On August 14th, BYD announced the official launch of its mobile charging car service, which allows users to call for charging service by phone within 60 minutes of arrival (not currently available in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, or Gansu). However, BYD has not yet announced the related fees.
Are there any other ways to call for the service besides phone calls? Isn’t phone calling a bit old-school? Nevertheless, it’s pretty good that the service can arrive within 60 minutes within the service range, but I’m not sure how big BYD’s “service range” is.
Following NIO’s “One-Click Charging,” Roewe’s “Delivery Charging Service,” and Volkswagen’s “Charging Robot,” BYD becomes another car manufacturer to launch a mobile charging service.
NIO’s charging car charges 180 yuan per time for its own brand vehicles and 380 yuan per time for other brands. Compared with NIO, BYD’s mobile charging cars have a nationwide uniform fee of 295 yuan per ten degrees of electricity, and an additional 5 yuan for each additional degree of electricity.
For pure electric vehicles, many car owners are worried about the problems of new energy vehicle range and charging difficulties. In response to the problem of charging difficulties, car manufacturers have launched super charging piles, battery swapping stations, and other services to eliminate car owners’ worries. However, in emergency situations, charging cars are undoubtedly the most reassuring way to supplement power.
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