Recently, the news of rising oil prices has dominated the front page headlines of the whole network, and netizens have circulated various heartfelt quotations such as "filling a tank of oil can buy a bicycle, adding four boxes of oil can buy a battery car".
According to the current situation, the next round of refined oil adjustment is basically a nail in the coffin, and the oil price increase is large, which may trigger the ceiling price, and No. 95 gasoline or will fully come to the "9 yuan" era. It is precisely for this reason that more and more fuel vehicle owners are beginning to be anxious. Under this wave of rising oil prices, people have finally begun to turn more attention to new energy vehicles.
Online owner calculated an account, the current oil price of 8.01 yuan, according to the fuel consumption of 10L / 100km calculation, he drove the fuel car 100 kilometers fuel cost is 80.1 yuan. Drive 60,000 kilometers, fuel cost 48,000 yuan.
The Tesla Model 3 opened by his colleagues also drove 60,000 kilometers, and the electricity consumption was 3720 yuan. Compared with the two compartments, the price difference is nearly 13 times, and if the oil price breaks 9, the gap will widen to 14 times.
Recently, a netizen compared Tesla with fuel vehicles from other dimensions such as daily maintenance and insurance, "I used to drive BMW X5, 30,000 kilometers a year, 1.3 yuan a kilometer, maintenance 3 times, the premise of the car is not bad." Insurance 5,000 yuan, car and boat tax 1,800 yuan, seven seven eight eight add up to 50,000 costs. But after driving a Tesla for 4-5 years, you can even buy another Tesla with the cost. ”
Coincidentally, whether at home or abroad, there are endless posts and discussions about Tesla's low cost of owning a car. For example, a Tesla Model Y owner calculated his daily commuting cost of using Tesla on the social platform: "Driving to and from work for one year, a total of more than 2,000 yuan in electricity costs, and colleagues who drive fuel vehicles with the company have a minimum fuel cost of about 15,000 yuan a year." ”
To be able to do this, although electric vehicles are born with inherent advantages over fuel vehicles, but even compared with other electric vehicle brand vehicles, Tesla's car ownership cost is still low. However, if we dig deeper into the reasons, we will find that behind the seemingly amazing data, it is actually not "outrageous".
The most energy-efficient model on the market, saving 100,000 yuan in fuel costs in 5 years
When it comes to tesla model 3, what comes to mind? As Tesla's "entry-level" model, it may be the "most cost-effective" and "the lowest threshold sports car", and at the same time, the Model 3 is also an energy-efficient model.
Geran Road Consulting for more than 200,000 yuan of pure electric vehicle models "three electric efficiency" comparison, the survey shows that the Model 3 was rated as "more than 200,000 yuan of three electric efficiency models"; the British car website Electroifying estimated that the energy efficiency of Model 3 models ranked first in the list, which can save users 500 pounds (about 4300 yuan) of charging costs per year, and its comprehensive ability is also what other brands in the list cannot catch up at this stage; "2020 Tesla Impact Report" According to Chinese data, the Model 3 won the us car energy efficiency championship, and the Model 3 is a highly energy-efficient model on the current market.
(Chart data from Jelan Road Consulting related surveys)
Mr. Liu is a Model 3 owner, after his estimation, his Model 3 in 5 years to save him 100,000 yuan: "Tesla's super charging pile is very convenient, the family charging pile is particularly economical, I commute about 80 kilometers a day, after I changed from a fuel car to a Tesla, it is estimated that I can save 100,000 yuan in five years, and the maintenance and repair costs are very low, and you can save a lot of money." ”
The direct operation mode reduces maintenance costs, and the maintenance cost of 5 years is 50% lower than that of fuel vehicles.
In addition to energy costs, maintenance is also the most expensive thing in the car, but for the owners of electric vehicles, it is not so painful.
Mr. Liu said that if you calculate according to your own 80 kilometers a day and nearly 30,000 kilometers a year, the fuel vehicle 5,000-10,000 kilometers need maintenance, 3-5 times a year, and thousands of yuan at a time, which costs a lot of money and trouble. Tesla vehicles only need to be maintained once or twice a year, and because the electric vehicle structure is simpler, the cost of man-hours is cheaper; and there is no engine, so it will not incur fuel maintenance costs such as oil, oil filter, air filter, gasoline filter and spark plug. Compared with the same level of fuel vehicles, Tesla vehicles have reduced maintenance costs by at least 50% in 5 years.
Based on the direct operation model, Tesla has reduced many unnecessary links and expenditures to give way to more benefits to consumers. Previously, Tesla has made the price list of commonly used maintenance items of different models public and publicized it in stores. It can be seen from the information that most of the prices of Tesla maintenance projects are more fair than traditional luxury car 4S stores. At the same time, under the direct-operated model, the pricing of these maintenance items remains uniform in all Tesla stores across the country. This also eliminates the shortcomings of the traditional 4S shop hours fee is not transparent, unified, the price of accessories is too high and unreasonable maintenance projects, etc., to ensure that consumers will not be forced to choose unreliable "roadside shops" because of high maintenance prices.
The battery decay rate is lower and the bicycle lasts longer
Before buying an electric car, many people will consider the problem of battery attenuation, after all, no one wants the new car to drive for a year or two, and the mileage will fall off a cliff. Tesla owners have something to say about this.
Some car owners posted on foreign social platforms that their Model S has an effective battery capacity of up to 98% after driving for 7 years. Mr. Wei, the owner of the Model Y from the northeast, also said that after a year of using the car, the vehicle's endurance has not changed, even in winter, the endurance has not been greatly affected. "When I first bought a friend of other brands of electric cars, I told me that his car had a terrible endurance after a year, and I almost didn't dare to turn on the air conditioner in winter, but I didn't have this feeling at all when I drove, and I turned on the battery in the winter to preheat, and the battery life was not much affected." Mr. Wei said.
The attenuation of Tesla vehicles is recognized as low by the industry. Tesla owner community Tesla owners in the United States Tesla owners community Teslaomics survey data show that most Tesla vehicles after driving 160,900 kilometers (100,000 miles), the battery pack still maintains more than 92% of the effective capacity; the Holland-Belgium Tesla Owners Forum's endurance survey also shows that in the first 80,500 kilometers (50,000 miles), the vast majority of vehicles maintained a battery capacity level of 95%, and by 160,600 kilometers (100,000 miles), most vehicles actually maintained a battery life of 92% above.
Previously, Tesla's official "2020 Tesla Influence Report" mentioned that the actual mileage data of Tesla Model S/X car owners showed that after driving 320,000 kilometers (about 200,000 miles), the battery capacity retention rate was about 90% on average, and the battery attenuation rate was very small.
Battery attenuation is an important factor that determines the life of electric vehicles, a smaller decay rate, can extend the use of vehicles, owners do not have to drive for two or three years to hurry to change cars, so that hundreds of thousands of cars are more useful, which is also one of the main factors that Tesla can reduce the burden for car owners.
In 2020, the driving range of a Tesla Model S exceeded 1.2 million kilometers, and musk congratulated; recently, the owner shared on social media platforms that the driving mileage of his Model S bicycle exceeded 1.5 million kilometers, and praised the long life of Tesla's battery.
It also shows us how much potential a Tesla car has. Starting from the car purchase process, going through the stages of car use, car maintenance, replacement, etc., until the end of the vehicle's service life, the calculation of the cost can be completed in the true sense, which is the concept of "total cost of ownership" proposed by Tesla. Whether it is the cost of 6,000 yuan for 5 years, or the continued "service" after driving 1.5 million kilometers, I believe that car owners can sigh "worth it" with satisfaction, then Tesla's efforts in research and development, service and so on are also "worth it".