New energy vehicles: Winners abandon their license plates because it is difficult to install charging piles, which scares away their desire to buy a car

This year, Beijing's 60,000 new energy passenger car quotas were highly sought after, but at the end of the year, many people who won the lottery delayed buying a car or even gave up the quota. It is understood that 3,981 unused new energy quotas won on February 26 were included in the October quota allocation, which means that 32.6% of individual lottery winners in that period eventually chose to give up the quota.

Why waste a lucky draw? Reporters found that most of the winners who gave up their draws were those who failed to get the fuel quota and had to settle for the next best thing. Electric vehicles have a shorter range, are not as cost-effective as fuel vehicles of the same level, and charging facilities need to be improved, which prevents them from truly recognizing and accepting new energy vehicles .

Winners abandon their numbers and switch back to fuel vehicles

Xiao Shao, an office worker, had participated in the fuel quota lottery for nearly three years but failed to win. On February 26 this year, as one of the first applicants for new energy vehicle quota allocation this year, he received a text message saying that he had won the lottery.

After winning the lottery, Xiao Shao looked at several pure electric vehicles, but still couldn't find one that satisfied him. The most important reason was the range. Most models have a range of about 200 kilometers, which Xiao Shao thought was too short. If the range was longer, the price would be higher.

"I feel that electric cars have a low cost-effectiveness. Even if there is a price subsidy when you buy them, the depreciation cost afterwards is very high. I inquired and found that after the same five or six years of use, the residual value of a fuel car is 40%, while that of a new energy car is only 20% or even lower," he said.

In this way, Xiao Shao dragged it on until the quota expired in August. After that, he changed the lottery type back to a fuel car, and found that the accumulated lottery time had not been reset, so he could continue to draw.

Beijing has a total of 60,000 new energy vehicle quotas this year, including 51,000 individual quotas, which have been snapped up in the fourth phase. According to data released by the Beijing Passenger Car Quota Control and Management Office, there were 3,981 new energy vehicle quotas that were won but not used on February 26, which were included in the October quota allocation.

The difficulty of installing charging piles in residential areas scares away the desire to buy cars

Ms. Han, a citizen, lives in an old residential area. After winning the lottery, she asked her neighbors who have new energy vehicles in the community and found that in addition to the lack of satisfactory models, there are many restrictions on the subsequent installation and use of electric vehicles. Car owners in the same community told her that the property rights of the parking spaces in the community are unclear, and it is impossible to install personal charging piles. They are forced to go to public charging stations to charge, and their cars are idle most of the time.

"After doing the math, the electricity bill plus the charging service fee and parking fee is more than 2 yuan per kilowatt-hour. The low-cost advantage we promised has turned into a high-cost disadvantage!" Ms. Han was helpless.

According to statistics from the Beijing New Energy Vehicle Development Promotion Center, as of October 9 this year, 16,300 pure electric passenger cars were newly registered by individuals and units. This means that there are still 47,300 new energy vehicle quota holders who have not purchased a car this year, accounting for 72.8% of Beijing's total new energy quota this year.

In the opinion of automobile market expert Yan Jinghui, the need to improve supporting facilities such as new energy vehicle charging stations, as well as the "range anxiety" caused by the still relatively short range of pure electric vehicles , has caused many consumers who hold new energy vehicle indicators to adopt a wait-and-see attitude.

Subsidy reduction boosts car buying at the end of the year

"There will be a peak in new energy vehicle purchases at the end of the year, because the car purchase subsidies will decline by 20% next year. In addition, the Chinese New Year period is the golden period of the auto market. It is estimated that the quotas that won the lottery in June and August this year will be purchased in batches at the end of the year." Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the China Passenger Car Association, said.

According to the current plan, the subsidy will be reduced by 20% in 2017 and 40% in 2019. For example, a pure electric car with a range of more than 250 kilometers can now enjoy a total of 110,000 yuan in national and local subsidies, and the price after subsidies is 129,900 yuan; if you buy a car next year, the subsidy will be reduced by 22,000 yuan.

In October, there were 11,080 valid individual codes for new energy vehicles in the lottery, and 3,981 quotas were allocated in the current period. It is reported that in the allocation of the sixth quota on December 26, the quotas that expired on April 26 will be allocated again in accordance with regulations. The quota for demonstration and application of new energy passenger cars in 2017 will not be reduced and will remain at 60,000. The allocation will start on February 26, 2017. Individuals who do not obtain quotas will be allocated in accordance with regulations.

Zhou Zhengyu, director of the Municipal Transportation Commission, recently said that compared with 2015, the abandonment rate of new energy vehicle indicators has begun to decline this year. As electric vehicle technology, range and usage environment improve, more people will accept electric vehicles.

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