For many people, buying a tram or buying a fuel car is a more tangled choice, after all, the tram can save money, but the oil car has no endurance anxiety, such as if you want to say that these two things can get both, that is, to buy a plug-in hybrid model. Changan Automobile recently launched the plug-in hybrid version of UNI-K in its high-end product line, UNI-K New Energy. For many consumers who are ready to buy a plug-in hybrid medium-sized SUV, the performance of the new car in the product strength and cost performance of these two pieces is good, today we want to talk about, is the Changan UNI-K new energy car cost this piece, look at as a plug-in hybrid SUV, it can really save money?
At present, There are two models on sale of Changan UNI-K New Energy, and the current high attention is the 2022 Blue Whale iDD 1.5T Premium Model with higher configuration. Today we take this car as a reference, to see after the purchase of a Changan UNI-K new energy, in the energy costs, maintenance costs and insurance costs of these several pieces of expenditure, what is the situation?
Energy consumption cost:
Let's assume that a Changan UNI-K new energy unit travels 20,000 kilometers a year, of which 5,000 kilometers are driven by adding fuel, and the other 15,000 kilometers are driven by pure electricity for urban commuting. According to our testing situation, Changan UNI-K New Energy has a comprehensive fuel consumption of almost 4L/100km in the case of fuel drive. This car can add No. 92 gasoline, and the current price of No. 92 gasoline is 8 yuan / L. If you drive in the most economical mode, only use pure electric mode to walk, 30.74kWh capacity battery, household slow charge from 0 to full, a single price of about 17 yuan, the proportion of overall energy consumption is very low, according to the annual use of 20,000 kilometers of electricity, the cost is about 2,000 yuan.
Through calculation, in our hypothetical case, the annual energy consumption cost of Changan UNI-K New Energy is about 3500 yuan, and it only needs to spend a small 300 yuan per month to charge / refuel.
Maintenance cost:
Because it is a plug-in hybrid model, Changan UNI-K New Energy is not much different from the fuel version of the car when doing maintenance, and it is necessary to carry out a series of inspections on the vehicle when doing maintenance. According to our understanding, the maintenance cycle of this car is 5000 kilometers of maintenance once, mainly divided into small maintenance and large maintenance alternately. The price of small maintenance is 502 yuan, which includes changing the oil, filter and fuel filter, plus inspecting the vehicle. On the basis of small maintenance, large maintenance also needs to replace the air conditioning filter, and the cost of large maintenance is 580 yuan.
Then there are some consumables that need to be replaced, such as every 20,000 kilometers, which need to be replaced once, the spark plug, air filter and antifreeze, the total cost of replacing these three items is 550 yuan.
So we assume that 3 years to drive 60,000 kilometers, through the calculation, Changan UNI-K new energy three years of maintenance costs are 7592 yuan, the average annual need to spend 2530 yuan for maintenance, for a medium-sized SUV, such maintenance expenses are indeed relatively provincial.
Insurance Costs:
As a green car, Changan UNI-K New Energy does not need to pay vehicle and vessel use tax, according to a platform insurance sample we got, a Changan UNI-K New Energy after purchasing car damage insurance, traffic insurance and 3 million three liabilities, the insurance cost is 7877 yuan. If we assume that there has been no accident for three years, it is called insurance, after calculating the discount of the insurance company year by year, the total maintenance cost required by Changan UNI-K New Energy for three years is 19692 yuan, and the average annual need is 6564 yuan.
summary:
By adding up the energy consumption costs, maintenance costs and insurance costs, we conclude that a Changan UNI-K new energy without calculating other soft expenses, the annual car maintenance expenditure is almost 12626 yuan, and the average one-month car maintenance expenditure is about 1052 yuan. Compared with most medium-sized SUVs, Changan UNI-K New Energy can save more than half of the cost of car maintenance. For those consumers who hope to save a little on car maintenance costs, Changan UNI-K New Energy is indeed a car worth choosing.