Beijing, June 9 (Xinhua) According to the Voice of China, as more and more new energy vehicles enter Chinese’s homes, the charging problem will follow. According to the latest data of 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, of which public charging piles accounted for more than half. At present, there are about 40,000 public charging piles in Beijing, ranking first in the country, but there are still many electric vehicle owners in Beijing who say that there are too few public charging piles and charging is very difficult. What is the truth?
According to CCTV reporter’s report, the owner of an electric car told the reporter that mainly on weekends, there are basically all fuel cars parked here, and it is difficult to have a free position. Whether it can be recharged depends on luck.
Mr. He, who also lives in Chaoyang District, Beijing, has the same trouble. Mr. He recently bought a new energy vehicle. Although the charging pile is close to home, every time he comes, he can see that the parking space of the charging pile is occupied by fuel vehicles, and all six parking spaces of the charging pile are full, half of which are occupied by fuel vehicles. Mr. He told reporters that this phenomenon is very common and it also gives him a headache.
After an hour of squatting, the reporter found a car owner who was anxious to find a charging pile to charge. The owner said, "As it is now, my car is running out of electricity. Come here to charge, but all the parking spaces are occupied, so I’ll wait now. There’s nothing I can do."
A similar situation is very common in Beijing. The reporter saw in the new energy vehicle charging station located on the ground floor of a shopping mall in Guomao that there are 20 charging piles. Except for two parking spaces, there are 18 parking spaces on site, of which only two are charging new energy vehicles, and the other vehicles are fuel vehicles.
In addition, in a parking lot in Shijingshan District, Beijing, the reporter found that all the charging piles here were occupied by fuel trucks. The nearby security guards said that the fuel trucks occupied the parking spaces of public charging piles and no one was in charge.
In Beijing’s Regulations on Motor Vehicle Parking, which was officially implemented in May this year, it was clearly stated that non-electric vehicles are not allowed to occupy special parking spaces for electric vehicles, and the traffic management department of the public security organ shall order them to make corrections and impose penalties according to law. However, at present, many fuel vehicle owners do not understand this regulation, and relevant departments need to implement and publicize relevant contents as soon as possible to provide guarantee for charging service operation and maintain service order.
In addition to the occupation of fuel vehicles, there are also new energy owners who reflect a more headache for them, that is, they finally found a parking space with charging piles, but they still can’t charge electricity. According to a CCTV reporter’s investigation, the failure of charging piles has become the focus of complaints from car owners. Some people say that after trying several piles, they can’t charge electricity, and a lot of parking fees are wasted. In a ground parking lot in Shijingshan District, Beijing, Mr. Li, who came to charge, said the problem he encountered in charging: "The charging pile is broken. I am also charging at Xisanqi, and basically half of them are bad. "
According to Mr. Li’s reflection, the reporter went to a parking lot near Lu Gu Street and found that there were three public charging piles, but when he got closer, he found that one of the charging piles was a black screen. The reporter wiped it with his hand and there was a thick layer of ash on it. Although the screens of the other two charging piles were on, the screens showed that the equipment was out of service and the charging stun guns had been damaged.
In an open-air parking lot in the West Third Ring Road, the reporter found Mr. Liu who was making a maintenance call. He told the reporter that because there is no charging pile at home, the public charging pile is his only source of endurance, but he often encounters charging pile failures, such as the screen is broken and the stun gun is broken.
About an hour or so, the operation and maintenance repairman arrived at the scene for maintenance. The operation and maintenance repairman said: "It is mainly because of the problem of the new and old national standards for electric vehicles. Our current charging piles are all in the new national standard 2015 version. Many of our electric vehicles before 2017 were in the old national standard 2011 version, which led to a mismatch between the charging gun of the new national standard and the interface of the vehicle. It is necessary to give him an artificial unlock. "
The operation and maintenance repairman told the reporter that due to the increasing number of electric vehicle users in Beijing, the work intensity is very high now. The operation and maintenance involves about 1,800 piles, and basically about 150 work orders are received every day. The relevant person in charge told the reporter that the main maintenance at present is the external accessories of charging piles, such as screens, handles, buttons and so on, with high maintenance rate and failure rate.
Chen Haiyang, head of the department of 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 failures every day and replace spare parts. Therefore, I hope that electric car owners can care for and use charging piles correctly. "
The number of charging piles in Beijing ranks first in the country, but it is hard to find in the process of use. How to solve this situation? Xu Yanhua, secretary-general of China Electric Vehicle Charging Foundation Promotion Alliance, believes that charging facilities are public and public welfare, so it is necessary for the government, automobile industry, charging facility operation industry, property and other social forces to work together to build the whole development environment of charging facilities.
The reporter’s investigation found that at present, although the utilization 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, increasing the utilization rate of public charging piles and giving new energy owners a better user experience.
Shi Shuanglong, head of the construction and operation center of the smart car networking platform of the State Grid, said that the ground lock has been installed in places with high utilization rate. When the electric car owner comes and needs to scan the code to start charging, the ground lock can be lowered, and the fuel car can’t use this parking space without charging. At present, the charging pile can judge 50 types of faults by itself, and it will be automatically uploaded to the platform when faults occur. When the platform monitors the charging pile, it will distribute the maintenance work order in real time, and the maintenance personnel are required to take the order in 15 minutes and arrive at the scene within one hour in the city.
With the continuous expansion of the development space of the electric vehicle market, it is urgent to solve the problem of charging public charging piles, otherwise it will in turn restrict the popularization of electric vehicles. Zhao Qiang, an expert on new energy vehicles, said that it needs multi-head management and maintenance, including the government, enterprises and individuals. Through multi-party governance, all of us can work together to make the charging (pile) station healthier and better meet the actual needs of ordinary consumers, both now and in the future.
In addition, experts also stressed that public charging piles can not be built at once, but also need to focus on the long-term, and the necessary support and cultivation are indispensable. On the one hand, policy guarantee should be given to provide institutional guarantee for charging service operation and maintain service order; On the other hand, we should mobilize the enthusiasm of new energy vehicle consumption, and improve the utilization rate of new energy vehicle charging piles by expanding the market and improving services.
The Guide for the Development of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (2015-2020) points out that by 2020, China will build 4.8 million charging piles to meet the charging requirements of 5 million new energy vehicles, including 500,000 distributed charging piles and 4.3 million private charging piles. There are only two years left in 2020, and I hope that the situation of "hard to find" will no longer appear.