1900 yuan to lift the galloping pony, buying a car is cheaper than a mobile phone? Sales: fake, played on words

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Blue Whale News, February 12 (Reporter Li Zhuoling)Recently, the topic that many A00-class micro electric vehicles will be sold for only a thousand yuan after being subsidized has attracted attention.

According to posters posted online, the price of many models, including the Pentium Pony, Chery QQ Ice Cream, and Geely Panda MINI, is less than 10,000 yuan after being added with national scrapping subsidies. Among them, the Pentium Pony only sells for 1900 yuan, and the latter two starts at 7900 yuan. The poster also triggered heated discussions among netizens. Many people shouted, Is it cheaper to buy a car than to buy a mobile phone? Even if it costs 2,000 yuan to buy an electric two-wheeled vehicle, some people said that the routine was here.

So, does the terminal really have such a big discount?

On February 12, Blue Whale News called to consult FAW Pentium’s official customer service. Relevant staff said that there are currently activities such as replacement. For details, you can contact the 4S store, but I have not heard that 1900 yuan can lift a car.

“No, the Internet is full of false propaganda and some word games are played.” rdquo; A salesperson at a Pentium store in Guangzhou explained to Blue Whale News that to apply for the national scrapping subsidy, there is first a battery life requirement (more than 200KM), and secondly, a qualified old car needs to be scrapped.“This car does not have as much discount. Even if there are qualified cars to be scrapped, the subsidy of 20,000 yuan will still cost more than 10,000 yuan. It is impossible to drop to 1900 yuan.& rdquo;The person also bluntly said that there have been many people asking about this matter in recent days, basically asking whether thousands of yuan can be withdrawn, and 1900 yuan is the lowest statement he has heard.

In January this year, the General Offices of eight departments including the Ministry of Commerce issued a notice on doing a good job in replacing old cars with new ones in 2025. The notice states that in 2025, individual consumers will be scrapped for gasoline passenger cars registered before June 30, 2012 (inclusive), diesel and other fuel passenger cars registered before June 30, 2014, or 2018 New energy passenger cars registered before December 31, A one-time fixed subsidy will be given to purchase new energy passenger cars or fuel-fueled passenger cars with a displacement of 2.0 liters and below that are included in the “Catalogue of New Energy Vehicle Models Subject to Vehicle Purchase Tax Reduction” by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. A subsidy of 20,000 yuan will be provided for scrapping the above-mentioned eligible old cars and purchasing new energy passenger cars; a subsidy of 15,000 yuan will be provided for scrapping the above-mentioned eligible fuel-fueled passenger cars and purchasing fuel-fueled passenger cars with a displacement of 2.0 liters or less.

In terms of new energy vehicle purchase tax exemptions, according to the “Announcement on Adjusting the Technical Requirements for New Energy Vehicle Products for Vehicle Purchase Tax Exemption and Exemption” issued at the end of 2023, starting from June 1, 2024, new energy vehicles that enjoy vehicle purchase tax exemptions must meet the technical requirements of new energy vehicle products. Among them, in terms of pure electric passenger cars, the pure electric driving range of new vehicles must be greater than or equal to 200KM before they can be exempted; The second is the mass energy density of the power battery system. The mass energy density of the power battery system of a new car must be greater than or equal to 125Wh/kg before it can be exempted.

Blue Whale News saw on the official website of FAW Pentium that there are three versions of the closely watched Pentium Pony model on sale this time, with a market guidance price of 24,900 yuan to 36,900 yuan. However, two of the three versions have a battery life of less than 200KM. If the highest-equipped Smart Horse applies for a scrapping subsidy, it will ultimately cost 16,900 yuan.According to Chery New Energy’s official website, the QQ Ice Cream Youth Edition offers 8 configurations, 5 of which have a battery life of less than 200KM. The configurations that have conditions to apply for scrapping subsidies (official guidance price starting from 39,900) will eventually cost 19,900 yuan after being added with discounts. Geely Panda MINI offers five configurations, two of which are less than 200KM. The configurations that can apply for scrapping subsidies (official guidance price starts at 49,900 yuan) will eventually start at 29,900 yuan after being added with discounts.

Picture source: Screenshot from the official website of the automobile company

Although the online rumor that the selling price below 10,000 yuan is false,However, since the beginning of this year, the performance of the A00-class pure electric mini-vehicle market has increased.According to the latest data from the Passenger Transport Association, in January this year, the market for A00+A0 economic electric vehicles in the pure electric market was better, of which A00 wholesale sales were 117,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 36%, accounting for 23% of pure electric.