Horizontal comparison of the five major charging APPs in Beijing: Which one is the best to use and which one has the most piles?
In recent years, the average cruising range of electric vehicles in our country has increased year by year. In 2018, when the pure electric range was 400km, it was unimaginable that just two years later, electric vehicles with a range of more than 700km were launched. car model. Charging has always been a big problem for electric vehicles and an important factor in range anxiety.
Because of this, major car companies are trying their best to make breakthroughs in charging. First, Weilai launched a battery swap mode, which can be replaced with a fully charged battery in just five minutes; Tesla launches V3 super charging pile, which can charge 200km of driving range in 15 minutes. But these two brands are still special cases. For most pure electric car owners, home charging piles and public charging piles are the first choice when electric cars need to replenish energy.
Charging piles in Beijing include Tewatt, Telaidian, State Grid Charging and other brands to choose from. Basically, each brand will have its own app, and there will also be some collective brand software that can help car owners find charging piles. , let’s compare the convenience of these brands in software services.
E Charging: Need to recharge, plug and charge?
State Grid Charging should be the most common charging station in Beijing and even across the country, and charging stations on highways are also owned by the State Grid. net. Like other charging software, E charging also requires recharging before charging.
Recently, State Grid has also launched the "Plug and Charge" function. Just plug in the power and click "Plug and Charge" on the State Grid machine, eliminating the need to open the App, scan the QR code, and The step of setting the charging amount also avoids the situation where the mobile phone cannot recognize the QR code. However, during the payment process, you still have to confirm it in the App or in the WeChat "e Charging" applet, otherwise it may affect the next use of this function. . From this point of view, this function can prevent car owners from downloading software, but it is also based on downloading first and then uninstalling. It can be regarded as meeting the needs of car owners to get rid of App dependence to a certain extent.
However, a blogger on Weibo previously said that after Tesla updated the version, most of the charging piles cannot support charging of Tesla models. Some people analyzed that charging cannot be started when the vehicle's power is below 30%. This is also a problem that Tesla owners may encounter when charging at high speeds. In addition, the maximum charging power of the State Grid is limited to 60kW, and except for TW, the power level of most charging piles also stops at this level.
Telaidian: no recharge required, joint venture and interoperability
Telaidian not only collects charging piles from other brands, but also has a small number of Telaidian’s own charging piles, including a large number of charging piles. In July this year, Telaidian announced that after it has fully connected to the State Grid, Star Charging, and China Southern Power Grid, new energy car owners can complete charging at 70% of domestic public charging piles through the Telaidian App. This is also one of Telaidian's advantages. one.
After opening the Telaidian App, you need to select a power station search to display the location of charging piles in Beijing, which is directly presented in the form of a map. The range of charging stations in the software is large, and you can choose the distance independently. Each charging point is marked with the number of charging piles in the power station. After zooming in, the number of free fast charging piles (red) and slow charging piles (green) will be directly displayed. The information bar on the lower side will also display the electricity and charging fees. Tewatt's detailed list clearly lists various benefits, such as payment discounts, free recharge of Sesame Credit, etc. It also displays the charging pile environment. As shown in the picture above, the charging station is on the open-air B2 floor.
Payment can also be made through the App, Te Lai Call WeChat and the Alipay applet, which also eliminates the need to download the App and pre-deposit the amount in advance.
Tewatt: requires recharge, few stations, high power?
Tewatt is an exclusive charging station in Beijing and one of the charging stations with the highest charging power in Beijing. It is said that it can be used with Tesla's super charging stations are comparable, but there are not many sites. There are only eight operating power stations in Beijing. The number of charging piles at each charging station is relatively superior. The geographical location is concentrated in the south of Beijing. The entire interface It looks a lot like a taxi app. It is worth noting that three of the eight sites support 400kW fast charging, and the peak charging power of ordinary Twatt charging piles can also reach 150kW.
Tevat implements peak and valley electricity prices, and charging prices are different at different times of the day. Another advantage is that electric vehicles are free of parking fees when charging, and they are free for another 1.5 hours after being fully charged.
Clicking on each charging station will provide detailed information, including the power and charging type of the charging gun, and whether the charging station is above or underground.
The overall charging process requires registration, recharging, and entering the license plate number to start charging, but there is no need to scan codes and other complicated operations later. After completing three charges, the charging pile can recognize the license plate through the camera, and then it can be plugged and charged, eliminating many manual steps.
Xingxing Charging: Interoperability, many brands?
Xingxing Charging is also an App that integrates various brands, including Xingxing, Te Laidian, Weilai and other brands, covering the country There are 161,871 charging stations, and the number in Beijing is 17,277. After clicking on the nearby power station, charging stations within a radius of 2km can be displayed. The lower half of the page is arranged from nearest to far, which can visually display the charging prices and parking fees of different charging piles. The number on the charging station represents the current number of idle charging piles in the power station. Clicking again can display the number of DC and AC power and the idle status. As for some preferential activities of this charging station, you need to click on the details of the charging station to learn about it.
Power-up App: Mainly used for battery swapping stations, compatible with many charging models
Power-up App is a charging software launched by NIO, which not only supports NIO car owners, but also other brands Electric vehicles can also be recharged through this software. Another very meaningful design of the power-up app is the evaluation function. Car owners can evaluate based on the actual situation, and other car owners can decide whether to go to this charging station to replenish energy based on the evaluation. The highest power of NIO’s self-operated charging piles is 105kW and the lowest power is 60kW.
The main page of the power-up app is very clear, divided into one-click power-up, scan code power-up and path planning. The editor believes that path planning is the most user-friendly aspect of the power-up app. The car owner inputs the purpose Afterwards, the software will display the locations of charging piles along the way in a map, which also makes it easier to find suitable charging piles as quickly as possible when you need to replenish energy on the road.
In comparison, the operation of Special Call is the simplest. At the same time, this software does not require recharge but supports direct payment. This also eliminates the need to have a balance of dozens of yuan in each software, which cannot be withdrawn. It’s a problem of not knowing when it will be used up. Information about charging piles is also displayed more intuitively. Tewatt is limited by the number of charging piles and its experience is somewhat lacking. However, car owners commuting south of Beijing may prefer Tewatt. After all, the advantages of free parking fees and fast charging are still very strong.
After all, App is just an auxiliary software to enhance the user experience. To truly occupy the market and retain users, it depends on the actual charging experience of the charging pile, including charging speed, stability, environment and other factors. In the future, we will conduct on-site inspections of the actual charging pile experiences of various brands in Beijing and bring you the real situation of charging piles in Beijing, so stay tuned!
This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.