China must accelerate the construction of charging facilities to clear obstacles for the promotion of new energy vehicles

A few days ago, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released data showing that up to now, China has built 723 charging stations and 28,000 charging piles, and the number of charging piles is far lower than the sales growth
of new energy vehicles.
It is reported that the national level is expected to establish unified charging standards and interfaces, and the landing of policies will further activate the new energy vehicle industry chain
.

Although the industry is optimistic about the prospects of the new energy vehicle market, in addition to the technological innovation of new energy vehicles, the construction of supporting facilities is still the key
.
At present, an important bottleneck in the development of new energy vehicles in China is that charging pile facilities are difficult to support the existing and future increment of new energy vehicles, and the biggest problem restricting consumer purchase is charging piles
.
Industry insiders believe that as long as there is a sufficient number of new energy vehicles, it will naturally drive the construction of
charging piles.
However, it is undeniable that the layout of public charging piles can in turn drive the sales of
new energy vehicles.

Since the beginning of this year, the favorable policies of the charging pile industry have continued to be intensively introduced
.
It is reported that the upcoming "Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Construction Plan" is the top-level design
of charging facility construction.
The "Guiding Opinions on Charging Infrastructure Construction" will further improve the infrastructure construction plan
.
The national level is expected to establish unified charging standards and interfaces, and the implementation of policies will further activate the new energy vehicle industry chain
.
At the same time, local governments are also actively introducing relevant favorable policies
.
Beijing has begun to compile the "Beijing Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Planning Regulations", which will standardize
the interface of charging piles reserved for new buildings in the future, and parking spaces for electric vehicles.
According to the plan, Beijing will build 2,000 new charging piles this year, reaching the level
of an average service radius of 5 kilometers for public charging facilities within the sixth ring road.

In addition, the fast charging network relying on the layout of highways has also taken a solid step: China's first cross-city charging network, the Beijing-Shanghai charging network, has been completed
.
State Grid plans to build 670 fast charging stations and 2,680 charging piles by 2020, when the "four vertical and four horizontal" highway charging network will run through the country, and driving electric vehicles across China will no longer be a dream
.
While public infrastructure charging facilities are being vigorously promoted, related supporting services are also developing
by leaps and bounds.
From the perspective of market conditions, the hot sales of new energy vehicles are bound to attract investment in the field of charging piles, and analysts believe that the response of policies and markets has created a good environment and favorable opportunities
for the large-scale construction of charging piles.

Also advancing this year is the revision
of national standards for electric vehicle charging.
Not only that, the next step of the country will also take the charging facility standards as the standard for the assessment of the demonstration city, that is, whether the charging infrastructure is done in accordance with the national unified standard, such as the charging interface standard, as the assessment condition
for the demonstration city.
These are all prerequisites
worth looking forward to and promoting the rapid development of the new energy automobile industry.
It can be said that unified standards should be introduced as soon as possible, forming a joint force to build a common new energy vehicle supporting infrastructure for all companies, and clearing the way
for the acceleration of new energy vehicles.