Passat PHEV: monthly maintenance cost of $1261, much better than the fuel version?

As we all know, SAIC Volkswagen Passat is the earliest joint venture middle class sedan introduced into the domestic auto market, the product power has always been good. But with the continuous development of new energy today, the Passat fuel version of some of the drawbacks have emerged, such as the high cost of fuel car use, high purchase tax costs, etc., and this time, the Passat PHEV advantage comes. It is reported that in January 2023 sales, the Passat PHEV terminal cumulative sales of 529 units, in January plug-in hybrid model sales, ranked fifteenth. So today I'm going to give an introduction to the Passat PHEV with a car to see if the plug-in hybrid version is a little more advantageous compared to the fuel version. I hope it will be of some help to you in choosing a car.

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Insurance costs

The official guide price of the Passat PHEV 2023 430PHEV Hybrid Deluxe Edition is 242,150 yuan. The insurance cost of this car includes 950 yuan for the strong insurance, 420 yuan for the vehicle use tax, 1905 yuan for the third party liability insurance (1 million coverage), 3638 yuan for the vehicle damage insurance, and 400 yuan for the body scratch insurance. The total cost is about 7,313 yuan. This car is a plug-in model, so there is no purchase tax involved.

In addition, if this car has been smooth travel, no insurance claims, the insurance company will have a decreasing discount year by year, such as the second year 20% discount, the third year 30% discount this way, we will use such a law to calculate the actual three-year insurance costs of about 18,282 yuan, on average, the annual insurance costs of this car is about 6,094 yuan, this cost is not low, but combined with the price of the car to see, still This cost is not low, but it is reasonable in view of the price of the car.

Energy Cost

As a plug-in model, the Passat PHEV will generally run on pure electricity in the city, but at highway speeds or in feeder situations, there will also be the use of fuel, so to be fair, we'll take 10,000 km of pure electricity and 10,000 km of fuel as an example. The NEDC range of the Passat PHEV is 63 km, and the official electricity consumption is 14.6 kwh/100 km, while the author The cost of local home electricity is about 0.6 yuan/kWh, so basically we can conclude that the electricity cost of this car is about 876 yuan a year.

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Then look at the fuel, this car is equipped with a 1.4T engine, its maximum power of 110KW, the maximum torque of 250N.m, need to add 95 gasoline, according to the owner's real feedback, this car's 100 km fuel consumption in 5.8L, the current price of 95 gasoline on my side of the 8.3 yuan / L, which concludes that the annual cost of fuel for this car is about 4814 yuan. Combined with the above electricity costs, the cost of this car's annual energy consumption is about 5690 yuan, compared to the cost of fuel cars, is much more fragrant.

Maintenance cost

The maintenance of this car and the fuel car is not very different, maintenance cycle for 5000 km or 12 months, maintenance items out of the regular circuit maintenance, but also need to maintain the engine, in 20000KM, but also to replace the oil filter, air filter replacement, every 30000km to replace the brake fluid, fuel filter and other accessories, through the calculation, the annual maintenance cost of this car is about 3349 yuan.

In the end

To sum up, the total annual cost of this car, the annual cost of car maintenance is about 15133 yuan, the average cost of each month is about 1261 yuan, Passat PHEV this car than the fuel version of the cost is higher. But there is one, the above values are the author to their own driving habits and fixed values to calculate, so for reference only, the implementation to each person will be different. Ask everyone, for the Passat PHEV cost of car ownership, how do you think?

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