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A netizen shared a video on the Internet today about the high-speed failure of the Great Wall brand new energy car he bought. After being sent to a 4S store for repair, he was told that the battery could only be replaced at a cost of 160000 yuan, and the car cost only 86800 yuan at the time of purchase.

After inquiring about the car information, we know that the current guide price of the new Great Wall C30 EV is 15-154000 yuan, and the price after subsidy according to the 2018 subsidy program is 8.6-90000 yuan, and the comprehensive range can reach 270km.

From this point of view, the cost of replacing the entire battery pack is even more expensive than buying a new car, or even more than the manufacturer's guiding price, so there is no point in replacing the battery pack at your own expense.

Netizens think that it is too stupid! There are also netizens put forward a way to make money without loss, buy a new car directly remove the battery to sell can also make a net profit of 80,000, won the likes of many netizens.

Why is it so expensive to replace the battery pack separately? The explanation given by industry insiders is that the state does not subsidize batteries separately. New energy electric vehicles enjoy state and local government subsidies, but they only subsidize the whole vehicle, not the battery alone, so the battery is more expensive than the whole vehicle.

Mr. Gao, the owner of Shangqiu car in Henan Province, bought a domestic brand electric car in 2016 at a subsidised price of 65000 yuan. The car soaked in water and the battery was scrapped in a rainstorm in 2018, according to the CCTV Tiantian 315 program. The 4S store told me that it costs 69000 yuan to replace the battery.

Ms. Li in Tianjin bought a domestic brand electric car in January 2017. the price was 48000 yuan. The car was soaked in heavy rain in July 2018, and the battery was damaged and scrapped due to crossing the waterline. The price offered by the 4S store is about 70, 000 yuan.

In fact, at present, domestic new energy vehicles are becoming more and more mature, and the battery warranty period of manufacturers is also increasing. Many car companies have raised the quality assurance standards for power batteries and other key components to 8 years or 150000 kilometers, and some even have a "battery lifetime warranty." However, the prerequisite must be a "non-operating vehicle".

It is worth noting that the lifetime warranty is not equivalent to a lifetime free battery replacement, and the normal attenuation of the power battery is not within the warranty range.

A senior executive of a new energy car company said that for the cycle and frequency of private cars, as long as it can be guaranteed for 8 years or 150000 kilometers, it is basically equivalent to "lifetime", so it is of little significance to mention the concept of battery lifetime warranty. But at present, there is no unified standard for the definition of power battery fault, now the battery fault cases and design schemes are not the same, the causes of problems are different, and most manufacturers will not issue a perfect analysis report. Therefore, even during the warranty period, due to problems such as battery attenuation caused by improper use of customers, maintenance will still be charged.

Therefore, once the battery of the new energy vehicle breaks down, it is almost tantamount to scrapping that it is unable to claim compensation from the manufacturer.

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