First of all, this is very suitable for users who want to buy Weilai but have insufficient money. Although it may be staged, any staging should not be as cost-effective as renting batteries. This 70,000 yuan still has a certain threshold, which can really alleviate the pressure of many people.
So, is it cost-effective for users who can pay 350 thousand at a time?
Set it up first. Weilai ES6 has a new car of 350,000, and the standard version has a new battery of 70,000. Let's calculate the depreciation.
If you buy a 350,000 vehicle, because the battery is detachable, it is also a 280,000 body and 70,000 batteries. Six years later, the 70,000 yuan ternary lithium battery entered the scrap recycling stage without subsidies. Generally, the car body is 33% off in the first three years and 30% off in the last three years, so even if it is stored at 30% off after six years, it is 84,000 and the battery is 0.6 million. It is estimated that the overall loss may be 280 thousand, leaving 90 thousand.
However, if you buy a 280,000 car body, excluding the battery, you will get a 30% discount after 6 years, with a loss of 84,000 yuan196,000. At the same time, the monthly rent in 980 yuan is one year10.2 million yuan, and it is 72,000 yuan for six years. In this way, users who only rent cars spent another 70 thousand yuan, resulting in a total loss of about 270 thousand yuan.
That is to say, according to the situation that the battery is worthless and the car body is 30% off after 6 years, according to the 980 yuan given by Weilai, renting a battery is no better than buying a battery. If the cost of battery recycling is reduced, for example, the battery can be recycled to 1.5 million, then the two are more equivalent.
But in any case, with 70,000 yuan in hand, there is still an asset with backward technology every year.
Of course, this situation is in the case of using the car for six years and then selling it for a new one. Some users may want to use it for 8 years or even 10 years. To this end, you can spend 280 thousand to buy a car. After renting a car for four years, you can wait for a breakthrough in battery technology and upgrade to a new level. Then you can buy a battery and run it for another six years, just like a car battery expires together. Although it will be 50 thousand more expensive than buying a 350 thousand car, 10 can be in a better battery state.
What is certain is that all the owners who buy Weilai electric cars are still very confident in their subsequent performance, so if they are not particularly local tyrants, they are not tight but not well off, and it is not bad to buy a car for 280,000. After all, they can enjoy the bonus of battery renewal. If you want to change cars in 4-5 years, it seems that it is better to rent batteries, which can avoid the uncertainty caused by battery loss on the overall valuation of vehicles.
However, the monthly rent in 980 yuan will not change, which is also risky. If the company is not well managed, it will also tell users that risks and benefits coexist. If you buy Wei, after all, it is already high consumption, and it is impossible to calculate clearly. How do you like it? How do you find it convenient.