China has about 2 million new energy vehicles and more than 450,000 charging piles

According to the latest data from the China electric vehicle charging infrastructure promotion alliance, by the end of April this year, the number of new-energy vehicles in China was about 2 million, and there were more than 450,000 charging piles nationwide, among which more than half were public charging piles. There are about 40,000 public charging piles in Beijing, the largest number in the country, but many electric car owners in the city say there are too few public charging piles, making charging difficult. What's the truth?

According to CCTV reporters, an electric car owner told reporters that the main reason is that on weekends, the parking here is basically all fuel vehicles. It is difficult to have a free position. Whether it can be charged or not depends on luck.

Mr. He, who also lives in Chaoyang District, Beijing, has the same problems. Mr. He recently bought a new energy car. Although the charging pile is very close to home, every time I can see that the charging pile is occupied by the fuel truck, the six charging piles are full of cars, half of which It is occupied by a fuel truck. Mr. He told reporters that such a phenomenon is very common and it also makes him a headache.

After an hour, the reporter found a car owner who was anxious to find a charging pile. The owner said: "Like this is the case, my car's electricity is running out, come here to charge, but the parking space is occupied, so I will wait now, no way."

A similar situation is very common in Beijing. The reporter saw in the new energy vehicle charging station in the underground of a shopping mall in Guomao that there are 20 charging piles. Except for the two parking spaces, the 18 cars in the parking space are parked. Only two of them are new energy vehicles that are being recharged, and all other vehicles are fuel vehicles.

In addition, in a parking lot located in Shijingshan District of Beijing, the reporter found that all the charging piles here were occupied by fuel vehicles. The nearby security guards said that the parking spaces occupied by the fuel vehicles occupied by the public charging piles were not managed at all.

The "Beijing Motor Vehicle Parking Regulations" officially implemented by Beijing in May this year clearly stated that non-electric vehicles should not occupy special berths for electric vehicles. In violation of the regulations, the traffic control department of the public security organ shall order corrections and impose penalties according to law. However, many current fuel vehicle owners do not understand this regulation. Relevant departments need to refine and implement relevant content as soon as possible to provide guarantees for charging service operations and maintain service order.

In addition to the fuel car occupancy, there are also new energy owners who reflect a problem that makes them more headaches. It is that they have found a parking space with a charging pile, but they still can't charge. According to a CCTV reporter's investigation, the charging pile failure has become the focus of complaints from the owners. Some people spoke out that they tried to charge several piles without charging, and many white parking fees. In a ground parking lot in Shijingshan District, Beijing, Mr. Li, who came to charge, said that he had a problem with charging: "The charging pile is broken. I am charging on the west side of the three flags, basically half of them are bad. ”

According to Mr. Li’s reflection, the reporter went to a parking lot near Lugu Street and found that there were three public charging piles. However, when I approached, I found that one of the charging piles was a black screen. The reporter wiped it with a hand and it was thick. The thick layer of ash, although the screen of the other two charging piles is on, but the screen shows that the device is suspended, and the charged stun gun has been broken.

In an open-air parking lot in the West Third Ring Road, the reporter found Mr. Liu, who was on the repair phone. He told reporters that because there is no charging pile at home, the public charging pile is his only source of battery life, but he often encounters charging pile failure. For example, the screen is broken and the gun is broken.

About an hour or so, the operation and maintenance inspector arrived at the scene for maintenance. The operation and maintenance inspector said: "Mainly because of the new and old national standard of electric vehicles. Our current charging piles are all new national standard 2015 version. Many electric vehicles before 2017 are the old national standard 2011 version of the vehicle, resulting in the charging of the new national standard. There is a mismatch between the gun and the vehicle's interface, and you need to manually unlock it."

The operation and maintenance inspector told reporters that due to the increasing number of electric car users in Beijing, the intensity of work now is very large. The operation and maintenance involves about 1,800 piles, and basically 150 work orders are to be taken every day. The relevant person in charge told the reporter that the main maintenance is the external parts of the charging pile, such as the screen, the line, including the button and other maintenance rate and failure rate is very high.

Haiyang Chen, head of the State Grid Beijing Electric Power Company, said that nearly 60% of the workload in the operation and maintenance work is to deal with these man-made damages every day and replace spare parts. Therefore, it is hoped that electric vehicle owners can care for and use the charging pile correctly. ”

The number of charging piles in Beijing is the first in the country, but it is hard to find in the process of use. How to crack such a situation? Yanhua Xu, secretary-general of the China Electric Vehicle Charging Foundation Promotion Alliance, believes that charging facilities have publicity and public welfare. Therefore, the government and the automobile industry, the charging facility operation industry, and the social forces such as the property are required to work together to charge. The entire development environment of the facility is well established.

The reporter's investigation found that although the usage rate of public charging piles in Beijing is still around 10%, such charging data has been significantly improved compared with 2016 and 2017. A number of charging pile operators said that they are actively improving related services, improving the utilization rate of public charging piles, and giving new energy owners a better user experience.

Shuanglong Shi, head of the National Grid Smart Vehicle Networking Platform Operation and Maintenance Center, said that the ground locks have been installed in places with high utilization rates. The electric car owner needs to scan the code to start charging, the ground lock can be lowered, and the fuel car cannot use this parking space without charging. The charging pile can now judge 50 types of faults, and will automatically upload to the platform when a fault occurs. When the platform monitors the charging pile, it will dispatch the maintenance work order in real time. The maintenance personnel will request the order within 15 minutes and arrive at the scene within one hour in the city.

As the development space of the electric vehicle market continues to expand, it is imperative to solve the problem of charging the public charging pile. Otherwise it will in turn restrict the popularity of electric vehicles. Qiang Zhao, a new energy vehicle expert, said that it requires long-term management and maintenance, including government, enterprises and individuals. Through multi-party governance, everyone can make the charging (pile) station become healthier and more satisfying to ordinary consumers, now and in the future. Actual needs.

In addition, experts also stressed that public charging piles cannot be built, but also need to focus on the long-term, necessary support and cultivation cannot be missing. On the one hand, it should give policy protection, provide institutional guarantee for charging service operation, and maintain service order; on the other hand, it should mobilize the enthusiasm of new energy new car consumption, and increase the utilization rate of new energy vehicle charging pile by expanding market and improving service.

The "Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Development Guide (2015-2020)" pointed out that by 2020, China will build 4.8 million charging piles to meet the requirements of charging 5 million new energy vehicles, including 500,000 decentralized charging piles. There are 4.3 million private charging piles. There are only two years left in 2020, and I hope that the situation of "one hard to find" will no longer appear.

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