Why are electric cars chosen by many taxi drivers?

With the advantage of saving on operating costs and smooth operation, electric cars have become the top choice when buying cars for service.

Save on usage costs

The biggest advantage that makes electric cars the top choice when buying a car for business services is saving on operating costs.

Compared to traditional cars, electric cars offer fuel savings during use as well as future maintenance and warranty costs. Especially now, with the free charging policy for VinFast cars, it helps service drivers optimize costs.

While conventional vehicles usually need to be serviced every 5,000km or 6 months, electric vehicles will need to have their service intervals doubled. Manufacturers recommend that electric vehicles be serviced every 12,000km or 12 months.

Cars have a big advantage in terms of saving on usage and maintenance costs. Photo: VinFast.

Electric cars have fewer parts that need maintenance than internal combustion engine cars. They do not have valves, pistons or moving parts that need lubrication, so they do not need to change oil and still operate stably, safely and efficiently. This helps reduce the cost of replacing spare parts when going for maintenance.

According to some professional reports, on average an electric car costs about 0.061 USD in maintenance costs for 1.6km, but an internal combustion car needs 0.1 USD, saving about 40%.

The drive system in electric cars has 20 fewer parts than internal combustion engine cars, so the cost and maintenance process are also simpler and more economical.

Smooth operation , reduces motion sickness

Many customers who take traditional taxis are easily carsick because of the smell of gasoline and oil from the engine entering the cabin. However, with electric cars, this situation will be completely absent and extremely clean for the passenger experience.

Not getting carsick will help drivers increase the number of customers, thereby earning higher income from running electric taxis compared to gasoline/diesel cars.

With traditional cheap cars, the noise entering the cabin is extremely loud. However, electric cars will reduce this situation because there is no more engine noise, so users will feel more comfortable.

Electric cars still have insurmountable disadvantages in terms of operating range and battery charging time. Photo: Manh Hung.

In addition, today's car models also have the advantage of being equipped with many high-tech entertainment features, making the driving process easier and more comfortable.

For example, the VinFast VF 8 or VF e34 electric cars have smart features such as virtual assistants. This helps users to command air conditioning adjustment and open car windows more easily, helping to reduce operations during driving when requested by customers, thereby increasing safety.

Despite the advantages, electric vehicles still have difficult-to-overcome disadvantages such as short operating range and long battery charging time.

This will force green taxi drivers to gradually change their usage habits, be more proactive in "fueling" their vehicles, and need to plan their actual usage routes.

Source: https://xe.baogiaothong.vn/vi-sao-o-to-dien-duoc-nhieu-tai-xe-taxi-lua-chon-192241220224355496.htm