At 4 a.m., while many were still asleep, a group of electric car owners had embarked on a journey to find charging piles.
In the winter, the northern nights are very cold, they wear thick down jackets, gloves, and tiptoe out of the house, so as not to disturb the wives and children who are still asleep, and on the way to find the charging pile, they do not dare to turn on the air conditioner, so as not to stretch the already small endurance. At 4 a.m., Lao Fang drove his car to a fast charging station in Niulanshan Town, Shunyi District, where only 1 of the 10 charging piles remained.
Most of these people are electric vehicle owners without private charging piles, most of them are running online car-hailing, only a few private car owners, and the reason why they brave the cold to seize parking spaces in the early morning is because there is no money for parking here, and the price of charging is also lower, from 11 o'clock at night to 7 o'clock in the morning, it is the trough period of electricity prices, and each kilowatt hour of electricity is about 6 cents cheaper than when the peak of the wave. Take a 50 kWh model as an example, charging a battery can save 30 yuan, in order to save a little money, many people choose to drive the car out to charge during this time period. There are also some new energy car owners, the first night to park the car here to charge, people go home to sleep, but in this way, many charging piles other people can not use. Charged until about 6 a.m., the old party's car is also full, and its charging position is quickly replaced by other online ride-hailing cars that have been waiting outside for a long time.
In fact, in addition to online car and taxi, there are also owners of private cars who come here to charge Xiao Jiang, who lives nearby, and goes to work at 7 o'clock, because he did not buy a parking space in Beijing and cannot install charging piles, he generally comes at 5 o'clock to charge, but every time he comes, he has to queue for an hour, charge for 1 hour, and at 7 o'clock just leave for work.
The reason for queuing here is also because the price of other charging stations is relatively high, such as the charging piles of some new car-making forces, not only the unit price of charging is higher, but also the parking fee is charged, if it is full of non-moving cars, it is also necessary to pay overtime fees, and some charging piles in the urban area, although often surplus, but to charge parking fees per hour, like the underground parking lot of Tianqiao Art Center, which will cost 8 yuan per hour.
"On the third and fourth floors of the underground parking lot of tianqiao art center, there are many charging piles, and there are empty seats whenever you go." The reason is simple, charging there, but also charging an additional $8 per hour parking fee. "New energy car owners are as sensitive to parking fees as electricity bills, 8 yuan, very painful."
In addition to many car owners hope to save a little parking fees and charging expenses, in addition, but also because of the serious winter endurance attenuation, exacerbating the tension of these low-cost charging piles, the original endurance of 400 kilometers of models, other seasons can drive more than 300 kilometers, but the winter endurance decay to only run more than 200 kilometers, so that many online car drivers have to charge twice a day, so these charging prices are low, and the charging stations that do not charge parking fees have become the object of contention for many online car-hailing vehicles.
If you install private piles, of course, it is the most ideal situation, the charging cost is low, and convenient, but the reality is that only the owner who has purchased a fixed parking space has the conditions to install private piles, install a private pile of the national grid, need to fix the proof of parking space, but also the property stamp, which is also difficult for many electric vehicle owners who have not bought a house in Beijing, but rented a house.
Every time with the winter, the charging problem of new energy vehicles began to stand out, the mileage was greatly attenuated, electric vehicle owners did not dare to open the warm air, wearing thick clothes to drive, the charging time was greatly extended, and the shortage of charging facilities began to highlight, therefore, the popularity of electric vehicles, there are still many problems that need to be solved, and battery manufacturers and car companies need to continue to work hard.