In recent years, people's mileage anxiety about new energy vehicles has become lower and lower, this is because with the development of technology, the endurance of new energy models has been further improved, and the second is that the charging network "new infrastructure" is rapidly popularizing. Authoritative surveys show that in addition to the mileage, "whether charging is convenient" has also become one of the determinants of whether car owners buy new energy vehicles.
On March 3, Tesla held a "T-talk" lecture hall at the Tesla Center on Mingguang Road in Xi'an, sorting out the technical route and development process of the charging network, discussing the comfortable experience brought by Tesla's "worry-free charging" to car owners, and the significance of Tesla's "new infrastructure" construction of China's charging network.
At the event, Tesla also introduced the charging and service network construction in the northwest region represented by Xi'an. Since Tesla settled in the northwest, actively respond to the call of the local government, comprehensively accelerate the construction of charging stations, in August 2021, Tesla's "Northwest Grand Ring Line" charging line through, connecting the entire northwest region of the new energy industry, tourism and environmental protection, contributing to the sustainability of local development, but also marking the Tesla charging network completely covers 32 provincial capitals in China. At present, Xi'an has built 18 super charging stations and 14 destination charging stations, and there are now 29 super charging stations and 22 destination charging stations in Shaanxi Province. At present, the epidemic situation in Xi'an has stabilized, and Tesla will continue to let the wind of green travel blow through the streets and alleys of Xi'an Ancient City, stimulate the enthusiasm of consumption in the new energy vehicle market, and help Xi'an resume work, production and market.
Charge is worry-free, and the density and breadth of the all-scenario charging network are both improved
As a pioneer in the field of new energy vehicles, Tesla continues to make charging scenarios more diversified to meet the growing demand for energy replenishment from users. Since 2014, Tesla has started from the home charging pile to build a systematic solution to the problem of energy replenishment for Chinese car owners. During the implementation of the project, Tesla found that the Chinese user group has a particularity: compared with the owners of European and American villas, Chinese car owners are concentrated in the residential garage, where the charging pile installation process is more complicated, and only a team with professional qualifications can install it.
Therefore, the Tesla home charging team came into being, so that the owner from the application for the meter, the installation of the cable to the acceptance of the process, the whole process of peace of mind. The team has developed rapidly, completing nationwide service network coverage in 2016 and starting the quality selection service provider improvement project in 2020... In the process of development of Tesla's home charging team, it has received strong support from electric power and related departments, and has made industry policy suggestions to the state and relevant departments, contributing valuable experience to promoting the construction of "new infrastructure".
At the same time, Tesla's supercharger network is also in full swing. Since entering the Chinese market, Tesla has created a complete charging solution based on China's national conditions and user characteristics, "mainly home charging piles and super charging piles, supplemented by destination charging piles, supplemented by third-party charging piles and universal mobile chargers".
Nowadays, Tesla's charging pile network fully covers shopping malls, office buildings, high-speed service areas, hotels, tourist areas and other places, so that car owners can feel the fun brought by Tesla's "worry-free charging" whether they are at home, business commuting, suburban travel, or long-distance self-driving chasing "dreams and far away".
Up to now, the number of superchargering stations opened for tesla in Chinese mainland has exceeded 1100, and the number of superchargering piles has exceeded 8400, with 700+ destination charging stations and 1800+ destination charging piles, Tesla's charging network has covered more than 360 cities in China.
Not only to improve the density of charging piles, in the breadth of the layout, Tesla has also made great progress: in the Sichuan-Tibet section of National Highway 318, Tesla built the first supercharge line with the largest charging power, the highest altitude and the longest mileage, with a total distance of more than 2500 kilometers, and the highest point reaches the foot of Mount Everest; along the "Silk Road", Tesla's charging network starts from Xi'an, spanning 2600 kilometers until Urumqi, allowing Tesla owners to accompany camel bells to the present; extending to the "Aurora Tour" line of Mohe, China's "Arctic Village", It has become the first charging route in the northeast region.
From the easternmost Changbai Mountain to the westernmost Xinjiang Khorgos; from the northernmost Mohe River to the southernmost Sanya, Hainan, Tesla runs through the north-south, east-west Tesla travel replenishment ecosystem, so that every car owner can lose the "charging anxiety" and truly realize "worry-free charging and free travel".
The future is worry-free and accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy
Tesla clearly understands that only by continuously improving technology and continuing to explore new ways to replenish energy can we achieve the vision of "accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy". Over the years, Tesla has continuously optimized charging efficiency, accelerated the iteration of supercharger equipment, and made "power replenishment" a boost rather than a constraint when the world's fuel vehicles are accelerating the transition to electric vehicles.
In 2012, Tesla V1 supercharger equipment put into the market, the maximum power has reached 90kW; only two years later, China's first V2 super charging station with the maximum power increased to 120KW was officially opened, and the maximum power of most DC charging equipment on the domestic market that year was 30kW; in 2019, the V3 supercharger station, which doubled the maximum power to 250KW, was released and launched, which raised the charging efficiency to a new height again. The V3 charging pile adopts liquid cooling technology, the use of new architecture and power electronic components, so that the battery can be charged at the maximum power it can withstand, and some Model 3 models can replenish the 250 km of battery life in 15 minutes.
With the official completion and operation of Tesla's Shanghai supercharger pile factory and the realization of V3 super charging pile manufacturing in China, Tesla has accelerated the popularity of the world's top charging equipment in China, and raised the development standard of China's new charging pile infrastructure to a new height. Tesla's China charging network has also ushered in explosive development: the large-scale launch of the V3 supercharging station, the launch of the first service area supercharger station in China, the new record of the world's largest supercharger station in Shanghai, and the construction of charging lines in extreme environments such as plateaus and extreme cold... Tesla charging network, so that the trust and recognition of car owners gradually deepened.
It can gain the trust of users, and also benefit from Tesla's intelligent means to enhance the convenience of energy replenishment. Tesla owners only need to use the path planning function of the car-side map to quickly and easily find the surrounding supercharger stations, and the vehicle can also provide site information and automatically plan the energy supply route according to energy demand. At the charging site, the owner does not need to download the APP, register and log in, just do one more action than usual to insert the charging gun, you can make up the power without sense.
In addition to improving charging efficiency as much as possible, Tesla is also seeking a breakthrough in energy generation methods, and has now enabled the integrated superchargering station of light storage and charging in lhasa and The Magic Capital Shanghai in the "City of Daylight", converting sunlight into electricity, storing energy through Powerwall energy storage equipment, and then using stored energy to charge vehicles. Through energy storage and optimal allocation, the basic balance between local energy production and energy consumption is achieved, and the efficiency of energy use is improved. Tesla is convinced that solar energy, as the cleanest and most sustainable natural energy source, once it replaces traditional fossil fuels, will fundamentally realize the dream of sustainable energy use for human beings.
"Charging worry-free, free to accompany" is the expectation of pure electric car users for travel, but also Tesla's continuous efforts to achieve the goal. Tesla will continue to dig deep into the supply of clean energy, further improve the world's energy utilization structure, create unlimited possibilities for "sustainable energy", and make the "future" mode of transportation and travel become "ongoing".