"Charging for one hour and queuing for four hours", the high-speed power shortage scene of new energy vehicles during the National Day is vividly remembered. In the blink of an eye, it is the Spring Festival, have the owners of new energy vehicles given up their expectations of going home for the New Year because of their previous embarrassment?
If you're in a hurry home for Chinese New Year's Eve meal, why not let the car eat first? There are clouds in the art of war, soldiers and horses do not move, and grain and grass go first. It is said that before the Spring Festival this year, a total of 61.5 pairs of service areas in Hunan were equipped with 121 charging stations and 425 charging parking spaces. "121" new energy vehicles Chinese New Year's Eve meal, is this still not enough to eat?
Dumplings prepared | years ago, delicious but "special charge"
Private new energy vehicle owners, in theory, have private charging piles purchased by car companies when buying cars, but the beautiful vision of "one car and one pile" is still some distance away from us.
Shen Hui, the founder of WM, lamented on his personal social media account: "This year (2021), WM delivered more than 40,000 vehicles, but nearly 20,000 charging piles distributed with the car could not be delivered. In addition, Weilai Automobile also said that the installation rate of private piles of its brands only hovered at 60%.
It is more difficult to achieve "one car and one pile", which is not only the objective reason for the shortage of parking spaces in the old residential area, but also the cumbersome procedural reasons for the approval documents of the relevant departments such as the property, as well as the additional power load brought by vehicle charging to the community, and the cost of grid expansion is difficult to evenly share. A variety of reasons for the combined effect, resulting in the current private charging pile into the community is sometimes not an easy task.
Under the premise of tight private piles, brand exclusive charging stations and charging piles are both welfare and tight resources.
Tesla, which has always had no car price concessions, the biggest "discount" given to the early owners is a limited amount of overcharging free permissions; the owners of the early purchase of Weilai enjoy the right to change electricity free of service fees 4 times a month... "Special charge" is like dumplings in the Chinese New Year's Eve meal, not necessarily mountain treasures, but it must eat two bites, one is the festival, the other is fragrant and full.
On January 30, the reporter drove a Tesla at the supercharging station at the bridge of the Yinbinling Bridge in Hexi to fully charge the vehicle and "eat" for the next year's travel. In the half hour of charging, several Teslas come here from time to time to charge. During the charging waiting, several car owners chatted idly, and were not in a hurry to travel far during the festival, so that the car "full" became a habit.
"More than 400 kilometers of endurance is estimated to be in the city after the Spring Festival, even if you want to charge, no one is estimated to have grabbed the super charging pile with me." A Model 3 owner rubbed his hands and smiled and said, "The southernmost part of the city to Huanyu City, the northernmost to Sany, to the west there is Meixi Lake Backgammon, IFS, Wuyue high-speed rail... Several large business districts have supercharging, visit a shopping mall to charge up, what is the hurry? The supercharge is almost full in an hour, but it is more urgent to visit the mall, otherwise it will charge a placeholder fee, which is more expensive than charging. ”
Compared with Tesla's overcharge, Weilai car owners who enjoy the rights and interests of power exchange are more casual. Mr. Gong, a Changde man, went back to his hometown for the night before the festival, did not rush to change the car, and set off the next day with a family of four. "I can hardly use the private pile at home, and changing the electricity four times a month is enough for me." There are also private piles back to the hometown, and it is guaranteed that the back and forth is often full of electricity on the road. ”
Braised fish | there are fish every year, and there must be "Yu" on the highway
The embarrassment of high-speed charging during the National Day is still vividly remembered, which makes many new energy car owners more or less prepared in advance: full power departure, prepare a highway charging map, no matter how much endurance, leave 1/3 of the endurance emergency...
Similarly, in order to avoid the recurrence of previous embarrassments, Hunan High-speed Group has also made corresponding preparations. At the previous ventilation meeting, it was said that before the Spring Festival in 2022, the province put into operation a total of 61.5 pairs of 121 charging stations in the service area and 425 charging parking spaces. This figure is more than double the high-speed charging capacity of Hunan during the National Day.
In Hunan, the G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway 16.5 pairs of service areas will achieve full coverage of charging piles, G60 Shanghai-Kunming Expressway 8 pairs of service areas, G5513 Changzhang Expressway 3 pairs of service areas, G56 Hangrui Expressway 6 pairs, G65 Baomao Expressway 5 pairs, G72 Quannan Expressway 5 pairs and G76 Xiamen Rong Expressway 4 pairs of service areas, to achieve a high-density layout of charging piles. In addition, the charging stations in the service areas around the key tourist attractions in the province, such as Taohuayuan, Dawei Mountain, Furong Town, Kunshan Mountain and Maoyan River, have also been completed and put into operation, opening up the charging network between the majority of car owners to popular tourist attractions in the province through the Hunan Expressway.
At first glance, the current Hunan high-speed charging network coverage is still good, and it should be OK to deal with the Spring Festival new energy vehicle travel, but the world is unpredictable, it is recommended that the owners of new energy vehicles on the road are still vigilant.
A bite of fish and lamb dumplings may really be able to taste the "fresh"!
According to Tesla's data, as long as the city is not very remote, Tesla's charging pile can be seen within 150km of its Chinese high-speed network. Dense high-speed charging network + brand charge, it seems that charging will not be as tense as imagined.
Of course, the biggest "unpredictability" in the Spring Festival high-speed charging network still comes from the charging pile that cannot be charged.
On the 30th, the reporter drove in the Xiangxiang Shuifu Temple service area to see that several new STATE GRID DC charging piles (fast charging) were built in the service area, but the pile was posted with the prompt that "the charging pile has not yet been delivered and used". This left the reporter to continue looking for other charging stations and available charging piles.
High-speed charging pile, can be checked and unusable, like a fish thorn throat, urgent and helpless.
Cold dishes | tram small details are not ignored, cold dishes are appetizers
Compared with traditional oil vehicles, the advantage of new energy vehicles is to save travel costs, and more electronic equipment makes travel more colorful. But it's still a car, it's still a means of transportation. No matter what kind of Chinese New Year's Eve rice, it is indispensable to the appetizer of cold dishes. Some details of the new energy vehicle before traveling should still be paid attention to, just like those few cold dishes, lost and boring, and intentional.
Long-term idle vehicles should also be charged: gasoline vehicles do not start for a long time, small batteries can also run photoelectric, and the same is true for new energy vehicles. Of course, the idle running power of new energy vehicles should be measured in months, and there is no problem with a few days of power outages, and it is recommended to charge the power to 80% before idle.
It can also be charged on rainy days: New energy vehicles have extremely high requirements for waterproofing, so there is nothing to worry about charging the car on rainy days. However, it is necessary to do a good job of corresponding protection and have a sense of security. Therefore, it is possible to charge the car on rainy days, but during the charging operation, it is necessary to use umbrellas and other items for shielding protection, ensure that the charging port and charging gun are in a dry state, and keep the hands dry when plugging and unplugging the electric gun and closing the vehicle charging cover. In case of bad weather such as thunderstorms or typhoons, try not to choose outdoor charging.
Pay attention to the safety of the charging environment: to the regular charging pile or charging station for charging, do not go to the informal place for charging. In particular, it should be noted that do not fly wire charging, such a charging method is likely to cause spontaneous combustion of new energy vehicles. If charging in winter, it is best to choose indoors, because the low temperature outside will have a greater impact on the power battery pack.
Plan well and do not blindly use electricity: When traveling long distances, pay attention to planning the itinerary and investigate the distribution of charging piles and charging stations on the road in advance. If possible, it is best to bring a charging gun with the car in case of emergency. There must be some discount on vehicle battery life in winter, even in the south, especially in Hunan, which is still snowing from time to time this year. Electric vehicles can consume more electricity in winter than in summer, and once they encounter traffic jams or charging queues, properly use vehicle air conditioners and other electrical appliances in the car to avoid more energy loss.
Assisted driving is not a panacea: most of the new energy vehicles on the market have high intelligent assisted driving functions, even if some auxiliary driving levels are quite high, it is still recommended to travel on the road to manual driving, after all, the changeable road conditions and weather environment may cause interference to vehicle auxiliary driving. Rational use of vehicle auxiliary driving functions, manual and cautious driving is the safest.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Mao Chuan
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