 kilometers." ”
The cruising range of most electric vehicles has reached 300 kilometers. "In this range, there is actually no difference between trams and oil trucks." Cow cow said.
Ah Hai concluded: "It is no problem to go out camping with an electric car, but the key is to measure the distance. "Taking himself as an example, if there is no charging pile along the way, he will control the distance within 100 kilometers, and if there is a charging pile at the destination, he will relax the distance to about 200 kilometers.
But in Lao Pan's view, if you want to drive an electric car to camp, you should try to buy some electric vehicles with high mileage, or try to go to areas where charging piles are densely distributed.
Old Pan has a Wuling Hongguang MINI EV in his hand, he drives his own car out camping every day, the car is light enough, but there are many troubles. The mileage of the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV is only 170km, and if you go a little farther or in an area with fewer charging piles along the way, the mileage anxiety will be very serious.
Can I sleep or sing a K song?
Unlike what people think, those who are willing and dare to drive an electric car to camp are not because there is no car to choose from, but because they love the feeling of driving a tram to camp.
People who have not experienced camping do not know that the most dangerous and torturous part of camping is sleeping. Camping outdoors, no heating and no air conditioning, severe cold in winter, and severe heat in summer.
The hardest part is winter. For a long time, everyone relied on kerosene stoves and wood stoves for heating. These heating equipment, looking retro, exquisite, take photos and send them to the circle of friends can also get a lot of likes, but who really uses who uses who is painful.
"Relying on wood stoves and kerosene stoves for heating is very risky, and if the ventilation of the tent is not done well, it is easy to get carbon monoxide poisoning." And you have to get up three times in the middle of the night to add firewood and oil, otherwise you may be frozen awake. Lao Pan complained: "They also taste quite large, and the dosage is also very large, which is relatively expensive." ”
But with electric vehicles, these problems have been solved. "There is air conditioning in the electric car to blow warm air, and it is so comfortable to sleep in the car in winter." Old Pan said: "As for the summer, there is also air conditioning, and you can sleep well at night." ”
Zhang Kai in Shanghai bought a Tesla, and he liked the camping model launched by Tesla very much. Last summer, he turned on this mode during the camping period, and sure enough, as advertised, the car can achieve constant temperature ventilation, so Zhang Kai directly put the rear seats on the mat and slept in the car. "Seeing other people sweating in the camp and not having air conditioning, I suddenly felt that this car was worth it."
Even if you don't sleep in the car, you can set up a rear tent, and the air conditioning in the car can continuously supply heating or air conditioning to the tent. Zhang Kai even calculated such an account, he opened the air conditioner for one night, and only consumed 10 kWh of electricity, while the Tesla Model 3 battery had 50 kWh of electricity after full charge, which was enough.
This kind of comfortable experience is something you can't even think of when driving a fuel car.
Niu Niu told Shen Tu that in the early years, if you wanted to camp, it was basically impossible to have the option of sleeping in the car. Because if the engine of the fuel vehicle is started all the time, there is exhaust gas, and it is easy to be carbon monoxide poisoning in such a confined space. But electric cars don't have such a risk.
In addition to solving the pain point of sleeping, trams also have a big advantage of providing energy supplies. In the wilderness camping, the biggest worry is that there is no battery, especially the mobile phone. But the tram itself is equivalent to a large mobile power supply.
Some trams or new energy vehicles are more advanced in configuration, such as BYD Tang DM, Ideal ONE and W6 with external discharge function, to some electrical appliances, in-car equipment power is no problem.
Taking WM W6 as an example, according to the introduction, it is equipped with a 3.3kW high-power super reverse charging function, which can reverse output 220V power through the slow charging interface, supporting "10,000 +" electrical appliances, just like the "extra-large charging treasure" in the camping, this power can basically meet the electricity demand of rice cookers, induction cookers, wall breakers, portable refrigerators and other household appliances.
Once there is electricity, there is more play. Some people went camping and even carried projectors, electronic mahjong tables, coffee machines, and Ah Hai even once saw a group of people with a family karaoke machine, and a few people sang in the wild.
"New Energy Vehicle Camp", is it possible?
In the early years, it was relatively rare to go out with an electric car, especially camping, but now, driving an electric car out to camp is slowly catching fire.
When Zhang Kai went to the camp, he found that Tesla's car had a high appearance rate in each camp. In his view, because Tesla's overall consumer population is relatively young, young people love to play and are willing to accept new things.
From the data point of view, Zhang Kai is indeed right.
According to the "2021 Gen Z Camping Social White Paper" released by Taobao, 36.4% of young people became "camping true incense parties" after experiencing outdoor camping. Moreover, this white paper also shows that camping crushes the escape room and the script kills, becoming the favorite of the post-95s.
The purchase of electric vehicles naturally coincides with the main force of camping, and it is not difficult to understand why more and more young people will drive electric vehicles to camp.
Niu Niu, a partner of light source camping, found that in many camps in Shanghai, many new energy vehicles have been mixed in, accounting for almost one-third of the entire camp vehicles.
Many companies are also encouraging people to drive electric vehicles to camp. Weilai has even opened up a Sichuan-Tibet-Qiang charging loop for many car owners.
Niu Niu is both a partner of Light Source Camping and the initiator of nio Camping Club. In his view, the new forces, especially Weilai, are very willing to organize some activities, and self-driving tours and camping are the most popular of all activities.
The popularity of "camping" continues to rise, and young people are enthusiastic about the form of electric vehicle camping. Many people who have both fuel vehicles and electric vehicles on hand basically choose to drive electric vehicles to meet their little Bourgeois-style camping dreams.
It is common to start camping-related ventures from last year. He believes that new energy vehicles are more suitable for camping than fuel vehicles. "The electric car was a great experience to sleep in the car when it was particularly hot in the summer. Because the tram has no engine, it has more space than the same size of the oil car, and it can hold things more. ”
But even so, electric cars still have a fatal bug - charging. If you go out of the province to camp hundreds of kilometers away, then charging is a problem.
Niu Niu agrees with this view, he occasionally goes to slightly remote mountainous areas, and often can't find charging piles. However, because he is driving a WEILAI ES6, he can use a one-click power-up service. But Weilai's service staff had to drive the charging car to the mountains to help the owner charge.
"Although we often see trams in camps, very few actually combine trams with camping because many camps don't allow cars to be parked next to tents. In the future, if the car can drive into the camp, or if a charging pile is established in the camp, the advantages of electric vehicles can be brought into play. ”
According to the "2021-2025 China Outdoor Camping Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report", the market size of the outdoor camping industry is expected to continue to grow, or will reach 15 billion yuan in 2026. A large number of entrepreneurs have poured into the track, and there are many projects related to camping. But camps related to new energy vehicles have not yet appeared.
Cows and cows try to be the first to eat crabs. He wants to build the first "new energy vehicle camp" in China.
Since everyone has a need for charging, we might as well install charging piles in the camp. "Everyone comes to camp on weekends, either on Sunday mornings or on the highway on sundays on the way back to town. If there are charging piles in the camp, everyone can rest assured that they can play a little more. Niu Niu said: "I think the charging pile is equivalent to a camp value-added service that can be explored." ”
*The caption and the accompanying images in the text are derived from pexels. At the request of the interviewees, Ahai, Zhang Kai, Lao Pan, Niu Niu, and Lao Chang are pseudonyms.