Battery prices push up the price of electric bicycles

Environmental storm scraped a large number of unqualified lead-acid battery companies

Electric vehicle industry ushered in a good opportunity for technological upgrading
Since March of this year, electric bicycles in the market have gradually increased in price. "All electric cars have risen in price, and have risen by more than 400 yuan at most." Yesterday, the boss of a sales electric car on Yunxi Road in Jiaojiang District told reporters. In this street, some electric car dealers have begun to promote sales of electric vehicles that are in poor sales, hoping to improve the negative effects of price increases.

Electric car prices, sales decreased significantly

It is understood that this round of electric vehicle prices significantly increased, mainly due to battery, motor and other electric car interior equipment substantial price increase. Especially the battery, that is, the battery of an electric vehicle, has a significant price increase. An ordinary electric vehicle battery has risen by more than 100 yuan, while some electric vehicle batteries with a good texture have risen by 200 to 300 yuan. Ms. Chen, the boss of the Leopard brand electric car firm, told reporters: “The main reason is that many battery manufacturers have closed down, the battery supply is not enough, and the prices have been pushed up.”

"This is a big loss. In the first half of the year, when he was ready to buy an electric car, hesitated and hesitated to the present. He came over and looked dumbfounded today. All electric cars have gone up in price. Take this car, At the beginning of the year, the price was around 1900 yuan, and now it will be 2,700 yuan," said Ms. Chen, who is purchasing an electric car.

“The prices of the entire electric vehicle industry have gone up, ranging from two to three hundred yuan, and as many as four hundred yuan, or two to three percent, and they are both priceless, and they declined to be counter-offered. Take electric bicycles for example, now on the market. The minimum price must be around 1,600 yuan.” The owner of the Greentown electric vehicle store told reporters that it was possible to sell more than a dozen vehicles in the past, and now only a few cars have been sold.

A large number of battery companies shut down

It is understood that due to pollution prevention and control of lead-acid batteries have been concerned about all sectors of society, the state previously started the industry to rectify. According to the latest data, 30% of the 1,930 lead-acid battery manufacturers in the country have been banned, and 53% are required to suspend production.

Although the electric vehicle itself is environmentally friendly, its internal batteries are not environmentally friendly. The batteries used in electric vehicles on the market are mainly lead-acid batteries, which can cause serious pollution during the production and recycling process. This year, after the special rectification of the relevant departments, a large number of battery factories that failed to meet environmental protection requirements were ordered to stop business for rectification.

Ms. Chen, who is the boss of the brand of Leopard brand electric vehicle, said: “Many battery factories in Huzhou, Huzhou where the batteries are supplied have been shut down because of environmental protection. Therefore, the battery supply on the market is reduced, and our supply is also reduced. To tell you the truth, even if you have an electric car, battery supply may become a problem.”

Businesses engage in promotions after price increases

Electric car prices will inevitably affect the business, some brands have begun to promote electric vehicles.

Ms. Chen said that the boss, prices, and people who want to buy electric cars will still buy, can buy and buy consumers will generally not buy.

Several brightly colored women's electric bikes have attracted the attention of reporters and they have begun to engage in promotional activities. Ms. Chen told reporters: “Today, this group has just started to promote sales, but I still don’t know if I can sell it?” The reporter visited several electric car dealers. They all lamented that after the price increase, the business is even harder to do.

If the battery supply rises, the price may drop

“The country’s rectification of lead-acid battery companies will indeed have an impact on the electric vehicle market. However, in the long run, this is also a good opportunity for the electric vehicle industry to upgrade its technology.” Qiu Xiaoxing, chairman of the Taizhou Electric Bicycle Association, said that the non-compliance Lead-acid batteries have large pollution and are difficult to degrade. They also cause secondary pollution when decomposed.

As lead-acid battery manufacturers are mostly shut down, lithium battery electric vehicles that have not been noticed by the market are considered to be the best alternatives. Qiu Xiaoxing believes that lithium batteries are indeed the future direction of the development of electric vehicle power, but the price of lithium batteries is relatively high, and people are difficult to accept in a short period of time. Moreover, the domestic lithium battery industry is constrained by the level of production technology, and the rapid expansion of production capacity in the short term is not realistic.

"It is expected that the supply of lead-acid batteries for electric vehicles will continue to be tense in September. The future price trend will depend on the future capacity recovery of companies that have been suspended for rectification." Insiders analyzed that with the lead-acid battery industry in place, the battery supply will be Steady recovery, when the price of electric bicycles may appear to fall.

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Lead-acid battery caused by the "environmental storm"

Lead-acid batteries have lead and acid. Lead is a heavy metal that can cause poisoning. The acid in the battery is sulfuric acid, which is a corrosive strong acid.

In the early summer of this year, lead-acid batteries in Zhejiang caused troubles: Lead pollution occurred in Luqiao, Taizhou, and Deqing Battery Factory, leading to excessive levels of blood lead among workers and peripheral residents of the factory. On the afternoon of May 13, Vice Governor Chen Jiayuan summoned 11 provincial-level departments and 11 district-level city and municipal government heads such as environmental protection, development, and finance, and opened a special rectification conference for lead-acid battery industry pollution in the province.

In Zhejiang Province, 41 companies that produced unlicensed licenses or had no storage battery for environmental approvals were all shut down and banned. Today, Zhejiang has only 273 registered lead-acid battery companies, and only 16 of them have no environmental risks and continue to produce. This is also the reason for the shortage of storage batteries in the short term.

The rectification of lead battery companies will be taken as the top priority for the 2011 environmental protection campaign. The Ninth Department of the State Council requires thorough investigation of the entire industry and resolutely strives to: stop the construction of those that have not passed the environmental impact assessment or fail to meet the requirements of the environmental impact assessment; and the implementation of "three simultaneous" environmental protection, safety facilities, and occupational health is not in place. , All production shall be stopped; if non-pollution control facilities and pollution control facilities are not operating properly or exceed the standards, all production shall be suspended; all non-hazardous waste qualifications for the recycling of waste lead batteries shall cease illegal operations; All will be held accountable.