Buying a new energy vehicle Respondents first consider whether charging is convenient

85.0% of the respondents said that they or those around them have encountered a situation of "charging difficulties"

China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Wang Pinzhi

Intern Wang Jiulong

At present, the promotion and application of new energy vehicles in the mainland has entered the fast lane, but the increase in charging infrastructure in the country is relatively lagging behind. Every holiday, it is not uncommon for new energy car owners to queue for several hours in the highway service area to charge. Are you a new energy vehicle owner? What suggestions do you have for improving the "difficulty of charging" of new energy vehicles?

Recently, the China Youth Daily Social Survey Center and the questionnaire network (wenjuan.com) conducted a survey of 1521 respondents, showing that when buying new energy vehicles, everyone mainly considers whether charging is convenient (69.4%), battery mileage (59.5%), supporting infrastructure construction (54.4%) and other issues. 85.0% of the respondents said that they or the people around them have encountered the situation of "charging difficulties", and 58.9% of the respondents suggested that through policy guidance and national standard formulation, the charging pile is compatible with the fast charging agreement of various brands.

What do respondents care about when buying new energy vehicles?

Fang Peng, an employee of a public institution in Shanxi Province, began to pay attention to new energy vehicles last year, "My daughter-in-law was transferred to work in another urban area far from home last year, and she needed to buy another car for her commuting, considering that the price of oil is too expensive, we plan to buy new energy vehicles."

Among the respondents, 57.4% are new energy vehicle owners, 34.4% are not yet, intend to buy, and 8.2% do not intend to buy.

Xu Wei (pseudonym) after the 90s in Tianjin said that in general, the development trend and development speed of new energy vehicles are continuing to improve, and it is also an ideal choice for many people to buy cars. "But I think the speed of replacement of new energy vehicles is very fast, and the retention is not high." Although the endurance can meet the needs of daily life, if there is a need for long-distance travel, there is still no fuel vehicle to replenish fuel at any time. In addition, the price of new energy vehicles is relatively high."

"New energy vehicles are faster and have a better driving experience than traditional fuel vehicles." The daily maintenance of new energy vehicles is also relatively simple, fuel vehicles need to be regularly inspected, cleaned, oil change, gearbox oil, etc., new energy vehicles only have motors, batteries, batteries, maintenance is relatively simple. Driving experience and maintenance costs are also Fang Peng's consideration for choosing new energy vehicles, "In addition, the prefecture-level city where I live can well assist family travel due to traffic congestion, fuel vehicles are limited, and new energy vehicles are unlimited." But Fang Peng also believes that the biggest drawback of new energy vehicles is the replacement of batteries, and once the batteries need to be replaced, it will be very troublesome.

The survey shows that when purchasing new energy vehicles, everyone mainly considers whether charging is convenient (69.4%), battery mileage (59.5%), and supporting infrastructure construction (54.4%). Others include: government subsidies (47.3%), cost of use (41.4%), battery replacement cost (40.2%), other performance of the car (25.5%), retention of value (20.2%), environmental protection (19.3%), etc.

Chen Xin, a college student in Guangdong Province, said that cost is an important consideration for the purchase of new energy vehicles, "The purchase price of new energy vehicles, the future maintenance costs, and the service life and maintenance costs of batteries determine whether I will buy new energy vehicles." Friends who use new energy vehicles around them have complained that after they bought new energy vehicles, the batteries had problems and could not be repaired, and they needed to spend relatively high prices to buy new batteries. After much consideration, they eventually returned to using traditional fuel vehicles."

"When buying new energy vehicles, I will think more about driving comfort, endurance and price." Xu Wei said that the endurance is indeed the short board of new energy vehicles. "In addition, although there are subsidies for the purchase of new energy vehicles now, the price is still high for us young people, which will reduce the willingness to buy."

Lin Boqiang, dean of the China Energy Policy Research Institute of Xiamen University, said that the development of electric vehicles in recent years has been very fast, even if the new energy vehicle policy subsidies decline, the growth trend will not weaken, because it has many additional advantages, can ensure energy security, optimize urban environmental governance, help clean development, save power grid costs, etc.

58.9% of the respondents suggested that through policy guidance and national standard formulation, the charging pile is compatible with the fast charging agreement of various brands

"Some manufacturers will install charging piles for free when buying new energy vehicles, and we can find a suitable place to install them." Fang Peng said that although it is a slow charge, it can use the time at night and not delay the use during the day. "There is a scenic spot near our home, the scenic spot is equipped with public charging piles, usually there are not many people who use it, and charging is also very convenient."

Chen Xin said that most people around him have given up buying new energy vehicles because of "difficult charging". "In my area, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles is still low, and a lot of money has not been invested in the construction of charging piles."

In the survey, 85.0% of the respondents said that they or those around them had encountered the problem of "charging difficulties", of which 28.9% said that they often encountered it.

Lin Boqiang said that last year, the sales of new energy vehicles grew very fast, and the development of supporting charging piles lagged behind, and there may be a phenomenon of "charging difficulties".

To improve the "charging difficulty" problem of new energy vehicles, 58.9% of the respondents suggested that through policy guidance and national standard formulation, the charging pile is compatible with the fast charging agreement of various brands, 55.4% of the respondents suggested that the phenomenon of occupying the charging space of new energy vehicles should be punished, 50.0% of the respondents hoped to increase the number of road network charging piles, 48.9% of the respondents believed that it was necessary to attach importance to the construction of professional maintenance and maintenance personnel and strengthen maintenance, and 44.1% of the respondents suggested using big data technology analysis to solve the problem of "where to build." The "how much to build" question provides data support, 37.3% of the respondents expect to accelerate the application of high-power charging technology and reduce the charging waiting time, 26.9% of the respondents suggest providing mobile charging piles and other facilities at key times according to big data analysis, and 22.6% of the respondents recommend effective supervision of the quality of charging piles and actual use.

Lin Boqiang feels that subsidies should be transferred to the infrastructure related to new energy vehicles, especially charging piles. To truly solve the problem of "charging difficulties", charging piles should be allowed to enter thousands of households, including communities and office spaces. "First of all, the government should participate in the construction of electric vehicle infrastructure such as charging piles on a large scale. Secondly, car companies should become an important force involved in the construction of charging piles. At present, the short-term profitability of charging piles is relatively low, but the long-term profitability should be very good."

"The more electric cars are sold, the more electricity they use, which is good for the grid in the long run." Therefore, the power grid should also strengthen investment in the construction of charging piles to help charging piles enter thousands of households. "Many people will charge between 12 p.m. and 6 a.m., which is also good for alleviating the rise in grid costs as a whole."

Fang Peng feels that there is still a lot of room for development of new energy vehicles, and the ownership of many second- and third-tier cities is still relatively small, and he hopes to have a greater breakthrough in batteries and other technologies as soon as possible.

Among the respondents, 35.2% were in first-tier cities, 42.8% in second-tier cities, 18.7% in third- and fourth-tier cities, 1.8% in townships and 1.4% in rural areas.