Baic electricity exchange mode open to the public "electricity exchange mode" what are the problems

Tesla has abandoned the electrification model, baic new energy to open up to the public.

When we are no longer satisfied with a quick charge of one or two hours, what is the faster mode of recharging? The answer is "switching mode."

On July 5, baic new energy officially launched its business model of "value separation of car and electricity" for the private market, and also launched the EU quick update model suitable for this project. Under this model, after consumers buy the whole vehicle, the battery property right will be repurchased by the battery management company, and consumers will get the right to use the battery by leasing, and the rental price will be determined by the mileage.

The car is priced at 7, excluding batteries. 980,000 yuan, consumers enjoy zero down payment to buy a car financial policy, as well as three years five percent discount purchase security, currently there are 10 dealers in Beijing. The battery pack is 45kWh (between EU260 and 41 KWH). The 4kWh and the latest version of the EU400's 54. (between 4kWh), the range is 300km, and the monthly battery rent is 458 yuan. Consumers can choose different mileage packages from three levels of 1200-3000km according to their needs.

Within 1200 kilometers per month, the package fee is 432 yuan, equivalent to 0 yuan per kilometer. 36 yuan. The package fee is 630 yuan, equivalent to 0 yuan per kilometer. 35 yuan. The package fee is 1020 yuan, equivalent to 0 yuan per kilometer. 34 yuan. If the prescribed mileage is exceeded, press 0 for every kilometer. 45 yuan calculation. So the monthly expenses are 890 yuan, 1088 yuan and 1478 yuan.

Here we do a comparison, and wei wei to have their own car electric separation patterns, but he is not essentially battery to rent, but a car financial plan, go straight down 100000, full payment of the body, and then hand over 1028 yuan a month in the next six and a half years to cover the cost of the battery, the financial plan and the whole car loans can only choose one of them. In addition, its "energy free" service has no mileage limit, including the use of electrical changing stations, mobile charging vehicles, exclusive pile installation and one-click power charging. The annual fee is 10,800 yuan, the monthly fee is 980 yuan, and you can use the power changing service 15 times a month.

This is not the first time for baic new energy to try the electricity-changing mode. Previously, baic new energy has tried to operate more than 6,000 electricity-changing taxis in four cities, with a total operating mileage of nearly 800 million km, a maximum driving range of 500,000 km, and a total of 650,000 battery changes. At present, 116 charging stations are planned to be constructed, 34 electrical changing stations for open operation in Beijing, 2 in Shanghai, 7 in xiamen, 5 in guangzhou and 2 in lanzhou. Of these, 100 are planned for Beijing, with another 24 to open by the end of the year, for a total of 58.

If these electrical changing stations can be successfully operated, baic new energy will become the largest public electricity changing supplier in China or even the world.

Baic new energy said it only takes four hours to deploy an electrical changing station with 67 square meters of equipment. 5 ㎡, less than 5 parking, daily highest can serve 300 private cars. In addition, in terms of technology, baic new energy and aud new energy have more than 300 technical patents on the power changing mode, including quick change connection system, chassis power changing system, battery life cycle management technology, quick change battery box, power changing network operation and management and other core technologies. At the same time, baic new energy electrical changing station is open to the whole industry and attracts investment from the whole society.

The advantage of this mode is that it is fast and easy to manage and maintain the battery. After the baic new energy vehicles enter the station, the power can be changed in 2 minutes and 46 seconds, which is convenient for consumers who cannot install charging piles without parking Spaces at home. After the battery is recycled, it will be charged slowly in a constant temperature and humidity environment, so that the loss of the battery is relatively small. In addition, when the battery life is exhausted, it can be recycled and reused to reduce environmental pollution.

Baic also launched a series of service systems called "project optimus prime", including charging, power storage, power exchange, battery cascade utilization, used car recycling and trading. By 2022, it is planned to cover more than 50 cities in China, build 3,000 light storage and electrical changing stations, release 500,000 electric changing vehicles, and use more than 5GWh cascade energy storage batteries.

Baic new energy is not an enterprise in the battle this time, baic new energy also joint Olympic movement, ningde times, prad, udian technology and other partners, launched the second phase of the blue ecological alliance. Among them, ningde city and preder are responsible for battery research and development, electric bus is responsible for the research and development and manufacturing of electric changing system, aodong is responsible for the operation and management of electric changing, and udian technology is responsible for the recycling and trading of second-hand cars.

This is not the first attempt at "switching"

This is not the first attempt at a "switching mode". The idea was first proposed in 2007.

In 2007, BetterPlace founder ShaiAgassi came up with the idea of switching to electric cars after abandoning fast and slow charging to solve the problem of recharging electric cars. BetterPlace originally partnered with Renault to allow customers who buy Renault FluenceZE electric cars to opt for a "buy and rent battery" service, which accounts for about 50 per cent of the price of an electric car, for a fee based on range.

This bold idea has attracted a lot of investors, and BetterPlace has raised more than 8 million dollars since it was founded. 500 million, investors include general electric, Morgan Stanley, HSBC, Israel group and others. But ShaiAgassi was able to get investors to pay for his idea without convincing an automaker to design more electric cars with detachable batteries, and he lost the trust of investors and consumers with just one Renault model.

At that time, the cost of electrical changing station was very expensive (about $500,000), and this mode tried to break the interest pattern of traditional automobile enterprises. In addition, at that time, electric vehicles were not popular in the private consumption field, and the battery cost was still high, so the company still ended up in bankruptcy. Indeed, ShaiAgassi's idea came a bit too early in the electric-car market.

BetterPlace is bankrupt, but it has left behind a disruptive business model: no cars, no miles. As it happens, baic also sells mileage.

In addition, tesla has tried switching mode, and nextev is also planning this strategy.

Tesla originally envisioned a power-changing mode, but in June 2013 it released a technology that said it could recharge its battery in 90 seconds. In 2015, Coalinga, a california-based electrical changing station, opened with a low-profile, garage-size garage.

However, the progress of the electricity exchange project has been very slow since it was launched two years ago. Tesla finally gave up the project strategically for four reasons. Second, if the number of users is not large enough, the electrical changing station for private cars is basically impossible to make profits in a short term and needs to burn a lot of money. Third, different battery standards, charging stations have different specifications; Fourth, in the case of cooperative station construction, the distribution of interests is a difficult problem.

But Tesla doesn't seem to have given up entirely. Last September, it received a patent for an electric-changing technology that USES a semi-automated, semi-manual process to replace a car's battery pack in less than 15 minutes.

In December, nextev launched its own "3-minute power change" service.

From electrical changing technology, electrical changing station deployment to electrical changing operation, nextev is doing all by itself, so it does not have the problem of profit distribution with partners, just need to deal with the relationship between users, and "energy worry-free" service will make energy supply easier.

There are still some problems with the "switching mode"

Now that the electric car market is more active and battery technology and costs have improved, will the switching mode work? So let's put a question mark here.

1. There are technical problems

Compared with charging, there are many questionable points in the technology of power changing mode. For example, is it reliable to disassemble and install batteries automatically? Is the durability of frequent disassembly guaranteed? Of course, there are more technical issues.

2. There is no uniform standard for batteries to achieve greater value

Baic new energy wants to build 100 electrical changing stations in Beijing where land is scarce. Only baic users can't operate it efficiently. Baic new energy says that electrical changing stations are open to the whole industry for sharing.

3. Is it acceptable for users to operate in taxis?

The number of trial taxis is relatively small, and their use is centralized and easy to manage. Does the user accept this model?

4. When will the cost be recovered for 116 super large electrical changing stations?

The infrastructure construction cost of electrical changing station is very high, and the battery reserve in the later stage is also a big expense. Therefore, in order to recover the cost, the larger the vehicle ownership, the better. For example, baic new energy plans to build 100 stations in Beijing. How many consumers in Beijing are willing to buy this car? Are there enough vehicles to make full use of these electrical changing stations?

The promotion of power change mode is a very complicated process. Baic new energy will roll out the power change mode to the public in a large area. Will it be a successful copy of trial operation or a revolutionary adventure? Let's wait and see.

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