Open the phone, scan the code to pay, carry the gun to insert... With the sound of "beep", Cao Qi, a Sichuan boy who returned to Guangzhou from his hometown along the Xiamen Rong Expressway, drove into the Xuyong service area and began to charge his car.
At noon on February 9, vehicles continued to drive into the Xuyong service area of the Xiamen Rong Expressway, and hundreds of cars were parked on the square, most of which were returning to the city. Cao Qi, who is in his 30s, is one of them, driving a gray new energy vehicle. At the charging station on the right side of the Xuyong service area, there are four charging piles with 8 parking spaces, and only two cars are charging at this time.
In recent years, there are more and more green license plate cars in Luzhou urban area, although the charging facilities have been gradually improved, but after the electric vehicle is on the highway, whether there is a charging station and whether it can be charged quickly has become a headache for many car owners.
Starting from 2022, 8 pairs of service areas and 68 charging piles of 4 expressways in Luzhou, including Xiarong, Chengdu-Chongqing Ring Line, Xugu and Lurong, have been put into use.
Charge for 30 minutes and run at least 200 kilometers
The new charging station in the Xuyong service area of Xiarong Expressway adopts 120kW DC charging piles, and obvious signs are set up at the entrance for guidance. When charging, the new energy owner can charge according to the operation instructions and complete the payment by scanning the code, recharge card and so on.
According to the staff of The Xuyong Service Area, according to the battery capacity of the mainstream new energy vehicles in the current market, the new energy car owner only needs 30 minutes to complete the power replenishment, and the charging fee is strictly in accordance with the approved price of the local development and reform department, and the price per kilowatt hour is about 1 yuan.
In the charging area, Cao Qi was holding a pot helmet in his hand. In a "buzzing" sound, the data on the charging pile display keeps jumping. After charging for 25 minutes, the battery display changed from yellow to green, and the charging capacity increased from 40% to 82%. "It is too convenient to install charging piles in the service area, and the kung fu of eating a meal can fill the car with electricity, and then you can run at least 400 kilometers, even if there is no charging pile on the road, there is no problem in running to Guiyang." Cao Qi said.
The new energy charging station in the Xuyong service area is composed of 4 white charging piles and 8 charging guns, each charging pile is about 1.7 meters high, and two DC charging plugs are set up, which can meet the charging needs of logistics vehicles, private cars, trucks, buses and other vehicles in many ways. When the vehicle is charging, the display can display the time charged, the amount charged, the amount of charged, the time remaining, etc.
"Now the traffic on the highway has soared, and electric vehicles are not in the minority." Mr. Luo, a new energy vehicle owner who often travels to and from Sichuan and Qian, said that compared with refueling, the charging time is longer, but charging for 30 minutes to 1 hour can at least run more than 200 kilometers, which greatly facilitates travel.
It is understood that the utilization rate of charging stations in the service area layout in Luzhou is not high. According to the staff of The Xuyong Service Area, because the charging station has just been built, it is being launched on the "Shudao Changchong" Mini Program, AutoNavi Map and other functional software. At present, it has increased from the initial few new energy vehicles per day to more than 10 units per day, and the growth trend is more obvious.
A number of charging stations in the service area in Luzhou were put into use
"After the new energy vehicle charging station in Luzhou was built one after another, I replaced my car with a new energy vehicle. After buying a car, I found that it was no problem to drive in the city, and once I wanted to go far, I was worried about charging problems, because many high-speed service areas were not equipped with charging stations. Luzhou new energy owner Su Su said that last year he drove to Gulin, because he forgot to charge, the car has not yet arrived in Xuyong, the power display began to light up yellow lights, and had to go down the road to charge and continue on the road.
In recent years, with the enhancement of the national awareness of environmental protection, new energy vehicles have shown an increasing trend year by year, and the demand for charging in the highway service area is growing. At the same time, the Sichuan Provincial Transportation Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Corps combined with the "emission reduction and carbon reduction" and the construction of the twin-city economic circle in the Chengdu-Chongqing region, vigorously improved the charging infrastructure support, carried out the "charging pile project", and actively promoted green transportation and low-carbon travel.
In 2021, the province will build 38 pairs of charging stations in the expressway service area, and the total number of charging pile facilities built in the expressway service area will reach 79 pairs, with an average spacing of 60 kilometers, a maximum spacing of 200 kilometers, and a minimum spacing of 27 kilometers, covering 20 cities (states) in the province. Among them, the service area of the newly built charging station in Luzhou includes the service area of the Luzhou section of the Xiamen-Rong Expressway (Luzhou West, Naxi, Xuyong, Gaoqiao); the service area of the Luyu section of the Chengdu-Chongqing Ring Expressway (Lantian and Bailu); the service area of the Yongle service area of the Xugu Expressway; and the Qifeng service area of the Lurong Expressway, with a total of 16 charging stations built and 68 electric vehicle charging piles installed, which can charge 124 electric vehicles at the same time.
At present, there are still charging stations in Luzhou, including the Chengzi Luchi Expressway Huangdian Service Area and the Xuwei Expressway Water Distribution Service Area. In the next step, the Sichuan Provincial Traffic Law Enforcement Corps will accelerate the construction progress of charging stations in the service area according to the development trend of new energy vehicles and the specific needs of drivers, and strive to achieve full coverage of new energy vehicle charging stations in the highway service area.