Weimar automobile is in trouble, which has sounded the alarm for new energy owners. Think twice about buying a niche new energy vehicle.

The new force of building a car is like a besieged city. On the one hand, Xiaomi Automobile, which has been officially built for a long time, constantly "leaked" the design information of the new car body, interior and so on. On the other hand, Weimar Automobile, which used to have unlimited scenery, was in deep trouble, stopped production, owed wages and closed stores.

Weimar's dilemma is not the first, nor will it be the last. It is just a microcosm of the competition of new energy vehicles, which has sounded the alarm for new energy vehicle enterprises and owners. Car companies will retreat if they don't advance. Car owners must think twice about buying niche new energy vehicles. If they don't know enough about new energy vehicles, it's too late to regret buying them.

How did Weimar step by step from the "new force of making cars" in the head to today?

Two years ago, Weimar, Weilai, Tucki and Ideality were once called "F4" by the outside world, that is, "Xiao Weiliwei". In 20021year, the sales volume of Weimar was only 44,200, but it was behind Tucki, Weilai, Ideality and Nezha. From the second half of 20021,Weimar began to "fall behind".

According to public information, Weimar started to raise funds from 202 1 0 to 10, starting from March 2022, with a total fundraising of more than 35 billion. Unexpectedly, before 2022 10 months, the total sales volume of Weimar new energy vehicles fell below 30,000, and the loss was as high as 65,438+in Weimar's most beautiful three years.

Although these new car companies, Weilai and Tucki, have also suffered losses year after year, they have been listed successfully one after another, and they have obtained a steady stream of capital injection to maintain their expenditures on R&D, market and channels. However, Weimar Automobile failed in several consecutive attempts to IPO in recent years. Faced with the huge expenditure pressure, Weimar has been experiencing various rumors such as "salary reduction, layoffs, production suspension, unpaid wages, and store closure" since the second half of 2022.

Once the factory can't produce normally, employees and distribution channels are lost, vehicles can't be delivered, there is no sales revenue, and there is no new capital injection, it is too difficult to return to the new energy market. From this information, it is not difficult to see that Weimar's life is very hard, leaving Weimar with little opportunity and time.

Within two years, * * * 27 new energy vehicle-related enterprises went bankrupt or reorganized.

The field of new energy vehicles is affected by many factors. It can be said that the new energy vehicle enterprises with annual sales of 6.5438+10,000 vehicles have easily surpassed the traditional vehicle enterprises with annual sales of 500,000 vehicles, attracting more and more giants to invest in the field of new energy vehicles, precisely because of the bright spot of high market value.

In recent years, the country has set off a wave of new energy vehicles, and more and more car companies have entered this besieged city. When the new energy vehicle market develops to a certain limit, it will inevitably accept the "reshuffle" and the survival of the fittest. This is a constant market law.

As Xiao Yong, deputy general manager of GAC New Energy, said, "In the next three to five years, it will be good to have four or six large-scale new energy automobile enterprises to survive." Just like the smart phone market 10 years ago, we must rely on product technology research and development, perfect ecological industry chain, and constantly accumulate market and user reputation.

For those car owners who are about to buy or change cars, it is necessary to know more about the advantages and disadvantages of some new energy vehicles in advance so as not to regret buying them. Here are some real car experiences about new energy vehicles.

Whether it is a pure electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid vehicle or an extended-range vehicle, these new energy vehicles have four advantages, that is, they save "oil", and their power performance, driving comfort and intelligent sense of technology are far superior to those of the same level of fuel vehicles.

The electricity charges for 1 and 1 km are less than 1 cent, so the travel cost is very low.

Take pure electric vehicles as an example, the power consumption per 100 kilometers is 16kWh, and household charging piles are used. At night 1 kwh, about 4 cents. In this way, the average cost of 1km is only about 7 cents. Compared with traditional fuel vehicles, the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers is 8L, and the average cost per kloc-0/kilometer is at least 6 cents.

If we drive 1 for 10 years and drive 15000 kilometers every year, after 15000 kilometers, the electricity bill is only about 10000 yuan, and the fuel bill needs at least 90,000 yuan. The more miles you drive, the more money you save.

2. The pure electric vehicle is driven by a motor, the torque of which far exceeds that of the engine, and the power output is timely and stable. More than 200,000 pure electric vehicles can break 100 in 4 seconds, and the feeling of pushing back will follow. Fuel vehicles with power performance comparable to 400,000 to 500,000. Friends who are prone to carsickness should be careful.

3, motor-driven, sitting in the car is very quiet and comfortable, and you can no longer hear the jitter and noise of the fuel engine. In order to improve NVH comfort, traditional fuel vehicles have to spend several times the cost of trams on sound insulation and noise reduction.

4. Appearance, interior, intelligence and sense of technology are the highlights of new energy vehicles, which are incomparable advantages of traditional fuel vehicles. More importantly, you can get an unlimited number of "green cards".

Of course, although the advantages of new energy vehicles are obvious, buying a car can't just look at the advantages. In fact, shortcomings are the key factor to see whether a car is suitable for you. From this point of view, new energy vehicles also have three major pain points at this stage.

First, charging is slow and difficult. At present, charging piles are mainly concentrated in big cities. In areas where people and vehicles are concentrated, once they reach some prefecture-level cities, counties or highways, the penetration rate of charging piles is still relatively low. In case of holidays, the scene of queuing in the service area is vivid.

In addition, individuals need some conditions to install household charging piles. Many communities need to buy parking spaces or have other hard requirements, resulting in many car owners can only charge outside public charging piles. Relatively speaking, it is time-consuming and troublesome.

Second, the overall preservation rate of new energy vehicles is low, and new energy vehicles are updated quickly, which will have great changes in cruising range, charging speed and vehicle cost performance. In addition, there are few vehicles on the market and there is no market standard. Although the hedge ratio was good in the first two years, after three to five years, new energy vehicles will always sell at least 10% less than fuel vehicles.

Third, car owners have many concerns, such as vehicle stability, endurance anxiety, battery life, battery safety, battery price, high premium of new cars, after-sales and other factors. Many car owners still won't choose new energy vehicles.

In short, on the one hand, new energy vehicles themselves and the corresponding infrastructure need to be continuously improved; On the other hand, the competition in the new energy vehicle market is fierce, and the technical research and development level, vehicle stability and safety of each vehicle enterprise are uneven. In this environment, if you plan to start with new energy vehicles, you should choose car companies and models with strong technology, strong background and good product reputation, and try to avoid some niche models and avoid being "cut leeks" later.

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