It is said that the domestic charging system is not perfect, in fact, in addition to the small number of charging facilities, the uneven development is also a major problem, because the forefront of the promotion of new energy vehicles in the early years, is the city with high pressure to limit the purchase and restriction, so most of the charging pile facilities are concentrated in those places, and towns, rural areas and other areas are very little.
This brings two problems, one is that as the urban car consumer group tends to be saturated, the new energy vehicle market will inevitably shift to rural areas to develop more potential customers, and the infrastructure in these areas is not enough, which will naturally hinder this progress, after all, the convenience of charging directly affects the car experience.
According to the data, the current number of cars in the mainland has reached 318 million, of which 140 million are in rural areas, that is to say, the potential of the rural market is huge, but the promotion of new energy vehicles in these areas is not ideal, and the market penetration rate of pure electric vehicles is only 17%, far lower than the average level of about 40% in first-tier cities.
In this regard, the secretary-general of "Tong Zongqi" from the charging and swapping branch of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said: "The rural new energy vehicle market has a vast space and will become the main incremental market for new energy vehicles in the mainland in the future. There are still problems in the vast rural areas, such as insufficient construction of public charging infrastructure, difficulty in the installation and sharing of charging facilities in residential communities, and prominent contradictions between supply and demand in different periods, which restrict the release of the consumption potential of new energy vehicles in rural areas.
Although the current third- and fourth-tier cities and township charging pile construction projects have been carried out in many places, but from the perspective of scale, quantity and quality, there is still a huge difference with the first and second-tier cities, in particular, the number of charging piles in towns and towns and below is insufficient, it is very obvious, many rural users in the purchase of pure electric vehicles, can not enjoy the corresponding charging services in the local area, will lead to the "new energy vehicle reputation" in these consumer groups gradually decreased, is not conducive to the development of the follow-up market.
In addition to the above problems, the lack of charging facilities in rural areas will also affect the overall tram user experience, and the use scenarios of urban residents buying trams are not only limited to "urban commuting" or "intercity commuting", such as the New Year's holidays, driving back to their hometowns or going to rural areas for business trips and vacations, but also need the support of charging piles, which can be seen that "charging piles to the countryside" is not only about "rural people", but is closely related to every new energy vehicle owner.
In order to solve these problems, the National Energy Administration has also recently issued the "Notice on Organizing and Carrying out the Application of Charging Infrastructure Construction and Application Demonstration Counties and Demonstration Towns", striving to maximize the support of "charging piles to the countryside" in terms of policy. According to the notice, the state will strive to establish a charging network system with reasonable layout, fast and slow combination, and moderate advance in a number of demonstration counties and townships by the end of 2025.
Of course, this thing is easier said than done, in addition to the physical sense of the construction of charging piles, but also need to build an "operation system", for example, how to reasonably allocate charging piles, just like the location of charging piles is too remote, which means that the utilization rate is low, and it is a waste to repair, and at the same time, charging piles also need supporting maintenance personnel, and when it comes to land occupation, you need to negotiate and communicate with villagers. These are all stumbling blocks that objectively hinder the "charging pile to the countryside".
However, no matter how hard the bones are, they have to be gnawed, and I believe that with the increase of national policy support, our rural residents will also be able to enjoy a convenient and comfortable car charging experience in the future.