Storage lithium forklift leasing and procurement, two modes of cost calculation

Warehousing lithium batteries to replace fuel and lead-acid forklifts has become a trend. Many warehousing and logistics companies or production companies with warehousing needs will tear apart whether to lease or purchase vehicles when choosing vehicles. Reasonable cost estimation is the key to making decisions, and it needs to be dismantled from multiple dimensions according to the company's own situation.

Comparing costs from two types of core input dimensions. Fixed and upfront investment dimensions, the fixed upfront cost of the leasing model is mainly the erformance bond, which has a certain common range in the industry. The first month rent needs to be paid according to the contract. Others do not need to bear vehicle purchase tax fees, compliance licensing related fees, first year full insurance and other expenses. If the enterprise does not have suitable charging facilities, some leasing companies can provide supporting solutions. The fixed upfront cost of the procurement model includes the whole vehicle payment, purchase tax, compliance licensing fees, and first year full insurance. If there are no ready-made charging facilities, additional investment is required for site renovation, charging pile procurement and installation, etc.

In the medium-term use and maintenance cost dimension, the monthly or quarterly rent of the rental model usually includes daily basic maintenance, replacement of vulnerable and consumable parts, regular compliance testing, non-human failure maintenance, etc. Some of them also include free basic operation training, and the monthly expenditure is relatively fixed, which is convenient for enterprises to do budget management. The medium-term cost of the procurement model is scattered and uncontrollable. It needs to bear the cost of daily oil inspection and replacement, regular compliance testing, and replacement of vulnerable and consumable parts. Failure maintenance caused by improper human operation also needs to be paid in full. The daily maintenance of supporting charging facilities, electricity bills, and the cost of external support for operation training are also corporate expenses.

Long-term asset disposal and idle risk dimension, leasing mode lease period to the flexible choice of renewal, leasing or according to the agreed residual value of the purchase, do not need to bear the risk of depreciation and depreciation of vehicles, business fluctuations large enterprises, according to the actual demand to adjust the number of leases, idle when the lease directly to reduce ineffective expenditure. Purchase mode vehicles are fixed assets, with the service life, market environment changes year by year depreciation, disposal need to find suitable channels, asset evaluation, the process is relatively cumbersome, the final transaction price may be lower than expected, idle vehicles will take up warehouse space when the business volume decreases, resulting in basic insurance and other fixed costs.