With the rapid development of new energy vehicles in China, car companies in Europe, the United States, South Korea and other places have also begun to transform to electrification. In contrast, Japan seems to lag behind the mainstream development trend. As a traditional car country, Japan Why not focus on building pure electric vehicles? The main reasons are as follows:
1. The construction of charging infrastructure is difficult
If you want to popularize pure electric vehicles, the most basic condition is a complete charging infrastructure, but as we all know, Japan is a very small country with a population density that is more than five times the world's average population density, and the per capita land area is only 0.003 square kilometer.
That is to say, Japan is a country where every inch of land is expensive. If you want to build a nationwide charging and supplementary network, it will be very difficult and capital investment. This is one of the main reasons restricting the development of pure electric vehicles in Japan.
2. Insufficient power reserve
Due to Japan's high population density and the average frequency of earthquakes as high as 1,500 per year, even in daily life, Japan's power grid can barely meet the normal power supply, and the size of the country also limits the development of power storage.
Moreover, Japan's coal is close to 100% completely dependent on imports, and the power supply of thermal power generation is very limited, and there is no surplus power reserve to support the development and manufacture of pure electric vehicles.
3. The cost advantage of using a car is not prominent
Due to the shortage of power resources, the electricity bill in Japan is also very expensive. In conversion, the average kWh of electricity costs 2 yuan. Even if the power consumption of many pure electric cars is 10kWh/100km, the cost of using a car for 100 kilometers is 20 yuan.
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With the rapid development of new energy vehicles in China, car companies in Europe, the United States, South Korea and other places have also begun to transform to electrification. In contrast, Japan seems to lag behind the mainstream development trend. As a traditional car country, Japan Why not focus on building pure electric vehicles? The main reasons are as follows:
1. The construction of charging infrastructure is difficult
If you want to popularize pure electric vehicles, the most basic condition is a complete charging infrastructure, but as we all know, Japan is a very small country with a population density that is more than five times the world's average population density, and the per capita land area is only 0.003 square kilometer.
That is to say, Japan is a country where every inch of land is expensive. If you want to build a nationwide charging and supplementary network, it will be very difficult and capital investment. This is one of the main reasons restricting the development of pure electric vehicles in Japan.
2. Insufficient power reserve
Due to Japan's high population density and the average frequency of earthquakes as high as 1,500 per year, even in daily life, Japan's power grid can barely meet the normal power supply, and the size of the country also limits the development of power storage.
Moreover, Japan's coal is close to 100% completely dependent on imports, and the power supply of thermal power generation is very limited, and there is no surplus power reserve to support the development and manufacture of pure electric vehicles.
3. The cost advantage of using a car is not prominent
Due to the shortage of power resources, the electricity bill in Japan is also very expensive. In conversion, the average kWh of electricity costs 2 yuan. Even if the power consumption of many pure electric cars is 10kWh/100km, the cost of using a car for 100 kilometers is 20 yuan.
At present, the K-car car or even the gasoline-electric hybrid model that is very popular in Japan has the same level of vehicle cost. In contrast, fuel vehicles in Japan do not have to worry about the convenience of energy replenishment.
4. Too much investment in the development of hydrogen energy
As early as a long time ago, Japanese car companies such as Toyota, Honda, and Nissan have begun to enter hydrogen energy and established their own technical patent barriers. However, it is unexpected that other countries have chosen to find another way, and Japan still has no hydrogen energy. Realize the popularization of hydrogen energy.
Under such circumstances, Nissan and Honda have successively stopped the research and development of hydrogen energy, but they have invested too much in the route of hydrogen energy before, so that Japanese car companies have become very conservative in their investment in pure electric vehicles. Can't make a good pure electric car.
Why is only China promoting electric vehicles?
At present, China is not the only one that is promoting electric vehicles. Apart from China, many European countries are now actively promoting electric vehicles. The reason why China is the most successful promotion is mainly because of its national conditions.
At this stage, most of China's power reserves are sufficient or even surplus, and the country has a vast land area, which has a solid foundation to vigorously develop charging networks. Compared with other countries, China's electricity prices are also relatively cheap, and electric vehicles The cost advantage of using a car is quite prominent.
In addition, the country's strong support for new energy vehicles and the development of new energy sources by the Chinese auto industry to achieve cornering overtaking are also important reasons why China can quickly realize the popularization and promotion of electric vehicles.
