According to the "September 2021 China Automobile Retention Rate Research Report" jointly released by the China Automobile Circulation Association and Jingzhen Estimate, the retention rate of pure electric vehicles with a 3-year age is only 39.7%, which is far from the 3-age retention rate of traditional fuel vehicles of 65%. However, after entering 2022, the retention rate of new energy vehicles has been inverted.
Tesla's official used car website shows that a 2020 long-range full-wheel drive Model Y on sale has a mileage of 30,000 miles (about 48,000 kilometers), and its list price is actually 6,000 US dollars to 10,000 US dollars (about 65,000 yuan) higher than that year's new car. Used cars have actually appreciated in value? This Tesla has also become a wealth management product?
In fact, it is not Tesla's retention rate soaring, but this year's electric vehicle price increase is too strong, Tesla Model Y one year old retention rate is about 86.1%, although higher than many fuel vehicles, but also far from the opening of two years of appreciation, mainly because of the rise in raw materials and other reasons, the price of Tesla models has risen sharply in the past year. The market quote for battery-grade lithium carbonate rose nearly 10 times year-on-year, and nickel and cobalt also nearly doubled over the same period. Under the pressure of rising raw materials, Tesla has also made price adjustments many times.
On March 10, 2022, Tesla's price increased by 10,000 yuan, only 5 days later, some Tesla models rose again by 18,000 yuan, model Y high-performance version of the price before March 10 was about 380,000, only 5 days later, the price of the car came to more than 410,000, early order 5 days of car owners, you can save 30,000 yuan. The Model Y rear-wheel drive standard endurance version, the lowest price after subsidies was once 276,000 yuan. It is precisely because the price of new models continues to rise, resulting in the appreciation of Tesla in the hands of old owners.
However, in the long run, the retention rate of new energy models is still not optimistic, even Tesla, which has the highest retention rate, is still difficult to compare with some of the fuel vehicles that have preserved the value of the god car, which is related to the stability of Volkswagen after many years of use of electric vehicles, as well as the quality assurance policy of car companies, and it is still a long way to go to improve the overall retention rate of new energy vehicles.