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On 2021 NIO Day, Xilai officially released its fifth production car, ET5, and the new car will launch two versions, 75kWh and 100kWh, with pre-subsidy prices of 328000 yuan and 386000 yuan, respectively. In terms of pricing, the ET5 is currently the cheapest model under the company, and is expected to be officially delivered in September 2022.

At the media owners' communication meeting after the launch of the ET5, Li Bin said of the pricing logic of the ET5, "I don't understand at all. Why do people still buy petrol cars now?" Apart from smelling gasoline, is there anything good about an oil truck? " And said, "We are still very confident and BMW Mercedes-Benz Audi oil car, really can not buy BMW electric car, do not buy BMW oil car."

Li Bin's remarks were recorded on video by people at the scene and posted online to trigger a heated discussion. As the boss of an electric car company, Li Bin's words were either not misleading, or his unique views on trams and oil cars. But it still caused fierce controversy on the Internet.

In this regard, Li Bin made a response in the user group of Xilai. "A few years ago, the recharging infrastructure was really not convenient enough, and there were few good electric vehicles," it said. "now the infrastructure is developing rapidly, and there are many good products to choose from in all price ranges, so it is time to choose electric vehicles. The sharp rise in electric vehicle penetration in China this year also illustrates this trend."

There is some truth in what Li Bin said, but it does not mean that it is correct. It has to be admitted that the current development of trams is indeed very fast, especially in 2021, the sales of electric car enterprises led by BYD have increased by leaps and bounds, continue to break through new highs, and become a highlight of the domestic passenger car market. Compared with oil cars, trams have many advantages, such as low cost, environmental protection, intelligence and entertainment, especially some cities give license plates when they buy cars, and car companies promise quality assurance to the core of the three power companies. Under the influence of many factors, trams have become the choice for many consumers to buy cars.

However, even if the tram develops rapidly, there are many positive points at the same time, but there are also many drawbacks, among which the most concerned one is the problem of endurance anxiety. During the National Day this year, some tram owners fought fiercely to grab the charging piles, while others worried that the tram's battery would not hold up, so they dared not turn on the air conditioner when they were stuck in traffic on the highway and sat on the side of the road to enjoy the cool.

The charging pile is an indispensable part of the tram, which is equivalent to the gas station. Although the number of public charging piles is growing rapidly, the construction speed of charging piles is far from keeping up with the speed of tram sales, and there are still some problems that charging parking spaces are occupied by oil vehicles and equipment compatibility problems lead to unable to charge.

Apart from the infrastructure layout, the charging time of trams is not superior to that of petrol cars. Also during the National Day, CCTV reported that a tram owner returning from Shenzhen to Hunan took more than five hours to recharge his car in the Leiyang service area. The original journey of more than eight hours finally took 16 hours. At present, many electric car companies have begun to speed up the research and development of battery and charging technology. Some car companies have developed super fast charging technology and played the propaganda phrase of "charge 10 minutes 400km", but it still has no advantage compared with oil cars.

Of course, compared with other electric vehicles, NIO's products also support power exchange technology, which is a major advantage in the development of electric vehicles. According to the calculation of the owner of NIO, it only takes 5 minutes for the NIO battery to be replaced in the second generation power station, which is about the same time as the refueling time of the oil truck. However, this also depends on adequate power exchange infrastructure, and a total of 733 power stations have been built by Lulai.

At the 2021 NIO Day held on the 18th, ET5 announced the selling price, which was 328000 yuan and 386000 yuan respectively before the subsidy. As the cheapest model of NIO, ET5 has just announced its price, which paralyzed the App for as long as 10 minutes. Li Bin said frankly in an interview that the ET5 was the largest car ordered in the same period in the history of Azura.

'from the point of view of the industry, we have different market segments, 'said Qin Lihong, co-founder of NIO. We often talk about NBA internally, and with our replacement of mainstream high-end fuel cars, we hope that NIO should be raised to this level and turn the pattern of BBA into that of NBA. Li Bin said that the competitor of NIO is not Tesla, nor Xiaopeng and ideal, but to compete with traditional fuel vehicles on behalf of new energy vehicles.

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