In the previous content, we respectively explained the power exchange modes of Lifan, Botan Technology (Space-time Electric) and Beiqi New Energy, among which the mode of Beiqi New Energy is very similar to that of Weilai, both of which are chassis-to-chassis power exchange and whole package extraction. Although the overall scheme of cars is the same, there are some differences in changing power stations. Among them, BAIC New Energy adopts Aodong's container-type power exchange station. In order to facilitate the mechanical equipment to take off the battery from the chassis of the car, the vehicle needs to pass an uphill before entering the power exchange station to raise the vehicle, so as to avoid the need for digging and civil works to install the power exchange equipment. Weilai Automobile adopts the method of directly lifting the vehicle. Before the vehicle enters the power changing position, it does not need to go through the ramp, but after entering the power changing position, the equipment lifts the vehicle, allowing the power changing equipment to drill into the bottom of the vehicle from the side, and take away and replace the new battery.
in addition to the difference of lifting vehicles in power stations, there are also essential differences between Weilai Automobile and Beiqi New Energy. In fact, Weilai, Lifan and Space-time Electric have obvious differences in user groups. Lifan's power exchange business mainly serves its own travel companies. Time and space electric power exchange is also a competitive travel operation market, while Beiqi New Energy's power exchange is specially for taxis. However, Weilai Automobile is different. As a new mid-to-high-end automobile enterprise in China, Weilai Automobile's main user group is individuals, so its power exchange group is also individuals. In other words, Weilai's power exchange business user group is different from other companies.
A few days ago, China Automobile Association released the annual automobile sales in 219. In the whole year, 1.242 million new energy vehicles were produced and 1.26 million new energy vehicles were sold, of which 2,749 were insured by Weilai Automobile. Weilai's power exchange service is a key part of Weilai's automobile power supply service. Weilai automobile's power exchange is slower than the others, but it is the first power exchange mode for individual users. On May 2, 218, Weilai completed the commissioning of the first power exchange station in Nanshan, Shenzhen. Although there were already many power exchange stations in operation before, they all competed for the business of exchanging electricity for operating vehicles and individuals. This is the first one. In the following time, until the end of 218, Weilaiyi * * * deployed more than 8 power stations across the country.
In p>218, there will be 8 power stations in Weilai, including high-speed power stations and urban power stations. According to Wei Lai, at first, like other companies, they mainly arranged power stations in the city and set a target of 3 kilometers coverage. However, according to their actual operation data, in fact, the demand for power exchange in the city is not high, and users are still used to charging, mainly charging, supplemented by power exchange. Considering the endurance of electric vehicles, they think that the long-distance expressway is the real demand point, so they shift their focus from the city to the expressway and start laying power stations on the expressway.
It is the different user groups of Weilai Power Exchange that lead to the different layout planning of its power exchange station. Lifan, Beiqi and Space-Time Electric all change electricity for operating vehicles, and these vehicles can't go out of the city to get on the expressway. Therefore, the power changing stations are mainly arranged in cities, and the daily mileage is also large. Changing electricity is faster than charging, which has obvious demand. Weilai's users, as individual users, travel an average of tens of kilometers every day, and only consume a full charge once a week or so. Charging can fully meet the requirements, but only those users who need to travel long distances, in other words, get on the high speed need to change electricity, which happens to be a big slot of electric vehicles, and they dare not get on the high speed and dare not go far. Therefore, Weilai Automobile began to shift its center of gravity and set up power exchange stations along the expressway.
In August p>219, Weilai Automobile announced the location of its own power station on its APP charging map, and announced that the price of power exchange was 18 yuan every time. According to the battery capacity of Weilai automobile at that time, it was about 7 kWh, and the kilowatt-hour of power exchange was about 2.5 yuan, which was much higher than the charging price of the owner in his own charging pile and slightly higher than that of the public fast charging pile. In addition, Weilai Automobile also provides users with a mobile charging car service, which can bring you electricity with one-click call.
According to the data of China Charging Alliance, as of December 219, Weilai * * * has 123 power stations. This data is much lower than its earlier planning. In fact, the number of power exchange stations of Lifan, BAIC and other power exchange operators is much lower than the original planning. This may be related to the high construction cost of the power exchange station. The tens of millions of construction costs of Weilai are doomed to make it difficult to lay the power exchange station on a large scale. In addition, the universality of batteries is also a problem. Millions of power exchange stations can only be applied to their own models, and even their own models cannot be fully adapted, which further increases the difficulty of laying and popularizing power exchange stations.
In order to popularize the power exchange mode and expand the power exchange station crazily, the country, industry, various car companies, battery factories and power supply enterprises need to unite to formulate unified standards, so that the power exchange station can be universal and the corresponding interfaces of batteries can be unified. After all, the gas station is not repaired by car companies, and there is no stipulation that whose car must go to which designated gas station to refuel. If one day, Beiqi's cars can go to Weilai's station to change their electricity, and Weilai's cars can also go to Beiqi's station to change their electricity, I believe that the change of electricity will definitely develop rapidly.
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