Not long ago , National 11 long holiday “ Highway charging queue 4 Hours ” Caused a lot of discussion . With the vigorous development of new energy vehicles all over the world ,“ Add charging pile ” It seems that a consensus has been reached at home and abroad .
General motors at 10 month 26 Announced Wednesday , As 7.5 Part of the $billion investment commitment , Up to… Will be built in the United States and Canada 4 Ten thousand charging stations , In order to increase the popularity of electric vehicles .
before , The United States Senate also voted to pass a 1 Trillion dollar infrastructure investment and employment package , This is the largest infrastructure bill in the United States in decades . among , The White House will allocate 75 $billion to install charging facilities throughout the United States .
Europe and the United States vigorously develop But it’s not evenly distributed
According to the < Car news > reports , since this year on , The European new energy vehicle market continues to maintain rapid growth , The annual sales volume is expected to reach 200 More than ten thousand . The current number of public charging piles cannot meet the growing demand in the future . Besides , Consumer demand for electric vehicles “ Mileage anxiety ” It will also affect the expansion of the electric vehicle market . Elk, head of charging and Energy Department of Volkswagen Group · Teme said , Charging infrastructure is still the key to the popularity of electric vehicles . Charging is not convenient , Many consumers will not buy electric cars .
This year, 7 month , The European Commission announced Fit for 55 Environmental protection and emission reduction package , Designed to 2030 Compare EU greenhouse gas emissions in 1990 Annual emission reduction 55％. In order to achieve this goal , The European Commission requires Member States to speed up the construction of new energy vehicle infrastructure . for example , Member states are required to ensure that the main roads are closed at regular intervals 60 Kilometers away 1 An electric vehicle charging station , The maximum distance between each hydrogenation station shall not exceed 150 km .
at present , The EU has about 70％ The public charging piles are concentrated in Germany ,France and the Netherlands , Some other EU countries don’t even have… Every 100 kilometers 1 A common charging pile . therefore , European Association of automobile manufacturers （ACEA） Appeal , In order not to restrict the development of European new energy vehicle market , In addition to accelerating the construction of charging pile infrastructure , We should also narrow the huge gap in the development of charging piles among EU Member States .
Except Europe , The distribution of electric vehicle charging piles in the United States is also very uneven . According to the U.S. Department of energy , The United States currently has nearly 4.3 Ten thousand public electric vehicle charging stations and about 12 10000 charging piles . among , California has the largest number of electric vehicles in the United States ,The state with the most developed charging infrastructure , The number of charging points in the state is almost the lowest 39 The sum of the number of States .
Andreas, vice president of product strategic management of BMW · Auman pointed out , The charging of electric vehicle owners is mainly concentrated in three places —— home ,Office and public places .“ Only the charging piles in these places complement each other , In order to bring consumers a convenient charging experience . at present , As the construction of public charging infrastructure in Europe lags behind , The growth of electric vehicle sales is mainly driven by the increment of charging piles in homes and offices .”
The development of charging piles in Japan has stagnated
China, Europe and the United States are actively building a charging pile network , And here in Japan , Another scene . A Japanese map manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo Zenrin Published statistics show that , By the end of this year 3 month , The number of electric vehicle charging piles in Japan is about 2.92 Wan Gen , Lower than the same period of last year 3.03 Wan Gen . This is the company from 2010 Since data collection began in , The first decline . As early as 2013 year , The Japanese cabinet passed the supplementary budget , take out 1005 Billion yen subsidy amount , It is used to build charging piles and promote the popularization of electric vehicles , The goal is in the future 2 The number of charging piles in Japan will reach 10 Wan Gen , These include 3.6 Ten thousand fast charging piles and 7.4 Ten thousand ordinary charging piles .
And then , Toyota ,Honda , nissan , Mitsubishi 4 Big car manufacturers announced , Will be to convenience stores that intend to set up charging piles , Gas station , Provide subsidies for restaurants, etc , Covers setup and maintenance costs . Government subsidies plus car enterprise subsidies , Some charging pile setters don’t even have to build charging piles at their own expense . Driven by the subsidy policy , The number of charging piles in Japan has increased from 2013 It began to grow rapidly in .2013-2017 year , The average annual growth rate is relatively large , Although it failed to achieve the expected goal , But it also increased from thousands to nearly 3 Wan Gen . however , After that, the funds decreased , The number of charging piles is growing very slowly , Almost stalled .
《 Forbes 》 Pointed out that , The main reason for the slow development of charging piles in Japan is not the decline of subsidies , This is mainly due to the slow development of electric vehicles in Japan . In the eyes of many Japanese consumers , Whether it’s an economical and practical mini car , Or energy-saving hybrid electric vehicles are good choices , They don’t have much reason to choose to buy pure electric vehicles , Demand for charging piles , Naturally, it is not so urgent .
according to e-Mobility Energy The forecast , To keep the public charging point in operation , The number of pure electric vehicles in Japan needs to reach 100 ten thousand -150 Thousands of cars , However, the current Japanese electric vehicle market is very small . This year, 6 month , The sales volume of pure electric vehicles in Japan is only 1300 car , Accounting for the overall market share 0.4%.
