Do You Want To Buy An Electric Car? Pay Attention To The Important Things!

 

The trend of owning an electric car in Indonesia is currently growing. Although the price of an electric car cannot be called cheap, the temptation to get a car using electric power is very high. Especially for the segment of pure battery electric vehicle or we know it as BEV. However, what are the things we should consider when we want to buy an electric car? This time, our team has gathered several important things before buying an electric car.

 

1. Where do you want to drive?

The first thing you need to understand is the purpose or purpose of buying an electric car. If you use this car as a daily vehicle in the city, there really won't be any big problems. Especially if you live in a big cities. Charging stations are starting to exist, although they are few and far between. It's not about free even negative benefits in the capital. Also the place in the city is not far. The problem is when you often want to go out of town and use an electric car. So far, a charging station has been installed in the section of the Trans Java Toll Road, but the concern cannot be ruled out. Similarly, the type of electric car sold in Indonesia has not yet reached a reliable level for travel outside the country. Not that you can't, but you have to be careful in planning your trip. Which means you have to mark where you will pay, including the waiting time you can expect to pay for the car.

 

2. Ready for home installation?

If you want to buy an electric car, make sure you have everything you need and a charger ready at home. Even if there is SPKLU, charging at home still needs to be known. In the meantime, PLN has also provided a special service to separate residential electricity meters and stations attached to buildings. In this way, you can also monitor the amount of electricity used for charging without electricity problems at home. That is, if you want to separate them. Don't you want to fail? You can, but of course there is a limit to the amount of electricity your home has.

For example, the Hyundai IONIQ5 needs a minimum of 1,600 Watts of power to charge. However, if you connect the charger to the house electricity, you must have more power than the minimum limit. This is different from the Wuling Air EV which requires a minimum of 2,200 watts of power, and 6,600 watts is recommended for wall charging. So this installation is the first type of investment. Apart from this, you need to change your garage, especially for a garage without electrical equipment.

 

3. Are you ready to change your attitude?

Owning an electric car is completely different from owning a petrol car. Certain attitudes must be changed and you, as an employee, must be willing to change. First, through the charging process. If you use gasoline or diesel, when you get home or work, you can leave the car immediately. For electric cars? It would be better if you take the time to pay. Our equipment is used for this purpose, and the same applies to cars.

Second, you need to plan your trip carefully, including knowing where the charging station is and where the remaining parking space is. Third, you need to adapt to the different characteristics of driving an electric car. Start using torque right away wisely, to get comfortable and responsive braking. Both of these factors are very important because they affect how you drive on the road. The great power and speed in electric cars requires a lot of work when using them.

 

4. Price in the past withdrawals?

Then you will also understand that today many people want to get an electric car. In fact, the manufacturer's contribution is still not great. As a result, many pivots have been made in many popular electric cars such as Hyundai IONIQ5, KIA EV6 and even Wuling Air EV. If you can be patient, you can wait for the unit that you ordered to arrive. But otherwise, the hybrid car option is definitely still worth looking at. Besides the fact that the pivot is long, the price of an electric car is not cheap. It's not about the illegal practice of increasing prices, which is still sometimes seen in many sellers.

 

5. Minimal maintenance, but the battery is not cheap

Since the electric car is simple, the maintenance of the electric car is also not complicated. Electric motors and batteries are often inspected during maintenance. When mechanical devices such as brakes, tires, steering wheel, etc. also require the same maintenance. This makes electric cars easier to manage and potentially cheaper. That's all, you have to understand that the most expensive part of an electric car is the battery. And the battery is something that can be damaged during use. So you have to be prepared when the battery is damaged and needs to be replaced. In fact, the battery of an electric car has many modules, and each module has many cells. Usually only a certain number of cells or modules are affected. Other places are not. However, currently few manufacturers allow replacing only small battery cells or modules. Therefore, it is important to determine the duration of your electric car battery. If there is any damage that requires the battery or battery module to be replaced, at least you can still be "safe" with this warranty. Therefore, these are the important points that you should pay attention to before you decide to buy an electric car. This type of car really gives a new feeling and experience, but you have to be careful with the changes. So what do you think?