Zhou Rongfeng, deputy director of the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of transport of China, disclosed at a press conference held by the Ministry of transport on the 26th that at present, 3102 expressway service areas in China have built charging and replacement infrastructure, and about 13374 charging piles have been built, mainly in the eastern regions such as Beijing Tianjin Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, with relatively low coverage in the western and northeast regions.
It is reported that China Shanxi Guoxin Energy Corporation Limited(600617) automobile industry has entered a stage of explosive growth. In 2021, the sales of Shanxi Guoxin Energy Corporation Limited(600617) vehicles in China reached 3521000, with a year-on-year increase of 1.6 times, ranking first in the world for seven consecutive years. However, many new energy owners suffer from charging problems when traveling. During the National Day holiday in 2021, the topic of “one pile is difficult to find” in the expressway service area once rushed to the hot search of social media.
Zhou Rongfeng said that compared with the rapid development of new energy vehicles, charging facilities along the highway do have problems such as lagging development, insufficient setting and insufficient coverage.
Zhou Rongfeng said that this year, the Ministry of transport will accelerate the construction of charging infrastructure along the highway. Recently, the Ministry of transport, together with the national energy administration and other departments, has studied and drafted an action plan to accelerate the construction of charging infrastructure along the highway. It is proposed to accelerate the formation of a charging facility network along the highway with “fixed charging facilities as the main body and mobile charging facilities as the supplement” in accordance with the principle of “pile station first, supply promoting demand, adjusting measures to local conditions, classified promotion, extensive coverage, moderate advance, universal openness, intelligence and efficiency”, Continuously meet the growing demand for electric vehicle charging.
Zhou Rongfeng revealed that at present, the action plan is soliciting opinions from all localities. The Ministry of transport will revise and improve according to the feedback, print and distribute it to all localities for implementation as soon as possible, and promote the effective coverage of charging infrastructure network along the highway.
