Chinese electric car brands are starting to dare to provide lifetime electric car battery guarantees. Take for example Wuling Motors which provides a lifetime battery guarantee for the Wuling Binguo ev.
Likewise, NETA has joined in providing a lifetime guarantee for NETA V electric car batteries. This condition is quite unique because currently most electric car battery warranties only reach eight years.
So what makes them so brave to provide a lifetime guarantee for electric car batteries? Automotive observer Bebin Djuana told MNC Portal Indonesia, Thursday (7/12/2023) that the offers made by Chinese car brands indicate that they have mastered electric car battery technology.
According to him, the technology owned by electric car brands will reach a point where batteries will no longer be as expensive as they are now.
“So as new players in the automotive market they need to make breakthroughs and provide more value. They are smarter and master the technology. “Old players don’t see that,” explained Bebin Djuana.
Apart from that, Bebin Djuana believes that Chinese automotive brands offer lifetime guarantees because they are sensitive to the situation of electric car consumers. Because the main problem with electric cars is the battery.
“The price is expensive and the service life is relatively short,” he explained.
That’s where the offer of a lifetime guarantee becomes a solution. They want electric car owners to feel safe to the point where electric car batteries are no longer as expensive as they are now.
Knowing the cost of replacing an electric car battery is not cheap. The price of a Wuling Air EV electric car battery reaches IDR 100 million. The price is even more expensive for the Hyundai Ioniq 5, where the battery price reaches IDR 300 million.
