Is there a future for Weilai Power Station？ It is found that the charging efficiency is never comparable to that of changing electricity.

Weilai’s power exchange mode is another way for new energy vehicles to replenish energy, and the benefits of this method are obvious, which is as fast as that of fuel vehicles, which is incomparable to charging.

There are always people who say that when the solid-state battery comes out, the battery changing mode will be eliminated. In fact, this is a wrong statement.

No matter what kind of battery it is, the charging time can’t be faster than the battery changing time. It only takes 2~3 minutes to change the battery, and it takes half an hour at the earliest to fully charge the power battery, even if it is overcharged.

In terms of efficiency, the advantages of power exchange are obvious.

At present, the total number of new energy vehicles is 24.72 million (by the end of June 2024), of which 18.134 million are pure electric vehicles, accounting for 73.4%.

The total number of cars in China is 336 million. If the number of new energy vehicles continues to rise in the future, reaching 100-300 million, how to solve the problem of charging (recharging)?

For plug-in hybrid vehicles and extended-range electric vehicles, because there is no endurance anxiety, the demand for charging is not that strong, and these two new energy vehicles certainly cannot change their electricity.

Only pure electric vehicles have endurance anxiety, and the power exchange is mainly aimed at pure electric vehicles.

Nowadays, many people don’t have their own independent garage and can’t install charging piles, which limits their motivation to buy pure electric vehicles. These people either buy oil cars or plug-in hybrid cars.

Oil vehicles will be eliminated in the future, and the probability of plug-in hybrid vehicles is also transitional. Pure electric vehicles must solve the problem of endurance anxiety and the charging time. If there is an option of changing power, I believe many people will choose it.

If you are in a city, it is no problem to charge a plug-in hybrid car. Even if you don’t have a charging pile, there are charging piles everywhere in the city.

Among new energy vehicles, pure trams account for more than plug-in hybrid vehicles and extended-range vehicles, occupying a dominant position. The number of pure trams has reached 100 million, and charging will be a huge problem, so the significance of changing electricity is reflected.

At present, there are 11.433 million charging piles in China, including 8.104 million private charging piles, most of which are private charging piles, and the number of private charging piles will not be released to charge others, so the number of charging piles will be even less.

The total number of charging piles is less than half of the number of new energy vehicles. Obviously, the construction progress of charging piles is completely inferior to that of new energy vehicles, and this contradiction will exist for a long time.

Conventionally, the number of charging piles should be at least twice as large as that of new energy vehicles, so as to facilitate charging. If the number of new energy vehicles reaches 100 million, such as 300 million, there should be at least 600 million charging piles, which is a terrible number.

If there is the function of changing electricity, it will greatly alleviate the problem of charging new energy vehicles, which is an excellent choice.

At present, most people who buy new energy vehicles have their own charging conditions. How can those who don’t have charging conditions solve their charging needs? I think changing electricity is one way.

You can say that,The more new energy vehicles, the more important it is to change electricity, unless the country can solve the serious shortage of charging piles..

Weilai currently has 2,560 power stations in China, including 860 in expressway service areas. Weilai Automobile plans to build 5,000 power stations in the next few years.

The investment in a power station in Weilai is 1 million to 2 million RMB, and 5,000 power stations need to invest 5 billion to 10 billion RMB. This investment is huge. For an enterprise, it is difficult to invest so many power stations firmly without the endorsement of the state.

I think Weilai’s investment in changing power stations must be supported and acquiesced by the state, which is conducive to the development of the whole industry of new energy vehicles.

Weilai’s investment in building and replacing power stations is huge, with a cumulative loss of 97.01 billion RMB. However, at present, power station replacement is an exclusive business in China, and there is no worry about future profitability.

As long as pure electric vehicles exist, there is no problem in changing power stations.

At present, seven car companies have joined Weilai Power Station and can use Weilai’s power exchange business, namely, Changan, Geely, Jianghuai, Chery, Lotus, Guangzhou Automobile, FAW, Ruilan and Huawei HarmonyOS Zhixing.

The pure electric vehicles produced by these car companies that have joined the power exchange agreement can not only charge, but also exchange electricity. What’s wrong with one more way to replenish energy? This is the reason why consumers buy cars.

At present, the only pure electric vehicle that has no scruples about running long-distance and high-speed is Weilai Automobile, because it can change electricity and does not need to grab charging piles with other vehicles, and the time is fast, which makes many pure electric vehicle owners envy.

Charging piles should be the most common in the future, followed by changing power stations. In the future, there will be more ways to replenish energy. All gas stations may become charging stations or changing power stations, and there will even be private investment in changing power stations in the future.

Power exchange will not be eliminated, on the contrary, it will only become more and more important.