The problem of electric vehicle charging difficulty, in the real sense of the solution for users of the problem of the only one in my opinion, that is, Tesla, which has invested heavily in the charging network system.
This is by no means a matter of position, but from a factual point of view, Tesla's vigorous construction of the charging network has solved many pain points for users in the real sense.
First-tier cities are the main sales areas of electric vehicles, taking Beijing as an example, Tesla has built a 15-minute charging ring, and in any corner within the fifth ring road, you can find Tesla Supercharger in 15 minutes.
Moreover, according to statistics, Tesla owners' supercharger use time is only 17 minutes.
The main reason is that Tesla's V3 supercharger is very fast, which can currently reach a charging speed of 250kW and can supplement 250km of battery life in 17 minutes.
Generally speaking, the remaining cruising range of electric vehicles will be about 100km, and it takes 17 minutes to increase the cruising range to 350km, which is enough for the vast majority of users.
Taking a step back and looking at the entire electric vehicle market, it can achieve such an efficient charging life, other brands cannot provide.
The construction of high-speed charging pile network requires a lot of capital costs, Tesla every year in the supercharger investment is very large, in addition to the research and development of supercharging technology, but also in the safety, experience two levels deepened, the current V3 supercharger pile is all normal operation of the brand, do the best one.
The data shows that Tesla has put tens of thousands of superchargers in the domestic market, mainly concentrated in first, second- and third-tier cities, and the superchargers around the layout of business districts have used the time gap for people to shop.
Technically, 250kW is not the fastest, but it is the charging pile that users enjoy the most in the true sense.
At present, many supercharging piles of Chinese brands are very terrifying, for example, the charging power of Xpeng Motors exceeds 400kW, and the cost of this high-power charging pile is expected to be 300,000.
The extremely high cost limits the landing speed and laying quantity of this high-power charging pile, and strictly speaking, it will not really change the user's charging anxiety.
Let more users enjoy convenience, mainstream technology, is the real meaning of technology landing, Tesla's V3 supercharger reason for laying so fast, on the one hand, the owner group is huge, every year Tesla in the domestic sales of the exponential increase, last year in the country completed more than 300,000 sales, huge user groups have charging needs, Tesla must build a larger charging network, in order to bring users a better sense of experience, to ensure subsequent sales development.
On the other hand, Tesla's Supercharger construction cost is actually very low.
The current V3 supercharging pile is upgraded on the basis of the past V2, replace some modules and lines, do a good OTA upgrade can have a better charging speed, calculate the overall cost, laying so many superchargers is actually not high, the cost of the new supercharger is less than 30,000, if it is V2 upgraded, the cost can be reduced by 70%.
Compressing costs in exchange for a larger number of charging piles is actually sending real care to users, so from the perspective of use, Tesla owners are actually the least charged anxiety user group.
Tesla offers at least five charging methods.
Home charging pile, on-board charging pile, destination charging pile, V3 super fast charging and grid charging, rich charging methods have solved the user's charging problem from the beginning.
In fact, many brands are also planning charging problems in advance, but the number, power, and experience have a certain gap with Tesla, the main reason is that the financial impetus can not keep up, electric vehicles are a fight for sales, scale, and investment industry, building a car is only the first step, can sell the car is the second step.
A steady stream of guaranteed sales and value can make the first and second steps meaningful, and Tesla's crazy sales growth is largely due to weaker charging anxiety.
From an objective point of view, there are very few companies in the domestic electrification industry that can achieve Tesla's level on the charging network.