"The construction and use of charging piles show different characteristics and difficulties from roads along the road to county-level cities to rural areas, but the more sinking, the fewer charging piles." Ms. Zhang, who drove back to her hometown during the May Day holiday, said. The shortage of charging facilities urgently needs to be addressed. On May 17th, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration issued the Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Charging Infrastructure to Better Support the Rural Revitalization of New Energy Vehicles (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"). The Opinion mentions accelerating the implementation of "full coverage of counties and counties" for charging stations and "full coverage of townships" for charging stations in regions suitable for the use of new energy vehicles. What is the current construction situation of charging stations in towns and counties, and what are the difficulties? Recently, Beijing Business Daily reporters divided their troops and followed charging stations to the countryside, observing and interviewing different application scenarios of charging stations along the way. They found that charging stations still have a long way to go to achieve "full coverage of rural areas". |Frontline investigation | The number of expressways is small, and it is difficult to operate profitably on the expressways in Hebei, Shandong, and Fujian. A reporter from Beijing Business Daily observed 8 service areas of different sizes, all of which have charging stations, typically set up 2-4 charging stations. Seven of the charging stations bear the National Grid logo, while the other two are NIO charging stations. Because during holidays, there are new energy vehicles charging or queuing inside the station. Specifically, when it comes to charging prices, a reporter from Beijing Business Daily found through searches on charging pile operation platforms such as Xindiantu and Tedian that the average charging price for charging piles in high-speed service areas is generally between 1.16 to 2.83 yuan/kWh. Compared to the rows of charging stations in the underground garage of the central urban area, the biggest impression of charging stations on highways is that they are few. It's okay on holiday nights, and there are often queues during the day, "said Mr. Lu, a new energy owner in Beijing. Regarding the overall situation of charging piles on highways, a reporter from Beijing Business Daily contacted the charging pile operation company New Diantu Technology Co., Ltd. Co founder Zheng Lingguo pointed out that, unlike the commonly imagined situation of overcrowding of charging piles on highways, the profitability of charging piles on highways is not so good. During holidays, there are many people and cars, and there are actually not many cars in daily life. Few people go to high-speed charging on weekdays. In addition, a reporter from the Beijing Business Daily found on the first and second-class highway that, compared with the expressway, there are not only few charging piles, but also it is difficult to find them. They can only be found by driving to the core area of a county. In addition, according to Zheng Lingguo, the construction of high-speed charging stations requires dealing with relevant departments of the main body of the high-speed service area. Generally, small enterprises find it difficult to establish smooth connections with the main body of the service area. Even if the connection is established, the land rental price of the service area will be high. In addition, the profitability of high-speed charging stations is relatively low, and the operation and maintenance of high-speed charging stations are difficult and costly. Currently, there are not many charging stations in high-speed charging stations, The main entities are mostly central and state-owned enterprises that do not primarily focus on profit, as well as large car companies with abundant funds and brand wars, such as NIO and Ideal. County-level cities have many private piles, and it is difficult to install residential areas. After a long road journey back to their hometown's small city, the atmosphere of charging piles has become much weaker. Except for the small