Changan Lumin monthly electricity costs less than a hundred yuan, driving can save money than taking the subway?
In the current microcar market, the bulk of sales is almost all wrapped up in the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV. But whether it's the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV or the CHERY QQ ice cream, their performance in terms of style, price and range are extremely close, making it difficult for consumers to have other options. However, Changan Automobile's new Lumin also brought a lot of freshness to the market.
First of all, one of the biggest differences between Changan Lumin (picture | configuration | inquiry) and Wuling Hongguang MINI EV and CHERY QQ ice cream is that the appearance is more pleasing. The design of the round retro headlights on the front makes it look a lot like a pair of sleepy eyes. Although the body and tail styling are more conventional, the hidden door handles still add more class to them. At the same time, its body size is bigger than Wuling Hongguang MINI EV, so the space performance is expected to be a little better than it. In addition, the more prominent is its configuration performance. Changan Lumin is equipped with a backup camera, full LCD instrumentation, and a 10.25-inch center screen as standard, so not only will it be more versatile than the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV, but the interior texture is also more prominent. And as a personalized mobility car, Changan Lumin offers three kinds of range options: 155km, 210km, and 301km, so there becomes more room for choice. Of course, the product power has been improved, and its price is naturally no longer so friendly. The current price range for the three models of Changan Lumin is 4.89-6.39 million yuan, even for the entry model with a 155km range, the price is close to 50,000 yuan. So how does it cost to use the car? Can it still save money like the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV? Let's analyze it with respect to insurance, maintenance, and electricity consumption.
Price nearly 50,000, and the average annual insurance costs more than 3,000
Changan Lumin this release of the three models range performance is not bad, including the clear sweet models, have a range of 155km, basically able to meet the needs of daily commuting, the configuration is also rich. And the price is also closer to the macaroon perfect model of Wuling Hongguang MINI EV, with outstanding value, it is easy to stand out in the competition. In addition, the price of the car and insurance costs are directly linked, so we take this model as the object of calculation of insurance costs.
Although it looks like an "old man", the pure electric mini car also needs to buy insurance, in the purchase of 3 million three liability, car damage insurance, traffic insurance three main types of insurance, Changan Lumin clear sweet models of the first year premium of about 4140 yuan. If no accidents occur during the later use, the premium will be further reduced, we calculate with the standard premium second year 20% discount, third year 30% discount, the total cost of three-year insurance costs about 10,350 yuan, an average of about 3,450 yuan a year. Because of the pure tram status, it also saves a purchase tax cost. This is about 2,200 yuan for 3 million triple liability and about 990 yuan for car damage insurance with reference to the extremely close price of the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV Makalong Zhenxiang model. And like the three insurance also do not need to buy so expensive, we can choose their own, the actual insurance costs need to be combined with the actual situation of the local insurance company to determine.
It is expected that the annual maintenance is only 5 hundred more
As Changan Lumin has only recently been launched, the maintenance cycle and maintenance costs are not very specific, we can only refer to the maintenance of its other pure electric mini car - Changan Ben E-Star, after all, the maintenance of this pure electric mini car are relatively simple, most of them are based on routine checks and the replacement of some accessories. We can also use this to make an estimate of the maintenance cost of the Changan Lumin.
Based on the maintenance interval of Changan Pentax E-Star, we estimate that the first maintenance of Changan Lumin will be done at 5,000 km, and the subsequent maintenance will be done every 10,000 km. In addition to the routine checks that are performed at every maintenance, the antifreeze, coolant, and brake fluid need to be replaced every 35,000km and the gear oil needs to be replaced every 55,000km, which costs about 200-600 yuan. We take the general family three years driving 60,000 km cycle calculation down, in addition to the first warranty free, Changan Lumin on maintenance costs about 1700 yuan, an average of about 560 yuan per year.
The monthly electricity bill is less than 100 yuan, can save more than taking the subway?
The Lumin is a single motor with a maximum power of 30kW, which is not very powerful, but a little better than the regular version of the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV, like the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV Makalong Zhenxiang, which has a maximum motor power of 20kW. Although the real electricity consumption may vary from this official data due to driving style and road conditions, it can be used as a lower threshold for reference.
To facilitate the calculation, we calculate the electricity cost by using only the home charging post to make up the energy. The current home electricity is about 0.56 yuan/ kWh, and with a three-year driving cycle of 60,000 km, the electricity cost required for the Changan Lumin Clear Sweet model is about 3,120 yuan or an average of only 86 yuan per month. You can see that it is still very small in electricity costs, even lower than some commuters a month by subway expenses.
Summary
When we add up the estimated maintenance, insurance, and electricity costs, we can calculate that the total car cost for the Changan Lumin sweet model is about 15,170 yuan for three years of driving 60,000km, which is only about 420 yuan per month on average. We have also done a survey on the car cost of the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV Makalong Zhenxian model, which has a cost of about 13,700 yuan for three years, with an average monthly cost of about 380 yuan. As you can see, the car cost of the Changan Lumin is still very low, maintaining the usual money-saving characteristics of a pure electric mini car.
