In this era of advocating green travel, many people have a soft spot for electric vehicles. After all, electric vehicles are not only environmentally friendly, they also save fuel and money. However, I want to calculate an account for you today, old driver, to see if this "saving money" statement is reliable.
First of all, the cost of buying an electric car is enough to make people sit still. Taking an ordinary electric vehicle on the market as an example, the price is generally about 150,000 yuan, while the fuel vehicle with the same configuration is about 100,000 yuan. Look, just buying a car, an electric car is 50,000 yuan more expensive than a fuel car. This 50,000 yuan is not a small amount!
Let's talk about the cost of using a car. The electricity cost of an electric car is indeed lower than the cost of gas, assuming you drive 20,000 kilometers a year, the electricity required by the electric car is about 4,000 yuan (calculated at 1 yuan per kilowatt-hour). An ordinary fuel vehicle needs about 1,500 liters of fuel to drive 20,000 kilometers, and it will cost 4,500 yuan at the current oil price. Over the course of a year, electric vehicles have indeed saved 500 yuan compared to fuel vehicles.
But what if we magnified that savings to ten years? 10 years is 5,000 yuan, compared with the 50,000 yuan car purchase cost just now, is it insignificant?
Of course, the maintenance cost of electric vehicles may be slightly lower, but the problem of battery cannot be ignored. Aging batteries, power failures, and the high cost of replacing batteries are potential financial burdens. The battery life of most electric vehicles is about 6 to 8 years, and if you need to replace the battery after 5 years of use, the cost is a lot of money, often tens of thousands of yuan.
Let's talk about the convenience of charging. If you live in an urban area, parking spaces are tight, and there are few public charging piles, then the hassle of charging every day is not an ordinary annoyance. In addition, the current range of electric vehicles also makes some consumers feel stretched, especially when traveling long distances, and the waiting time for charging often makes people feel anxious.
So, considering all these factors, we have to ask: do electric vehicles really save money? In the real situation of car purchase cost, potential expenses, charging inconvenience and other realities, I think that old drivers may not be a wise choice for electric vehicles with fresh light pictures.
When choosing a vehicle, in addition to saving money, you should weigh various factors and make a choice that suits you. I hope you can analyze rationally when buying a car, and don't be confused by the superficial "saving money"!