Buying an electric car, should you buy it outright or lease the battery?

Buy batteries - a solution for peace of mind

The battery is the most important system in an electric car, playing a decisive role in the distance traveled after each charge. In fact, the battery system accounts for 30-40% of the cost of each electric car.

Buying an electric car without a battery system will bring dissatisfaction. According to a survey of the majority of consumers, buying the battery system when buying an electric car will help you feel more secure when using it, as well as make it easier to buy and sell the car later.

Combined with home charging, choosing to buy an electric car battery will help car owners optimize monthly usage costs.

Currently, Vinfast electric car models allow users to choose between two configurations: renting or buying batteries, with the price difference for buying batteries ranging from 80-493 million VND depending on the car model.

Although buying a car battery will cost consumers a large amount of money, after buying the battery, there will be no need to pay monthly rental fees. If combined with home charging, without the need for charging stations, daily usage costs will be lower.

Rent batteries – no damage

The biggest benefit of renting a battery is that users will not worry about the battery system degrading. Any battery-powered device will gradually lose performance over time, and electric car batteries are no exception. Customers can clearly see the battery status and operating range of the car on the car's central display screen.

The undeniable advantage of the subscription model is that the manufacturer will be responsible for the battery throughout the product life cycle, including the recycling stage, bringing absolute peace of mind and peace of mind to customers.

Like VinFast, the company promises to replace customers with a new battery when the battery's charging capacity drops below 70%. This is a "super benefit" that customers who buy the battery outright do not get.

Economically , instead of having to spend thousands of dollars to buy batteries, customers will be able to rent batteries from the manufacturer. The monthly subscription fee is based on the calculation of the average distance traveled.

When choosing Vinfast's battery rental service, customers will be replaced with a new battery when the battery's charging capacity drops below 70%.

We can calculate specifically, for example, the Vinfast VF5 car model has a selling price with a battery difference of 80 million VND, at the same time the company is offering a battery rental program for this car model of 1.6 million VND/month with the condition of traveling less than 3,000 km.

Thus, with the amount of 80 million VND from buying the battery, users can rent the battery for 50 months, or 4 years and 2 months. Thus, if there are no major problems, starting from the 6th year of use, people who choose the battery purchase service will benefit more.

According to many electric car users in general, choosing to buy a battery outright is very reasonable for people who travel about 1,000km/month or less. In case of traveling a lot, over 2,000 - 3,000km/month, choosing to rent a battery will significantly save operating costs.

Source: https://xe.baogiaothong.vn/tau-o-to-dien-nen-mua-dut-hay-thue-pin-192240328141827928.htm