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Text: Mo Hanxue
Edited by Mo Hanxue
[Preface]
"Can you still buy new energy electric vehicles?" This question has become a question in everyone's mind since the beginning of this year's "price war".
After all, many people are saying that the new energy electric vehicle itself is a trap set by Western countries, and now only we in China are deeply trapped in it.
Even Liu Ke, an energy scientist in the mainland, also said in an interview program: "Now new energy vehicles are chicken feathers, and I am not optimistic at all!"
As soon as Liu Ke's remarks were published, they immediately caused an uproar on the Internet, and many netizens expressed their support, believing that the academician was knowledgeable and insightful, and dared to point out the problem bluntly......
But is this really the case? Are new energy electric vehicles really going to be cool?
[The "price war" at the beginning of the year is hot]
There is a good saying: "The involution of major businesses ultimately benefits consumers"!
Since the beginning of this year, the "price war" of the new energy electric vehicle market has been hot, and major brands have waved their heavy punches to seize market share in the fierce competition.
Among them, Tesla, Weilai, Ideal, Chery, Leap, Zeekrypton and many other new energy vehicle brands have reduced prices, and even launched a lot of preferential activities, such as car purchase subsidies and zero-interest loans, which have better attracted consumers.
In the face of such a scenario, many consumers said: this is the best time to buy new energy electric vehicles.
After all, these brands of electric vehicles were on par with cars before, but now the price has been greatly reduced, and you can buy a good new energy electric vehicle for less than 100,000.
However, at the same time, some people in the industry are worried that excessive price wars may damage the healthy development of the industry, causing some car companies to fall into losses or even withdraw from the market.
But in any case, this price war is undoubtedly good news for consumers, who can buy their favorite electric vehicles at a lower price and enjoy the convenience of green travel.
Tesla, in particular, announced a price adjustment before the Spring Festival, and the starting prices of the Model 3 and Model Y rear-wheel drive versions, as well as the long-range version, were reduced by 6,500 yuan to 15,500 yuan respectively.
It is precisely because of their move that it directly kicked off a new round of price wars, so that many new energy vehicle brands, including Weilai and Ideal, have also announced price cuts.
Perhaps it is precisely because of such market price fluctuations that new energy vehicles are not optimistic, and some people even say: sooner or later, new energy vehicles will be completely eliminated......
[Chinese energy scientist Liu Ke said: "I am not optimistic about the pure electrification of automobiles!"]
Today, the new energy vehicle industry is in full swing, Professor Liu Ke, a famous energy scientist in the mainland, has reservations about the development of pure electric vehicles, he believes that although electric vehicles have significant advantages in environmental protection and energy saving, but their problems and limitations can not be ignored.
What Professor Liu Ke is worried about is exactly what most people in mainland China are worried about, after all, new energy vehicles are still relatively new to the global automotive industry, and the risks they face are unknown.
It is important to know that the spread of new energy electric vehicles has always been environmentally friendly travel, but it is currently known that the core problem of electric vehicles lies in battery technology, and the current battery cost is still high, and the range and charging speed still need to be improved.
On top of that, battery recycling and disposal is also a serious problem, and if not properly disposed of, it may cause secondary pollution to the environment, which is almost as harmful as gasoline.
In addition, the popularization of electric vehicles also needs a large number of charging infrastructure support, which requires an expense, and the materials involved will inevitably cause secondary pollution to the environment.
Even at this point, the current construction of charging facilities is far from meeting the demand, especially in some remote areas and villages, and the lack of charging facilities has become an obstacle to the popularization of electric vehicles.
It is precisely for this reason that Academician Liu Ke is not completely optimistic about the pure electrification of Chinese automobiles, and he also pointed out that although electric vehicles have their advantages in some scenarios, all cars will not turn to pure electric in the future.
At the same time, he also pointed out that pure electric vehicles face four major problems: high material costs, insufficient mileage, slow charging speed and difficult to guarantee the range in winter, as well as the blind expansion of electric vehicles, which is actually increasing carbon emissions, rather than reducing carbon emissions.
Although electric vehicles have lower carbon emissions than gasoline vehicles in the use phase, in the pre-use stage, the carbon emissions are higher than those of combustion vehicles due to the battery.
Academician Liu Ke also emphasized the optimism about methanol technology, believing that this is an important direction for future energy transition.
In Professor Liu Ke's view, the development of new energy vehicles in the future should be a diversified process, and should not rely too much on a certain technology or model.
Therefore, he advocated that while continuing to develop electric vehicles, we should also pay attention to other types of new energy vehicles......
[Real New Energy Vehicle: Methanol Vehicle]
The words "methanol car" are still relatively unfamiliar to our automotive industry at this stage, but it is undeniable that it has unique advantages as a new energy vehicle.
From the definition point of view, new energy vehicles refer to the use of unconventional vehicle fuel as a power source, or the use of new on-board power unit technology, and methanol vehicles are methanol as the main fuel, which is very in line with the definition of new energy vehicles.
As a renewable energy source, methanol can be produced in a variety of ways, such as natural gas, coal and biomass.
This makes methanol vehicles more flexible and sustainable in terms of energy supply, and their emissions are more environmentally friendly than conventional combustion vehicles.
Compared with conventional gasoline vehicles, methanol vehicles are about 21% more energy efficient, reduce CO2 emissions by about 26%, and are also improving power generation efficiency and energy conversion efficiency.
It is precisely because of these many advantages that it will be favored by Academician Liu Ke, and methanol vehicles do have more room for development, but there are still very few in the current market.
However, all new things must have a process of acceptance, and no one can say for sure what the follow-up development will be.
[Europe and the United States are no longer playing!The development of electric vehicles is a conspiracy of the West?]
In response to the current development of electric vehicles, many netizens have said: All this is a conspiracy of Western countries!
There are even some netizens who agree with Academician Liu Ke's views on new energy electric vehicles after listening to them, and they also think that China's electric vehicle industry is a chicken feather!
But in fact, the development of electric vehicles is not a conspiracy of the West, but a global common pursuit of environmental protection, energy transition and automobile industry upgrading.
In recent years, with the increasing attention to environmental protection and sustainable development around the world, electric vehicles have gradually entered people's field of vision and become the new favorite of the automobile industry.
Judging from the current development of new energy vehicles, their technological innovation is constantly breaking through and constantly promoting the progress of the electric vehicle industry.
Although there are some doubts about electric vehicles, it has not affected their development, and even now, new energy electric vehicles have become the new favorite of young people.
Especially girls, they have no resistance to this small and delicate electric car, coupled with the sharp price reduction of electric cars, it is even more popular with young women.
And the abandonment of the development of new energy vehicles by Western countries is not a conspiracy as netizens say, but in the field of new energy vehicles today, the West has begun to fail to keep up with the pace of our China.
Even a leading technology company like Apple can't compete with the mainland, so now they have to give up......
【Conclusion】
In fact, this sentence itself is relatively one-sided, after all, the development of new energy vehicles in recent years is also obvious to all.
If new energy vehicles are really not suitable for development and entering the market, they will not be accepted by so many people, so for now, new energy vehicles can still be purchased!
Resources:
Shenzhen Institute of Innovation and Development reported on August 5, 2021 "Liu Ke: From Energy, Electric Vehicles, Talking about Carbon Neutrality Misunderstandings and Their Realistic Paths".
On July 16, 2021, Yicai reported on "Academician Liu Kechuang Talks - Liu Ke: There are six misunderstandings about carbon neutrality, and electric vehicles are not carbon reduction but carbon increase".
On March 5, 2024, Beijing Daily reported that the "price war" started again at the beginning of the year, and the competition of new energy vehicles promoted the reshaping of the industry pattern
The Paper reported on March 17, 2024 that "Electric Vehicles Are a Trap Laid by the West?