Gasoline prices soar, drivers switch to electric motorbikes

The trend of changing petrol cars to electric cars

Gasoline prices increased continuously, sometimes exceeding 30,000 VND/liter, creating great pressure directly on technology drivers with characteristics associated with means of transport. Income is “strangled” causing many drivers to think of ways to reduce operating costs, in which the option of converting petrol cars to electric motorbikes is considered by many as a viable option.

In a social networking forum called “Brothers who drive technology and use electric motorbikes”, the number of questions related to the experience of converting and operating electric motorbikes has become the hottest topic in recent weeks. “Who is using an electric motorbike and then give me experience, is it better than using a petrol car? But with the price of gas like now, I must change my job!”, nicknamed Nhuquocvu complained.

VinFast Feliz is used for delivery (Photo: Vinh Duong/facebook)

On many other forums, questions about converting to electric motorbikes also quickly received many positive responses from many experienced drivers. Most believe that using an electric motorbike is “honest” if you know how.

Ngoc Tu, a delivery driver with electric motorbikes, said: “I’ve been using electric motorbikes to ship for 3 years now, delicious! At first, it was not very familiar, switching to an electric motorbike required more calculations, especially knowing the points of battery exchange and battery rental and battery charging. Currently, the most effective use is still VinFast electric motorbikes”.

Not only exciting on social networking forums, the electric motorbike market is also hot, many dealers and showrooms have recorded a recent increase in customer interest in electric motorcycles.

An employee of a shop selling motorbikes and electric bicycles on Hue Street (Hanoi) said that since the Lunar New Year, demand has increased, causing the shop to often fall into a situation where there is no vehicle to deliver in time: About 3 weeks ago, customers coming to see and learn about electric motorbikes nearly doubled, especially when the announced gas price increased sharply, we had to mobilize more people for advice,” this person said.

VinFast’s representative also said that sales of electric motorbikes of the company increased sharply after Tet, an average of about 15,000 vehicles were sold per month, 3 times higher than the same period last year.

VinFast electric motorbikes become “hot goods”

In the trend of discussing about changing gasoline cars to electric cars, VinFast electric motorbikes become “hot goods” because they meet many criteria of technology drivers.

According to Mr. Ngoc Tu, in order to choose the most effective electric motorbike, it must be based on the criteria of production quality, durability, operability, and methods of charging/changing batteries that must be diverse, convenient and convenient. especially operating costs. These are prerequisites for electric motorcycles to operate with high frequency, continuously during the day. Except for VinFast, currently, there is no electric motorcycle company in the market that has a diverse and large-scale ecosystem dedicated to electric motorcycles.

Most technology drivers using electric motorbikes today serve the purpose of delivering goods with fixed routes and distances of about 100-120km/day. Ms. Nguyen Thu Ngan, an experienced driver using VinFast’s Feliz car, said that if calculated carefully and with a plan, electric motorbikes can save millions of money per month compared to running a gasoline car, increasing income for customers. driver.

“I deliver about 150km/day. Every morning, I run until noon to rest for lunch, then plug in the charger, then run again in the afternoon. Calculating that if the day before running 100km to fill up with nearly 70,000 VND, now it only costs about 10,000 VND for charging. Every month I pay 220,000 more to rent the battery and it’s gone, while when I was driving a petrol car, I still had to worry about oil and grease, damage, and couldn’t calculate how much because I didn’t know when it would fail,” Ngan shared.

“The cost for an electric motorbike to operate 100km is only about 6,900 VND if charging at home. On the way, you can go to VinFast’s charging stations, the price of each electric number is about 2,820 VND/number without VAT, or go to 3S repair shops or showrooms to change batteries, costing 25,000 VND/battery. In addition to convenience, running an electric motorbike that knows how to calculate will optimize costs and be more profitable than gasoline motorbikes,” said Thang, a Bee driver.

Not only interested in cost, usability is what technology drivers are most interested in when learning about electric motorcycles. The IP67 waterproof feature is the most loved by many drivers. “From the time I ride an electric motorbike, I feel happy, I have run through 2 rainy seasons, wade freely, the fee has increased, I have received all the orders, many days I have called the rescue to change the battery to continue running, I still get a profit when I get home. ”, Mr. Manh, a delivery technology driver in Ho Chi Minh City is interested in the water resistance of VinFast electric motorbikes.

A VinFast Klara used by a technology driver

In addition, the finishing quality and engine power, price are also what many new drivers are interested in and used drivers are satisfied. Most of VinFast’s electric motorbike models are evaluated with good finishing quality as well as equipped with powerful engines that are superior to gasoline motorbikes in the segment.

The Dinh