More than 30 cities in China increased subsidies for charging piles

In recent years, the most eye-catching trend in the field of new energy vehicles is the rise and fall of policy-based subsidies. According to the national policy of reducing the subsidy for new energy vehicles by 20% in 2017 compared with that in 2016, and the local fiscal subsidies are no more than 50% of the central subsidy for single vehicle, the subsidy for new energy vehicles has been reduced in many places. Meanwhile, subsidies for charging piles, such as those in Shenzhen, have been raised, more than double last year's figure. In addition, more than 30 cities, including Beijing, Xiamen, Guiyang, Tangshan and Shijiazhuang, have clearly increased subsidies for charging piles.

"Regardless of the rise or fall, subsidies are not market mechanisms, but government regulation means." Professor Zeng Ming, director of the Energy Internet Research Center at North China Electric Power University, said that electric vehicle subsidies have been available for a long time, but the implementation effect has not been satisfactory. Fraud and default have occurred, which is due to incomplete consideration and analysis of the policy. At present, the main contradiction of new energy vehicles is that the car ownership is soaring while the charging pile is not convenient, which is the fundamental reason for the subsidy focus shift.

The convenience of charging piles is not enough, zeng Ming introduced, in addition to the insufficient quantity and unreasonable layout, more importantly, the standard is not unified, the cars and piles produced by different enterprises do not match, causing a lot of trouble. And these problems, not the market body can solve unilaterally, so the subsidy should be timely tilted to the charging pile.

Subsidy tilt good charging pile, from the construction lag to now moderately ahead, and then to the future "explosive" growth, will there be public concern about the "excessive"?

"The current problem is not enough charging piles, far from excessive," said Wang Changqing, general manager of The north China region of Xing Xing, China's largest private electric vehicle charging operator. "The imbalance of vehicle piles is the main contradiction". Effective vehicle piles are more serious than the imbalance. Plus the charging industry has been losing money, it is natural for the government to encourage the construction of more charging facilities.

It is also a good policy guidance to guide new energy vehicle manufacturers to "de-subsidize" and produce more cost-effective and competitive products as soon as possible.

Considering that eu countries have plans to ban the sale of fuel vehicles in 2040, 2030 or even 2025, it is more necessary to plan and arrange charging station facilities in advance. However, in first-mover new-energy vehicle cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the new land for charging stations is an insurmountable bottleneck. At this point, the use of existing gas station resources can be a good choice. According to Wang Changqing, it has the advantages of natural network layout, owner approval, and convenient parking. During the transitional period when oil and streetcar are used together, more oil and electricity stations can be built or rebuilt, leaving a safe distance of 8 meters as stipulated by the national standard. When the era of banning the sale of fuel cars, it can be more convenient to switch to pure charging stations.

As for the mainstream technology route of charging stations, Wang changqing said public charging facilities should also focus on fast charging. Charging time "depends on the charging power, also depends on the car", the current 60 kilowatt, 80 kilowatt DC charging, has achieved the domestic mainstream models about an hour full charge. He revealed that Xing Xing charging is developing 350 kw high-power DC charging device, the end of this year will have a product, when the realization of 5-8 minutes of full charge, the convenience of "just like fuel car refueling".

Of course, the subsidy is tilted towards charging piles, which is also not a market mechanism, but also a transitional arrangement. Both electric cars and charging piles "will eventually go to the market". Zeng Ming and Wang Changqing emphasized at the same time.