Some time ago, the domestic refined oil prices continued to rise, which gave many fuel car owners a lot of challenges to the cost of car maintenance, the naked eye visible cost rise has become an indisputable fact, of course, this has also caused some potential car owners to move uncertainly, that is, now the oil price is running at a high level, in the end should buy fuel vehicles (including hybrid vehicles) or electric vehicles?
We have discussed this issue more than once, in the context of high oil prices, buying a new car should not only take into account the "explicit cost", but also take into account the "hidden cost".
The so-called "explicit cost" is that in the process of using the car, you can directly use how much money is spent to measure the part of the cost, such as fuel, tolls, parking fees, insurance and other costs.
"Hidden cost" refers to those things that cannot be directly measured by how much money is spent, but greatly affects the use of feelings, such as the time cost of charging, the psychological anxiety caused by insufficient battery life, and so on. We believe that while it is important to control the "explicit cost", the effect of the "hidden cost" may be more related to the driving experience and the feeling of using the car.
In fact, to put it bluntly, we believe that if consumers cannot buy electric vehicles because of more long-distance driving scenarios and inconvenient installation of charging piles before the rise in oil prices, then after the rise in oil prices, it may still not be a wise choice to buy electric vehicles. Because although the price of oil has risen, the factors related to the experience of using electric vehicles have not changed, and the use of electric vehicles may be more uncomfortable in the case of insufficient conditions and conflicting use scenarios.
A few days ago, some netizens sent out a question on Zhihu: Oil prices have risen again, in the end to buy oil trucks or new energy vehicles? We saw the account certified as Tesla answered, looking at the Tesla account's response to this question, although there is no lack of respect for Tesla electric vehicles, but the overall answer is still more pertinent.
In the answer page, the Tesla account first calculates the cost to draw the conclusion of which model of fuel vehicle and electric vehicle has a lower cost. First of all, according to the average annual fuel consumption of 20,000 kilometers a year, 8L/100 kilometers to calculate the fuel cost of fuel vehicles for one year, it is concluded that the annual fuel cost is about 15,000 yuan.
And Tesla Model Y in the same mileage, according to 7km / kWh to calculate, 100 kilometers of electricity consumption of 7.3 kWh, if charged according to the household, that is, one kilowatt hour of electricity about 5 cents, a year's cost is about 744.6 yuan, just in the oil and electricity bill, electric vehicles can save more than 10,000.
At the same time, according to the Tesla account, under the same mileage, electric vehicles can spend 2,000-5,000 yuan less in maintenance costs than fuel vehicles a year, the reason is that most electric vehicles basically do not have maintenance and other problems.
And now the retention rate of many electric vehicles is also very high, so there is no need to worry about the retention rate is too low, and the money saved before is "swallowed" by the residual value of the vehicle.
Judging from the above content, the reply of tesla account seems to be singing the praises of its own electric vehicle products through cost and expenditure, but this is not the case. After that, Tesla turned sharply, mentioned the use of the scene and experience, and put forward the view that although the cost and reality of the car, it is also necessary to look at the car scene and the car environment.
If long-distance driving accounts for a large proportion and involves timeliness, then obviously oil trucks or hybrid vehicles are still the best choice. If you live in a relatively remote area, there is no public charging pile within a few hundred kilometers of the surrounding area, and the household charging pile cannot meet the daily demand, then it is more rational to choose a fuel vehicle or a hybrid vehicle.
However, for most people, mainly living in urban areas, the usual use of cars to commute to work and short-distance self-driving is the mainstay, then the choice of electric vehicles is more convenient and very economical.
In the summary, the Tesla account once again emphasizes the importance of the use scenario, and emphasizes the necessity of the existence of fuel vehicles, and the purchase of fuel vehicles is more practical for many people. The advantages of electric vehicles are also constantly prominent, and will be favored by more consumers in the future.
After reading the more pertinent answer of tesla account, it suddenly reminded us of the word "pattern".
Some time ago, Li Bin, the founder of Weilai Automobile, said in public, "I simply don't understand at all, why everyone is still buying fuel vehicles, I can't understand at all, how nostalgic it is to buy oil cars, in addition to being able to smell a little gasoline, what else is good." From the point of view of expression, it is completely the situation of "the queen mother sells melons to sell herself and boasts", and she promotes the status of electric vehicles by degrading the oil car, completely disregarding the actual situation.
Tesla account answer, not only calculated the cost of the car, but also took into account the actual use of the situation, it can be said that from the perspective of the people, analyzed in the case of rising oil prices, the purchase of fuel vehicles or electric vehicles, the whole process of logic is meticulous, the data is used properly, it can be said that the analysis is reasonable, there is no evaluation of the technical level, nor from the perspective of Tesla "self-selling boasting", netizens can more or less know what kind of model they should buy after reading. And for us, this time really was circled by Tesla, and the answer was too grounded.