At present, the domestic market has launched a lot of small, cute two-door mini cars, but I always think that smart fortwo is the "originator" of domestic mini cars, and its exquisite and compact shape is still personality even now. With the advent of the new energy era, smart has come to us with a new identity, yes, a pure electric small SUV jointly built by Geely Automobile and Mercedes-Benz - smart genie #1, the pre-sale price is 19-23 million yuan.
Smart Genie #1 is based on the Geely SEA platform, and the previous model from this platform is the Extreme Kr 001. The shape design of smart genie #1 is dominated by Mercedes-Benz, and the B-pillar position is also inlaid with a "STYLED BY Benz" nameplate LOGO, which is very much in line with the tonality of the Smart brand. The Smart Genie #1 is 4270/1822/1636mm in length, width and height, with a wheelbase of 2750mm, making it the largest smart model ever built.
As a pure electric SUV, smart genie #1 is equipped with a 9.2-inch full LCD dashboard, HUD head-up display, 12.8-inch central control screen (built-in "smart universe" intelligent human-computer interaction system), ADAS intelligent auxiliary driving system and other scientific and technological configurations, the power is a rear-drive single motor, the maximum power can reach 272 horsepower, zero hundred acceleration time is 6.7 seconds, the maximum cruising range under CLTC conditions is 560 kilometers, and the indicators are very online. Speaking of which, some friends may have questions, after becoming a pure electric SUV, will the smart genie #1 be very economical to use? Below we will make a prediction and analysis of the three aspects of vehicle maintenance, insurance and energy consumption.
About 200,000 pure electric SUVs, the first year of premium is expected to be 6,000 yuan
As we all know, the price of the car has a direct impact on the insurance price, although the final price of smart genie #1 has not yet been announced, but we can estimate the insurance cost of smart genie #1 with the pre-sale price of 190,000-230,000 yuan given by the current new car, as well as the insurance price of pure electric SUV models at the same price point close to the price.
According to our investigation, after the purchase of 3 million three liability, car damage insurance, traffic insurance three main types of insurance, smart genie #1 first year premium of about 6,000 yuan, if there is no accident in the later use of the process, the premium will be further reduced, we based on the standard premium of the second year 20% off, the third year of 30% off calculation, smart genie #1 three years insurance cost total cost, about 15,000 yuan, an average of about 5,000 yuan a year. Of course, the actual insurance price will be affected by the brand, the insured region, the insurance program, and different insurance companies, but in general, the difference will not be too large.
The identity of the joint venture car, the inspection fee is expected to be 300 yuan / time, is it expensive?
The maintenance price of pure electric cars is relatively simple, and we currently do not have the relevant maintenance data of Smart Genie #1, but we can make a prediction. From the current point of view, most pure electric SUVs have a first insurance time of about 10,000km, and the maintenance interval after that will be about 10,000km, and a few brands such as Tesla will have a maintenance interval of 20,000km or 12 months.
In terms of routine maintenance, pure electric models are almost all based on the inspection of the three-electric system, which requires an inspection fee, and the price charged by Chinese brands is relatively cheap, ranging from 100-200 yuan, and some will even be free. Joint ventures and imported brands are relatively expensive, ranging from 300-600 yuan, so between smart genie #1 is the identity of the joint venture car, and the regular inspection fee is expected to be around 300 yuan. Of course, it is not excluded that free maintenance activities will be launched when it is launched. In terms of other maintenance items, pure electric SUVs only need to replace the air conditioning filter, antifreeze, brake fluid, etc. regularly, and the general replacement cycle ranges from 20,000 to 40,000 kilometers, and the price usually does not exceed 300 yuan, even if it is a luxury brand.
We take the average family driving 60,000km for three years as the car cycle, calculate the total cost of smart elf #1 maintenance, and it is expected to take about 2500-3000 yuan. Among them, the cost of routine inspection accounts for half of the total maintenance price, but overall, it is still average in the same price point of the product.
Electricity consumption is slightly higher, but the monthly electricity bill of 140 yuan is quite economical
Pure electric models of energy consumption and power system has a direct relationship, smart genie #1 is the use of rear-drive single motor, the maximum power up to 272 horsepower, 0-100km / h acceleration time of 6.7 seconds, compared to the same price of most pure electric SUV products, the power is very strong. The reference level is higher, but the weaker Song PLUS EV consumes 14kWh of power per 100 km, and the smart genie #1 pure electric small SUV identity, so we expect its 100 km power consumption to be around 15 kWh.
Based on the current electricity cost of 0.56 yuan / kWh, we calculate the electricity bill of smart genie #1 for three years to drive 60,000km, which is about 5,040 yuan, an average of 140 yuan per month. Compared with other products at the same level, this electricity bill is slightly more expensive, but because the smart genie #1 is more powerful, these higher electricity bills believe that users can also accept it, and have no impact on daily use of cars.
epilogue:
We add up the estimated maintenance costs, insurance costs and fuel costs to calculate that the total cost of the smart genie #1 driving 60,000km in three years is about 23,040 yuan, an average of about 640 yuan per month. What is this concept? We can briefly compare, we calculated that the average monthly cost of song PLUS EV is about 600 yuan; the average monthly cost of Xiaopeng P7 is about 550 yuan. It seems that smart genie #1 is more expensive than them, but some of these models will give free maintenance, some will give free charging, so if you put aside these, the difference between them is actually very small, which also shows from the side that pure electric cars do save money, of course, we are more looking forward to smart genie #1 can also launch these activities when it is listed.