The electric car repair shop in front of the house is doing well
Henan business journalist wang chun-shin
Yeung guifang, a journalist at henan business
Not long ago, an online article entitled "the pancakes in beijing: 30,000 months" made netizens “shocked." there are many such cases around the communities we live in. An electric car repair shop, for example, is only about five square metres in size, and operators can spend more than $100,000 a year on wind and wind。
According to incomplete statistics, in 2016 there were more than 3 million electric bicycles in the city of zhengzhou, which, while providing transportation facilities, also led to the operation of electric car maintenance, as well as the introduction of electric car door maintenance services through mobile phones app。
The phenomenon
800 meters of street
Five electric car repair shops
At more than 8 p. M., ms. Joo was suddenly flat when she was riding an electric car across the road to kirberlusi。
In the absence of a choice, she pushed the electric car along the nearby street and finally found an electric car repair shop。
The maintenance shop had a telephone number on its door, and after ms. Joo had contacted, the owner arrived and the electric car was repaired in about five minutes. "it's almost 9:00, and i didn't think the owner came by very quickly." ms. Joo was surprised。
Having heard the praise of ms. Joo, the owner of the shop, mr. Lee, was ashamed to rise up, “not just for the sake of urgency, but for the sake of competition
The reporter for henan business noted that mr. Lee runs electric car repair shops on the north side of the road, which are more than 800 metres long and less long, while electric car repair shops are numerous. Mr. Lee's shop is much larger, with more than 10 square metres, and others have only about 5 square metres. Some “stores” are not even “stores”, and a stool and several tool boxes become electric cars “maintenance shops”。
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Hot day repair
He drank almost 20 pounds a day
The 40-year-old lee yongsheng has been running an electric vehicle maintenance business on the north street of the coal warehouse for 14 years, with more than 10 square metres in his shop, which amounts to over 100,000 people per year。
According to li yongsheng, the shop is rented at more than 2,000 rents per month and, in order to save money, the shop is equipped with no air conditioners and only one ceiling fan。
He works at 7 a. M. Every day, comes home at 8 p. M. And has almost no free day. In order to save human costs, he was both a boss and a worker. He didn't have to ask his wife to help because he was too tired。
According to him, the operating conditions between electric car repair shops are not very different and are stable during the season. The main reason for this is the rapid growth in the number of electric cars in recent years, the operation of the electric vehicle maintenance business and the ability to sustain a front if it is to suffer。
Speaking of bitterness, lee yong-sung cannot help but lament, the hardest of which is summer and winter. “there are plenty of vehicles to be repaired in the summer, but all these shops are maintained outside, without the cold, hot sun, and have to work on the ground.” according to him, because of the hot summer weather, he drank almost 20 pounds of water a day, almost “water poisoning”。
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Change the lights, personal paint
Custom service becomes a bright spot
Another electric car repair shop on the north street of the coal warehouse has been open for almost 20 years。
The shopkeeper introduced himself as a bicycle maintenance business and later as the number of electric cars increased, he moved to an electric vehicle maintenance business。
During the visit, journalists found that many shopkeepers and masters were in a similar situation and that businesses such as hardware stores and car maintenance were converted。
Li yongsheng said that there had been just one or two electric car repair shops on a street before, and that in the past two years many people had joined in, and some of the new shops had been created to compete for hospitality。
He cited, for example, the sale of a set of electric car batteries for a profit of $20, some for competitive purposes at a low profit of $10, and others for which customers could not see the truth。
"it's a good industry, there's no threshold for entry, and some people can open a repair shop with a tire." he said。
A number of shops also use various methods in order to bypass numerous electric car repair shops。
From an “early rise” “late return” with a working member to an extended business time, to a study of the trend of electric vehicle epidemics and the customer's “tailored” demand, the electric car repair shop appears to be “growing in line” and is constantly “showing to the customer”, such as the provision of services such as retrofitting lights, personal spray paints, etc., that are popular with young people。
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Couples, relatives
It's hard to form a union and a chain
While there is little business difference between electric car repair shops, there are also people who are trapped in difficult business situations。
A shop in an electric car repair shop on the agricultural road claimed to have told journalists that its own shop was facing a near-rise, because the city was under increased management, could not operate outside the shop, electric car welding, spray paint, etc., and now only routine work such as repairing tyres, selling batteries, repairing electrical circuits, etc., could only cost $100 a day。
“the shop is located in a highly populated area with expensive rents and strict urban management, preferably around a small area, where 78 high-rises can feed an electric car repair shop.” he states that a small section of 2,000 households, based on a conservative calculation of one electric car, had 2,000 electric vehicles, which was sufficient to maintain the normal income of an electric car repair shop。
“the shop is located around a small area, where the customers are stable, where the reputations are easily formed, where it often comes from old customers, and where it is easier to dry for long.” he explained that “some people maintain electric cars on the side of the road, which is similar to mobile traders and can easily be sold off”
In terms of price, the owner of a nearby electric car repair shop stated that the price of electric car maintenance appeared to be non-transparent and was in fact transparent. In the case of chargers, the market price varies from $30 to $50, with little difference. What is truly non-transparent is the maintenance of circuits, etc., because for the users of electric vehicles it is not clear which parts are in trouble and can be easily concealed。
On the operational side, some operators have told journalists that most of these shops exist in the form of a couple's shop, a relative's shop, etc., which appears to be in excess of 100,000 a year, with few remaining to remove human costs and daily expenses。
The operator now runs a branch, which is being considered for closure because of difficulties in hiring workers.” it's an easy trade, and it's hard to form a union store and a chain.” he said。
Question
Online app service outside the door
What are the new forms of the future
The electric car is half way down, and this kind of thing keeps many riders on fire。
In recent years, a number of businesses have been targeting such “accidents”, providing home-to-door maintenance services for electric vehicles, and promoting them on the internet and in the same town。
In january of this year, zhengzhou electric station, “find the donkeys”, declared that it had provided the owners of electric cars in downtown zhengzhou with activities such as door-to-door repairs, battery exchanges and road rescues, and had promised to arrive within 30 minutes, free of charge for service throughout the city. At present, the platform has ceased its operations and staff members have stated that “because it does not make money”。
An insider analysed the large number of electric vehicles in zhengzhou and the “opening of flowers” in the physical shops of zhengzhou for repair of electric cars, and the fact that the nearby repair shops would be able to respond if the motor vehicles were to fail on the roads, which is why the web platform for which the services were provided could not be established for the time being。
“maybe there will be a similar platform in the future, and i personally do not see the possibility of a new horizon.” he said。
