More charging stations
January 9, 2011, Sunday
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STATE Grid Corp of China plans to build more charging stations in Beijing and several other cities this year to meet rising demand for electric vehicles, a Beijing newspaper reported yesterday.
The country's dominant electricity utility will build a network of charging stations in Beijing, Tianjin, Hefei and Nanchang this year, The Beijing News quoted Grid Corp's general manager Liu Zhenya as saying.
The stations will provide batteries that are already recharged, Liu said at the company's annual work meeting in Beijing.
"On average, gasoline-powered cars cost owners about 70 yuan (US$10.60) for fuel to drive 100 kilometers at present. But to travel the same distance in an electric vehicle only costs about 20 yuan," Liu said.
He said batteries will be mostly charged at night and that Grid Corp will recycle used batteries.
The utility built 6,209 pieces of electric vehicle supply equipment at 75 charging stations in 27 cities last year, the newspaper said.
Grid Corp's move is part of the government's effort to promote the development of the electric auto industry, which was listed as one of the country's seven emerging industries in September.
The government plans to increase the annual output of new-energy vehicles to 500,000 units in the next three years, and boost sales to account for 5 percent of total passenger car sales.
The lack of related infrastructure and a common standard for charging devices has hindered the industry's growth, the report said.
The country's dominant electricity utility will build a network of charging stations in Beijing, Tianjin, Hefei and Nanchang this year, The Beijing News quoted Grid Corp's general manager Liu Zhenya as saying.
The stations will provide batteries that are already recharged, Liu said at the company's annual work meeting in Beijing.
"On average, gasoline-powered cars cost owners about 70 yuan (US$10.60) for fuel to drive 100 kilometers at present. But to travel the same distance in an electric vehicle only costs about 20 yuan," Liu said.
He said batteries will be mostly charged at night and that Grid Corp will recycle used batteries.
The utility built 6,209 pieces of electric vehicle supply equipment at 75 charging stations in 27 cities last year, the newspaper said.
Grid Corp's move is part of the government's effort to promote the development of the electric auto industry, which was listed as one of the country's seven emerging industries in September.
The government plans to increase the annual output of new-energy vehicles to 500,000 units in the next three years, and boost sales to account for 5 percent of total passenger car sales.
The lack of related infrastructure and a common standard for charging devices has hindered the industry's growth, the report said.
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