Autobots' Beijing taxis "change from oil to electricity", and drivers are generally worried about three aspects.

Because of the epidemic, the process of changing taxi oil to electricity in Beijing has been affected, but the general trend has not wavered. Taxi drivers have various ideas. If their doubts are not fully explained and solved, the "oil to electricity" of taxis in Beijing will be affected.

Text/"Autobot" special contributor? Liu

"What do you think if your car is asked to be replaced by a pure electric taxi?" From last summer to now, every time I take a taxi, I have this conversation with the driver's master.

20 19 June, according to the documents of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Beijing issued the Implementation Plan for the Promotion and Application of Pure Electric Taxi from 2065438+09 to 2020, and it is planned to add and update about 20,000 pure electric taxis in two years. The newly added 20,000 pure electric taxis are all produced by BAIC New Energy.

Because of the epidemic, the process of changing taxi oil to electricity has been affected, but the general trend has not wavered. From June last year to September this year, I talked with almost 80 drivers of taxi companies in Beijing about replacing pure electric taxis. The masters generally expressed three concerns.

Insufficient power station change, cruising range anxiety affects operation.

"If I drive an electric car and meet someone from Tiantongyuan to Daxing Airport, it sounds cool, but I am definitely guilty." Master Yang, who is in his forties, is cheerful. When he talked about electric cars, his smile disappeared. Beijing is very big, equivalent to 2.5 Shanghai, 8.4 Shenzhen and 15 Hong Kong. As of June 2020, there are not enough charging and replacing power stations for public transportation such as taxis and online car rides 180.

"We work together and often talk about electric cars. What about Miyun, Yanqing, Pinggu and Huairou in the city? " The chubby Master Ge looked worried. Indeed, the power exchange stations in Beijing are mainly concentrated in urban areas and some areas with high pedestrian density, with a service radius of about 3km. The construction of power exchange stations in outer suburbs needs to be increased. Moreover, the construction cost of power exchange station is very high, and the construction cost of large-scale automatic power exchange station is usually more than 10 million, which is not to say that it can be built.

Master Zhang, who has been driving an electric taxi in Shunyi for a year, said that due to the influence of season and temperature, the cruising range of electric vehicles is not as "ideal" as advertised. "When there are no guests in winter and summer, I dare not turn on the air conditioner. I will be 58 years old next year. In another year, I will never drive a taxi again after retirement. "

Master Cheng, who often travels to Shijingshan, speaks slowly. He said that replacing pure electric vehicles is a good thing for environmental protection, but it is not suitable for taxis from the actual situation. Taxis are operating vehicles, and some two-shift vehicles operate 24 hours. Replacing taxis with pure electric vehicles, first of all, the cruising range can't meet the operating needs, and second, the charging time also takes up the operating time. For double-shift drivers, this is an irreconcilable realistic contradiction.

There is a general aversion to compulsory replacement, and people are worried about the radiation of electric vehicles.

"If I have to change it, I won't open it"-this is the most feedback I have heard in more than a year. Almost every taxi driver who drives a fuel car has expressed this view.

Researcher of Taxi Management Office of Beijing Municipal Commission of Communications has publicly stated that in 20 19-2020, Beijing will replace all cruise taxis that are due to be scrapped with pure electric vehicles. According to the previous data, this means that 1/5 taxis will be taken by pure electric vehicles.

It is said that taxi drivers in Beijing care about current events, knowing astronomy above and geography below. During the communication, more than 80% drivers and masters expressed their concern about the radiation of electric vehicles. A master I met in Dongdan this spring talked about radiation. "The kinetic energy of the driving motor is released, which will definitely produce radiation." He also said, "The greater the power of electric vehicles, the greater the electromagnetic radiation."

Electromagnetic radiation exists objectively. Taxi drivers spend far more time on electric cars than ordinary electric car owners every day. Is there radiation? Will it affect your health? It is also one of the prerequisites for updating pure electric taxis to transparently present the measured radiation data of specific operating vehicles to the public so that the masters can drive with confidence.

Different safety and cost considerations from fuel vehicles.

After driving a traditional fuel car for decades, it suddenly changed to an electric car. Most taxi drivers have limited knowledge of the performance of electric vehicles.

Master Zeng, who lives in Miyun, is very worried about the hidden danger of spontaneous combustion of electric vehicles. He said that he represented the thoughts of some drivers. For operating vehicles with high frequency of use, can electric vehicles be used safely and run with low failure rate?

Master Dou, who lives in Pinggu, is a female driver. She and another driver are driving a taxi in two shifts, and they work in shifts near Houshayu in Shunyi every afternoon. She is worried that the maintenance cost of electric vehicles will not be very low, and it will not come down without engine cost estimation. "Electric vehicles must also be maintained according to a certain mileage, which invisibly increases our use cost."

Master Wang, who is in his thirties, has three mobile phones in his car. He is a good hand at grabbing orders, calculating roads and checking accounts online. On the way, he calculated an account for me. "The battery cost of an electric car is generally 60,000 yuan. In less than five years, electric taxis will definitely need to change their batteries. Who will pay for the battery replacement? It's definitely unfair for you to let the driver go, but if the company changes it uniformly, how can the company bear it? "

Masters have all kinds of ideas. If their doubts are not fully explained and solved, the "oil to electricity" of Beijing taxis will inevitably be affected.

Taking the convenience of power exchange as an example, from the theoretical point of view, increasing power exchange stations can meet the power exchange needs of most new energy vehicles, but the coverage density of power exchange stations is far from meeting the operational needs outside the Fifth Ring Road, Tongzhou City Sub-center and around the airport.

At present, the mainstream power exchange methods are mainly divided into three types, namely modular battery exchange, integral chassis exchange and tram exchange. Taxis in Beijing adopt the vehicle chassis battery changing mode, which is more convenient than charging mode, and the battery can be changed every 3 minutes on average. However, the single use cost of this power exchange mode is high and the vehicle compatibility is low.

In the process of communication, Beijing taxi drivers hope that the relevant departments can listen to the opinions of many parties, especially the specific ideas of front-line operators, and make plans in advance. After all, they are the people closest to the passengers. (Text/"Autobots" special contributor? Liu, part of the image source network) Copyright statement This article is an exclusive original manuscript of Autobots, and the copyright belongs to Autobots.

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