Does turning on the air conditioner in new energy vehicles consume electricity in summer? Sometimes when you take a taxi, you will see that the online taxi driver hangs a sign in the back seat saying “additional charge for turning on the air conditioner”. Nowadays, pure electric vehicles are generally used to pick up passengers. How much impact does turning on the air conditioner have on the battery life and power consumption of electric vehicles? How much more will it cost?
First of all, this behavior is definitely unreasonable! On a hot day, who would want to take a taxi and sweat like a “steam sauna”? And I’m charged by price, and I haven’t paid less. Why should I pay more for an air conditioner, right?
So will the electric car consume a lot of electricity when turning on the air conditioner? Everyone knows that turning on the heating in electric cars in winter will consume a lot of electricity, because it is completely heated by electric heating wires, just like a high-power electric heater that is always on. You can look at the electric heater at home, which usually starts at 2500 watts. The outdoor environment is cold, and coupled with the extremely low heating efficiency, it is normal to use more than 5 degrees of electricity per hour. In contrast, fuel vehicles generate heat because the engine is running, and make full use of this heat energy, and heating almost does not require additional energy consumption.
In summer, if you turn on the air conditioner, it will of course consume more electricity than not, but the increase in energy consumption is not as high as many people imagine. At least compared with fuel vehicles, electric vehicles are actually more energy-efficient at this time. Because the air conditioner of a fuel vehicle will have a process of converting the kinetic energy of the engine into electrical energy, which is very wasteful. Electric vehicles can be driven directly by the power of the battery. The principle and structure are the same as those of household air conditioners, and the efficiency is actually very high.
You can imagine that a 30-square-meter bedroom can be cooled by a small air conditioner, and it does not need to be turned on all the time. The space in a car is much smaller, so the power of the air conditioner can be lower. After checking the information, the actual power consumption of electric vehicle air conditioning in summer is about 1-2 degrees per hour.
Then we can deduce that first of all, it really doesn’t cost much money. 1-2 degrees of electricity is 1-2 yuan in expenses. Even if you use a public charging pile, plus the charging service fee, it will not exceed 4 yuan, right?
Second, its impact on battery life. The battery capacity of new electric vehicles is at least 70 degrees. The power consumption of air conditioning in one hour is less than 2%. If you drive for 5 hours, it is less than 10%. Converted into mileage, the power consumption of air conditioning in one hour is only about 10 kilometers less, so the impact is really not big. If you are a car owner, as long as the battery is not at the bottom, you really don’t need to be stingy and use the air conditioning boldly.
Then why do online car-hailing drivers still hang the “air conditioning free battle sign”? I think it should be because many online car-hailing vehicles are relatively old, and drivers often like to choose low-end versions to save money, so either the battery capacity is originally small, or the battery quality is poor, and it decays too seriously over time.
In the final analysis, it is not a problem with the air conditioner, but a problem with the battery. If you encounter this situation again, you can explain to the driver to let him know that the air conditioner is really not a big power consumer of the electric vehicle. Finally, remember to sincerely advise: Master, change the car!
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