I haven’t felt it carefully yet, and the Labour Day short holiday is still over.
For the past few days I wonder if you have an illusion that people are crowded everywhere.
Homeopathy, open the major social platforms, the news of full scenic spots, high-speed traffic jams and urban congestion can be said to dominate the top search lists all the time.
As an argument, according to the estimates of the data center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, during the May Day short holiday, the total number of domestic tourist trips reached 295 million, an increase of 7.
6% over the same period last year, and a comparable increase of 28.
2% over the same period in 2019.
the total spending of domestic tourists was 166.
89 billion yuan, an increase of 12.
7% over the same period last year and 13.
5% over the same period in 2019.
It must be admitted that the whole market has experienced a period of silence and the vitality of all dimensions is recovering rapidly as the difficulties are gradually overcome.
Among them, it must include– China’s auto market.
On May 6, Beijing time, on the first day of construction, no matter Hongmeng Zhixing or ideal, including extreme krypton, several new car builders were eager to release the good news.
What is even more gratifying by comparison is that according to the blogger Sun Shaojun more than 7,000 new cars were added during the May Day short holiday.
There is no doubt that the sudden take-off of cars built by this new power that focuses on the high-end pure electricity market, coupled with the collective rise of teammates competing with the track, are in disguise to prove the weakening of the wait-and-see mood of terminal lurks for new energy vehicles.
Began to take out real money and silver passion to place orders.
Again, “everyone is looking forward to a return to warmth.
” Even so, even if the weekly retail penetration of new energy vehicles breaks through the 50% mark, it still won’t offset many skeptics’ misunderstandings about them.
Especially after the baptism of May Day short holiday, people’s criticism of pure electric cars has become more and more fierce once again.
The labels of “continue sailing”, “difficult to recharge” and “difficult to serve” are once again firmly affixed to some products.
In the face of the above facts or misunderstandings, as a new energy media person, as an unswerving “electric blow”, I still want to talk about my true feelings and try to prove: “Pure electric cars are not that bad.
” First of all being beaten requires attention and there is indeed a deficiency.
It must be admitted that every May Day short holiday, due to a variety of force majeure, the pain points of short range and difficult charging of pure electric vehicles will be thoroughly exposed.
There is no need to wash this point.
But in recent years, with the efforts of the major mainframe factories and the intensification of the transformation intensity of new energy promoted by the government, from the product side to the infrastructure side, the situation has been significantly improved and improved.
In other words the range of pure electric cars is getting longer and longer.
It can be said responsibly that if you choose a rear-drive car with a standard ternary lithium battery and 800V high-voltage architecture, cruising at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, you can actually run more than 400 kilometers or more, almost without much problem.
At the same time there are more and more charging piles in the high-speed service area.
Take the service area in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province as an example, I clearly remember that two or three years ago, there were only six fast filling piles of the State Grid, but then they were successfully expanded.
On the other side of the service area State Grid re-opened a larger site with 10 more quick-filling piles which greatly alleviated the problem of queuing.
After reading this, there will certainly be a retort that “the above situation is too ideal to represent the group image after all.
” In my mind: “Pure electric cars are very much like rapidly growing children, there will inevitably be a variety of weaknesses, we should give them enough tolerance and patience.
” Moreover, the general trend is irreversible and new things have to be accepted.
” Of course you must drive a pure electric car for a long distance during the May Day short holiday and please make psychological expectations and path planning in advance to take many unknown risks into consideration.
After all, only in this way can we get a relatively better comprehensive experience.
And in the following space, I want to share a personal experience.
During the May Day short holiday my family and I set out from Shanghai and drove a 2024 Lulai ES8 that sold for more than 500000 yuan and carried a 75-degree standard battery pack and returned to Liyang Jiangsu Province a fourth-tier small town.
For the whole journey the navigation shows a distance of about 230 kilometers.
On the morning of May 1 Beijing time after the replacement of the power station in Fengzhuang Chacheng was completed driving into the Huchang Expressway.
Then gently press the button flashing blue light on the left side of the steering wheel to turn on the NOP+ high-speed navigation assistance and hold the steering wheel visually in front of you.
It has to be praised that this intelligent driving system has become more and more like an “old driver” after continuous iterations and upgrades.
Regardless of the timing of overtaking, the grasp of the distance between cars, the overall commuting efficiency, and the smoothness of the on-ramp of switching highways, they can all give a higher score and greatly reduce the pressure on drivers.
The 4D pilotage comfort feature updated by OTA this year has also played its “power” on the Shanghai-Changzhou Expressway, which is in poor road conditions.
In the face of the sudden appearance of the shoulder or ridge, we can always adjust the hardness and height of the air suspension in advance to reduce the bumps as much as possible.
Of course, I also want to give some praise to the NVH performance of the 2024 Ulai ES8.
Coupled with excellent sound quality and strong seat massage, long-distance self-driving can be considered comfortable and comfortable.
But because of the May Day short holiday I have to complain that there is too much traffic on the Shanghai-Changzhou Expressway.
What is very impressive is that just passing through a ramp in Dianshan Lake in Suzhou the congestion time was more than 2 hours.
It took a record more than 8 hours to get to Liyang from Shanghai.
Yes, you heard me correctly.
230 kilometers is as difficult as climbing over mountains.
Fortunately, when I arrived at the Huzhou service area in Zhejiang to have a rest, I suddenly found that there was no queue at the second generation power station in Lulai, and three battery packs with 75 degrees of standard battery life were idle.
Without any hesitation we decisively chose to place the order.
After just three minutes, we will continue to set out at full power.
During the whole process of changing electricity, looking at the charging piles of the State Grid and Sinopec gas stations waiting in line opposite, I could not help but sigh again: “changing electricity is the best way to replenish energy for long-distance travel of pure electric vehicles at present.
” ,It is worth sharing that, as of May 1, Beijing time, Weilai has laid out a total of 2413 replacement power stations and 22292 charging piles.
It is believed that with the completion of the plan to build 1,000 new exchange power stations, the layout of 20,000 charging piles, and the entry of more partners this year, the advantage of this new power in the energy replenishment dimension will continue to expand.
In fact, during the May Day short holiday, a survey in Liyang, Jiangsu Province, found that the penetration rate of new energy cars in such a fourth-tier city was very gratifying, and the visibility of the “green card” was much higher than expected.
However, in the process of talking to many local consumers, we found that the most urgent need for people to buy pure electric cars is mainly to transport, focusing on the economy of the use of vehicles.
On the contrary, in the high-end market of more than 300000 yuan, the traditional fuel cars of joint venture luxury brands are still the unshakable hearts of the people in Liyang.
As an argument when my relatives learned that the price of the 2024 Xilai ES8 I was driving was more than 500000 yuan the first reaction was why not BBA? That kind of surprise and surprise is impressive.
From a rational and objective point of view, whenever we talk a lot about the historical progress made in the transformation of new energy vehicles, we should not only take super-first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen as a reference.
More often you need to go to the low-line cities and have a look.
I believe you will instantly understand what is meant by “heavy responsibilities and a long way to go”.
The same is true in Liyang, Jiangsu, not to mention inland areas.
And focus on it again, pure electric cars still have a long way to go to correct their real name.
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