The car owner I want to introduce to you today is a bit magical, and some people say he is a lunatic!

Because he bought 6 electric cars in 7 years and ordered 4 more...

In 7 years, he has owned cars including Geely Panda Electric, JAC iev5, BYD Tang DM, WM EX5, NIO ES8, Xpeng G3, and today he is here to tell us the story of him and his "loved concubines"~

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To ensure the authenticity of the content, all the following content is personally written by the car owner

My ID on various social platforms is called "complex", but the car usage scenario is actually very "simple", and buying a car is purely In order to travel, the average annual mileage of each car is calculated to be about 20,000 kilometers, which is a normal household rhythm;

The demand for car purchases is also very straightforward, and it is not deliberately using strong practical actions to express the concern for environmental protection and environmental protection. Support in the new energy era, but - buy because of love.

What is the difference between an automatic transmission car and a manual transmission car? The answer is: an automatic car only has joys and sorrows, but no clutch.

Since the retirement of my first fuel-powered vehicle, the manual Langdong, I have started a career in new energy vehicles. In these 7 years, I have successively owned Geely Panda Electric, JAC iev5, BYD Tang DM, WM EX5, NIO ES8, Xpeng G3.

Let me tell you my story with these "concubines" in chronological order.

I bought my first new energy vehicle purely to test the waters and have fun, focusing on experience. Bought Geely Panda.

At that time, it was early 2013, and there were no more than 3 units to choose from in the 50,000 range. The technology of electric vehicles of that era was incomparable with today's. Not only did they only have a range of 80-100km, but they didn't even have kinetic energy recovery. You might even feel frustrated when you step on the switch.

(Reference picture, it was too long ago so I don’t have a picture of my Geely Panda)

But even so, my wife and I still feel very comfortable driving this little broken Panda. Have a sense of happiness.

The main purpose of the car is to take my wife to work, a round trip of 30 kilometers. In this case, after driving an electric car, we don’t have to worry about the rise and fall of gas prices, and we don’t have to waste time queuing at gas stations. It feels really good to save hundreds or even thousands of gas bills every month.

The only thing I want to complain about is that Xiongpao’s car actually only has one wiper. Every time it rains, I think of Lin Youjia’s lyrics: “Did God cover the curtain in front of me, forget it?” Open it?"

After half a year, the family purchased an additional JAC IEV5, and the Panda was passed on to the mother-in-law. As a result, something happened on a foggy day, and the mother-in-law dug into a ditch. After the car overturned, she fished it out again. There were strange noises everywhere and she felt like she couldn't go anywhere, so she sold it decisively and died at the age of half a year old...

< p>Okay, let us forget the pain caused by the female driver and come to the second car, JAC iev5. It has 13W kilometers so far. There has been no problem and only one motor gear has been changed.

The problem of motor gears is a common problem. Many riders have encountered it. There is a feeling of jolting when starting. Maybe the gears can't stand it after a long time.

I haven’t encountered any other problems since replacing it. It’s also worth mentioning that this car was recalled in July last year and the battery was replaced for free. Originally, the battery life dropped to about 150KM due to battery loss. After the replacement, the battery life dropped to about 150KM. Back to 200km+, this is something I never expected. As we all know, battery cost accounts for a high proportion of the total vehicle cost. JAC spent a lot of money to eliminate battery hazards and ensure user safety. This is worthy of praise.

I have the habit of taking a nap in the car. Electric cars have no exhaust, and there is no engine noise or vibration. You can turn on the air conditioner without worrying about running out of battery and being unable to start like a fuel car. This makes me feel Extremely secure and reassuring.

The important thing to mention is that when it comes to domestic electric vehicles, BYD is a brand that must be mentioned. It is a strong player in terms of market share and technology accumulation.

So my third car is considered an "Internet celebrity car" - BYD Tang DM. This car was released in 2015. I have been paying attention to it for a long time. I was also one of the first car owners in Shanghai to pick up the car. The reason why I picked it up was because my home cannot be all electric and I have to travel far away, so I bought a hybrid for protection. ...

The result is that I was slapped in the face by reality - Tang DM has served in my general manager for two and a half years, 60,000 kilometers, with a pure electric mileage of more than 5w, and the hybrid has only been driven a few times. Thousands, because during maintenance, it was said that the engine must be driven for full kilometers, so in fact, this car did not even have a first-time warranty... Can you believe it when it has been driven for 60,000 kilometers?

Although Tang DM is a hybrid car, in fact, most of the time Tang I have been driving it as a pure electric car. The 100km range of this car can only be barely 30km in my hands. This "range" Level" can be regarded as indirectly confirming the famous saying: There are only meat people in this world, not meat cars.

Generally speaking, Tang DM gave me the impression that he was stupid and fast, but he couldn't turn well. Once, the car was turning too fast, about 60 or 70 yards. At that time, the steering force was instantly lost. The wheels would not turn even when the steering wheel was turned. I lost control on the spot and had to slam on the brakes to stop.

Then the power was so good that I drove hard and the half shaft kept breaking. I had to replace it every 20,000 kilometers on average. Fortunately, it was replaced free of charge during the warranty period. Wang Shuo has a novel called "Half Seawater, Half Fire". While this car brings me passion, it also brings me pain - it needs frequent charging.

Fortunately, I live in the suburbs and have a private garage; my workplace also has charging stations, and I can charge for free. All in all, through Tang's use, I found that pure electric power can actually meet my car needs, so the following story begins.

My baby was born in 2017, and a seven-seater car was on the agenda for 2018. My wife and I went to the auto show together and visited the entire exhibition hall.

At that time, there were only four available seven-seater new energy vehicles - Model Concept car status.

My wife and I had a good first impression of Weilai. We can see that the Weilai showroom is somewhat grand (6 EP9 cars are at the door) and the model is also very novel (you need to register the APP when you go in to see the car).

Later, I slowly accepted fellow’s invitation and began to participate in various offline activities organized by NIO, such as driving go-karts and visiting various interesting shops. Later, I naturally became one of the first batch of official users delivered by NIO - the owner of NIO ES8 Founding Edition No. 0302.

I can sum up Weilai in one sentence: a car that can meet my psychological needs and car needs.

The so-called psychological demand is that "domestic products should strengthen themselves". So far, all my new energy vehicles are domestic brands. When I ordered Byton, someone said that Byton is a German brand, and I almost quit on the spot. Order;

I don’t need to say much about the so-called car demand. Whether in the eyes of others or in my own eyes, I am already an out-and-out fan of trams. I have never thought that any car company can be so harmonious with car owners. I can even say this: If Weilai cannot survive and goes bankrupt one day, I think I may not want to buy a car in the future.

Here I will tell you two short stories about Weilai: First, before I picked up the car, I needed to use a mobility scooter due to license plate issues, and what I told Nio at that time was that I wanted an ES8 as a mobility scooter. car.

What I didn’t expect was that Weilai actually applied for Li Bin’s personal ES8 in Shanghai to travel with me... (So in the future, when you see a black ES8 in Shanghai, Then maybe Brother Bin is driving it.) If it were another car company, I think the bosses of those car companies would never give up their cars as mobility scooters.

Another time I needed to recharge the battery at night, and the recharging guy took the keys and the car away. It was already early in the morning after charging, and I had already fallen asleep. The phone automatically set the do not disturb mode, and the guy couldn’t make calls. Come in, I quickly called back the next morning, and the guy was still sleeping in his little JAC tool cart downstairs, just to give me the keys...

These are just a microcosm of Weilai's services. , in fact, such as sending the car to the airport to pick up the car owner, the charging guy cleaning the bird poop on the car window while charging, coming to repair the tire in the summer and saying it was hot outside and insisting that I get into the car, the car owner Birthday fellows deliver cakes to their doorsteps on rainy days...

These small details are not within the scope of training services, and the services of traditional car companies cannot match them, but Weilai and his employees did it.

I agree with Li Bin’s saying that these services are only qualified. However, because traditional car companies have not achieved this, Weilai’s services are outstanding and eye-catching. In fact, there is no end to the service road. .

It is precisely because of such attentiveness and thoughtfulness that so many car owners voluntarily advertise for Weilai for free and volunteer. Next, at least 5 colleagues and 7 group friends became Weilai car owners.

After reading this, everyone thinks this is another article about NIO owners bragging about NIO. In fact, I have said before that after buying so many electric vehicles, I am already an electric vehicle enthusiast. Fanatic.

Naturally, as direct competitors of emerging domestic new energy brands, WM Motor and Xpeng, I also bought one of each.

I briefly owned the WM EX5 and didn’t get along with it for a long time, so I don’t have much experience to write about. My overall feeling is that the product is not strong enough and the user experience is poor, like a product that was delivered to the market before it was mature. In terms of service, it cannot be compared with NIO.

The only advantage is that Weimar provides car owners with free charging for one year, and no authentication is required. All cars can use it. Many Didi drivers collect accounts online to plunder money... I said these are not The meaning of praise is to be fair, objective, and seek truth from facts. If you don’t believe me, you can ask the majority of Weima owners for confirmation.

The Weimar itself is fine if it is used as an ordinary car. However, the most fatal problem is that when I wake up in the morning, I am always worried that the power will not be turned on, and the power will be lost while driving. The battery disconnects and loses power.

And it is not sudden, but continuous, happening every day and all the time. This was the bottom line that I couldn't bear, and it was also the direct reason why I later chose to buy the Xpeng G3 instead of the Weimar.

By the way, I specially bought the 365km battery life version of Xpeng, because for me, this version was very cheap when Xpeng was clearing stock, and the battery life was enough for me to travel in the city. used.

My positioning for Xiaopeng is that it is larger than Weimar and smaller than Weilai. After all, the price is here and it is not considered equal. I have a Xpeng group, and it turns out that many Xpeng car owners in it eventually sold their cars and bought Weilai. Because there were so many people, there were enough people to form another group... One day, Xpeng replaced Weilai with an exclusive group buying event. More than 50 old car owners collectively replaced it, and it even made the news... Of course, this is a story for another day.

When a Beijing car owner sold his Xpeng, I actually wanted to take it over, but the terms of Xpeng said that Beijing could not be sold. The contract stated that if Beijing was sold, a refund would be required. Later, he had no choice but to sell it to a car dealer. At that time, the recycling price of his car that cost RMB 150,000 to RMB 90,000 was more than RMB 90,000.

Then, as I said at the beginning, I decisively proposed 19 new cars, because there is no requirement for battery life, 365km is enough for me, and the price is very cheap, 120,000, and it also comes with assisted driving. Just buy it to experience it...

To be honest, I doubt that the price is unprofitable. If Xiaopeng had priced it like this from the beginning, it might have wiped out the 20W range... One month of use of Xiaopeng G3 After all, the most prominent shortcoming is actually the problem of power loss when parking... I am here in Shanghai, and in winter, when the car is parked for one night, it will lose 30 kilometers of power. Hope this issue can be resolved soon.

Compared with Weilai, Xiaopeng does have some advantages:

1. In the automatic following state, it starts after it comes to a complete stop. Weilai only has a short period of 5 seconds. Peng can keep following;

2. Xiaopeng can permanently turn off the low-speed beep, while Weilai can only turn it off manually every time;

3. The car system is good, you can watch Douyin , there is also Gaode Navigation.

However, Xpeng still has some shortcomings:

1. The internal workmanship and materials are average;

2. The automatic parking crashed twice , the assisted driver rubbed the guardrail once on the highway;

3. Xiaopeng cannot remotely air-condition while plugged into the charging pile;

4. The pricing and marketing are biased, and the first batch of car owners have become Got leeks...

(The Xpeng I just mentioned ended up being scratched)

Currently, Xpeng and Weilai still have cooperation, but it is limited to overcharging, like a Button power-up is not *enjoyed, so from the perspective of a real ordinary user like me, it is not a particularly in-depth cooperation, because it has not yet qualitatively improved our user experience. We look forward to it in the future. Let’s cooperate more.

All in all, regarding Xiaopeng, its product capabilities are recognized by car owners, and they are willing to be loyal fans. But as far as I know, the experience of the first batch of car owners is indeed average, including price and experience. This has indeed led to the loss of some users, and there are some around me.

Postscript

To this day, I can still clearly recall the excitement I felt when I owned my first fuel car. Because I was young and my driving style was very violent, I often drove five times. I changed gears only after 6,000 rpm, enjoying the slight push-back feeling brought by the weak 1.6-displacement engine. It was then that I knew what I wanted.

The first time I came into contact with new energy was when I saw Tesla on social media. The violent acceleration of the model S vaguely planted a seed in my heart. Passing several trams was like falling in love several times, which gave me a deeper understanding of cars and myself.

As an in-depth user of electric vehicles, I have test driven most brands of new energy vehicles on the market. I have been out of control since my first electric vehicle. I have purchased 6 new energy vehicles. Currently, , all the cars in the family have been upgraded to pure electric vehicles.

(Panda 80,000, JAC 100,000, Tang 230,000, Weilai ES8 500,000, Weimar 160,000, Xiaopeng 130,000, Weilai ES6 500,000, the total is almost enough for a model The price of X100D is too high, but I still prefer to support domestic electric cars)

Life is like chocolate, you never know what the next one will taste like. It may sound crazy, but so far, I have submitted deposits and intention deposits for AionLX, GAC NIO, Bojun iv6, Gaohe hiphi1 and other vehicles.

I don’t know what my next car will be, but I know that I will live with what I have now seriously every day, every minute, and every second.

Finally, let’s end with a quote from Top Gear Gorilla:

If a car doesn’t make you excited every time you get in it, then it’s just a mobility tool;

If your car is just a tool, you might as well take a bus.

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