Electric cars are relatively simple, so why are they so much more expensive than regular cars?

Extremely high regard for BYD's plug-in hybrids, but where the price is enough I'd definitely recommend the DM model, but I'd never recommend BYD's pure electric cars, any idea why?

Why are EVs so expensive?

One of them is: woolgathering and cutting leeks

The reasons for the high price of electric cars are manifold, but I still put woolgathering in the first place. Let's take a look at what are the expensive cars? Welcome, Ideal One ( programmable electric vehicle ), Tesla, Tang EV, Han EV, GAC EAN, Peng P7 . Like Mercedes-Benz BMW Audi Jaguar these luxury brands, they do not count, they fuel car sales are also expensive, in fact, also belong to the leek, just cut out the brand.

Like the new car-making forces, represented by Azure, four or five hundred thousand of pure electricity, range initially only more than 300 kilometers, or false labeling, high speed on their own test 200 kilometers. This car sells for half a million dollars, can only say that you buy the service. Free power exchange, free charging, all kinds of rescue, all kinds of laying power exchange station, where does the money come from? The wool comes from the sheep after all.

My sister-in-law bought an ES8, and she was too embarrassed to spit in its face. You said Azera service, indeed quite good. You said the product competitiveness, luxury, comfort is also doing well. But in terms of product power itself, it's not worth it! Let's not talk about half a million dollars, 200,000 to the head!

The Ideal One, for example, what about the car? Mid-size SUV, avoiding the market range of Tang DM, 180Km pure electric range, claiming no range anxiety. Actually, supercharged EVs haven't been a new technology for a long time. I'm not talking about the Ideal broken axle. It's actually inexperience in car building, the bulbous half-shafts used for such a big car with such a heavy body are not strong enough. Actually the BYD Tang generation has a similar problem, I'm an old Tang owner and the 4S store replaced them all in the name of upgrades when I had it serviced. I spit on its 1.2T engine, it's outrageous! In fact, the programmable electric car you change a good engine, even so big car, gas mileage will not exceed 7, which 1.2T no one use, you installed a 300,000 price of the car. You'd sell the car for about 180k.

Again, Tesla, Chinese factories don't allow workers to eat leeks. Truth be told, Tesla price cut is actually quite conscientious, but before the price cut to snub the previous batch of owners is a bit too much. It's just a few days difference, and froze people to spend thousands more. But as far as the product is concerned, that assembly process, that workmanship, it's really not worth it to be honest.

I am a fan of BYD, you think I will not spray BYD? I'm a fan of BYD, you think I don't spray BYD? You buy Tang, Han no problem, I only recommend plug-in hybrid models, Tang EV, Han EV in fact, the same in the woolgathering fans. Look at the Azera are sold 400,000 to 500,000, I BYD pure electric car to buy 250,000 is not too much, right? Is it the cost that determines the price? No, now BYD is also in the brand marketing, Tang Han is the flagship model, even if the cost is not high can not bring down the price

For example, I initially bought a generation of Tang, 17 years of subsidies a drop, basically not very profitable. The old Tang has four configurations, the Extreme Edition is more than 500,000 yuan, and not many units were produced at all. The remaining three configurations, the low configuration is almost impossible to buy, only the high configuration to go up. Because the low configuration BYD are not profitable! At that time BYD is really not play marketing, including now is not better, what black technology, configuration, a brain to you.

In fact, BYD to lower costs than the average new energy car companies, after all, it battery this piece of their own production, including the provision of lifetime warranty service, their own can be digested. But it's not likely to cut prices, and now it's building a high-end brand, so it's not going to cut prices. In the past, we looked down on BYD, the future may be we can not afford to buy BYD. In the past we couldn't afford to buy BYD, now we can't afford to buy BYD.

We look at the profit margins actually know that Geely Changan sales are much more than BYD, but the profits are far less.

The second: the cost of batteries is indeed high

Why is the popularity of e-bikes so fast and cheap, why are you so expensive for pure motorized vehicles? Not just two more wheels? In fact, most of our e-bikes use lead-acid batteries, which have a low energy density and are low-cost. 60 pounds of large batteries will only run 40 kilometers on your back, so it's clear that there's no way to use these lead-acid batteries in a car.

However, there are also lithium batteries for electric cars, which are very lightweight and can be carried by a lady with one hand and run for 40 kilometers. So how much does this lithium battery cost? Let's calculate according to the car:

Somewhere on the treasure searched, electric car lithium batteries, 48V, 25A, priced at 700 yuan, we calculated that it can probably store about one degree of electricity. And the EV battery? To achieve a range of 600Km or so then the SUV model battery energy is almost 100 degrees. That's 70k!

And the batteries used in e-bikes are certainly not the same as those in cars! Car electric batteries are higher voltage, require a much higher safety design, and aren't available at a certain price. The average electric car battery costs more than 100,000 yuan, accounting for more than 30% of the cost of the entire car.

Third: after all, that is a car, there is a frame and chassis

Batteries are just part of the cost, after all, and electric cars can not be compared, people's frames, chassis are the same, compared with the car, in fact, is not the engine and transmission, but added batteries and electric motors, at the same price than the fuel car high is certain.

The motor is not cheap compared to the engine, and the gearbox is a saving, but a purely electric car needs a transmission, and even a fixed-ratio gearbox is worth the price of a manual, isn't it? Batteries are even higher out of the box than a gas tank.

The car seats, air conditioning, center control screen ...... these can not save, we item by item inefficient words, ultimately, in fact, the battery motor of this set of powertrain and traditional engine, transmission compared. In fact, electric vehicles and fuel vehicles compared to perhaps simpler technical principles, but the cost is not low.

Finally, is it worth buying an electric car at the moment?

1, all electric cars over 200,000 are not worth buying!

Why? Because the pure electric car is still immature, still belongs to the development period, not every few years range, charging efficiency will have a substantial increase, now buy a high-priced electric car is not worth it, there is a possibility that two years from now, you are now 300,000 to buy a car is not as good as two years later, 150,000 level.

2, mini car is best not to buy

The reason is security, spend more than 30,000 yuan to buy a Hongguang Mini EV, commuting to and from work is indeed very fragrant. However, you can drive it as a senior mobility scooter, or even as an electric bicycle. Don't go on the highway, and better yet, don't go on the expressway. In case of an accident, such a small car can't protect you.

Recommended compact low-priced car, personal first Chery ant, not for anything else, the whole car lifetime warranty! Other models should also pay attention to, the battery can not lifetime warranty, do not buy, the battery is a big head, really if the future out of the warranty bad we can not afford to change.