Lead-acid batteries rectify the impact of Taiyuan electric car business

Lead-acid battery pollution caused frequent “blood lead” violations, and the country has carried out large-scale rectification of the lead-acid battery industry. The use of lead-acid batteries in more than 90% of the electric vehicles sold by the market has caused the shortage of batteries, which has caused the price of electric vehicles to rise. For the recent sales of electric vehicles, Luyuan electric vehicle sales person in charge said that this year, the electric car market can be described as “the eventful”, rising gasoline and diesel prices lead to increased logistics costs, coupled with rising labor costs and non-ferrous metal prices, Gradually pushed up the price of electric vehicles. For this reason, Luyuan manufacturers raised the ex-factory price of electric vehicles three times on March 15, April 15, and May 15, and the cumulative adjustment ranged from 240 yuan to 280 yuan. On July 2, Lvyuan manufacturers once again announced that they would increase the price of lead-acid batteries and the ex-factory prices of electric vehicles. The upward adjustment ranged from RMB 40 to RMB 70, and the price adjustment on four occasions rose by RMB 280 to RMB 350, with a price increase of 8%. % to 12%. The person in charge said that the current lead-acid battery manufacturers' battery shipments have been decreasing, which is far from their order quantity.

In the largest electric vehicle trading market in Taiyuan, the China-August mall, the vast market was bleak. According to the market staff, there are more than 80 merchants selling electric cars in the market, selling 200 brands, both domestic and internationally known "big names", as well as domestic small brands that have just started. In the past, the stock of batteries in the shop was generally kept at 120 or more, and the ratio of new cars to batteries was about 1:1.2. In addition to the normal mix of new car sales, the remaining batteries were basically used for replacement after sales. Now, there are only 22 batteries in the whole store, of which 8 batteries are temporarily transferred from other stores for emergency. In order to ease the tight supply of batteries, the store tried its best to balance the contradiction between the after-sales service and the batteries required for new car sales. It tried to persuade customers to strengthen battery maintenance and reduce battery replacement.

In spite of this, some electric car sales stores have fallen into a situation where no batteries can be replaced. Individual businesses take the opportunity to “sit down” and raise the price of electric vehicles. According to industry analysts, if the shortage of battery supply is not improved, several months later, some stores selling small-brand electric vehicles will face a crisis of closing. Although the price of electric vehicles has generally been adjusted, many businesses have stated that in order to attract consumers, they can only reduce their profit margins and try to reduce the price of electric vehicles.