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At 4:00 a.m., Lao Fang drove a new energy vehicle and arrived at a parking lot equipped with public charging piles in Niulanshan Town, Shunyi District. At this time, there are 10 charging piles, and only 1 vacancy is left.
As the temperature continues to drop, in winter, the mileage of new energy vehicles is also greatly affected. The reporter's investigation found that those new energy vehicle owners who do not have private piles of the State Grid are always calculating in their minds - where are the idle piles? Is electricity cheap or not? Do I need to charge a parking fee?
"Charging is as exciting as stealing a mine."
In the early hours of last Thursday morning, the weather in Beijing changed suddenly, the rain was pouring, and there was a little snow. At the hour when no one was willing to go out of the bed, Lao Fang climbed up with a hard scalp. "My car, usually fully charged can run more than 300 kilometers, in winter, the mileage dropped by one-third, can only run more than 200 kilometers." Basically, it has to be charged once every two days. ”
Next to Cowpen Hill Kindergarten, there is a big parking lot. In the early hours of the morning, the light is very dark, but it can be seen that there are 10 charging piles on the west side of the parking lot. They are the charging targets that many new energy car owners in the vicinity "compete" for.
"There's only one left empty, so let's fill it up." At 4:00 a.m., the old party drove into the parking lot in the dark, in front of 10 charging piles, 9 parked cars. He skillfully parked the car in front of the only idle charging pile, the charging gun was connected, the green light on the charging pile turned into a red light, and began to charge.
A red light indicates that the charging pile is charging, and a green light indicates an idle state. Old Fang's eyes widened, and he looked closely, 10 charging piles, 7 of which had idle green lights.
"There's no money for parking in this place, these cars have been parked overnight." Lao Fang explained that there are some new energy car owners who park their cars here the first night to charge. The electricity charged the car with a lock, and the people went home to sleep. 10 piles, often occupied by seven or eight. From 11 o'clock in the evening to 7 o'clock in the morning, it is the trough period of electricity prices, and each kWh of electricity is about 6 cents cheaper than at the peak of the wave. Therefore, many car owners like to charge during this period.
"But these cars don't take up a seat, and no one else can charge them."
By 6 a.m., the old car was finally full. A taxi that had been waiting for a long time took over the precious vacant seat. There are many taxi drivers who leave from Shunyi every day to go into the city to live. They want to make sure that the vehicle is fully charged before departure.
At this time, the sleet gradually stopped. Early new energy car owners, driving cars, one by one into the scene. There are always only two or three slots available for them to wait for. "I looked at the mobile phone APP, there are a lot of free piles here." When I came, I found that I was occupied. "A sister is helpless, the car has little power left, she can only wait patiently.
Impatient car owners did not want to wait, they found another way, drove into the fitness plaza next to the parking lot, and parked in the open space next to the charging pile. Then, the cat walked through the trees, found the charging gun on the vehicle that was already fully charged, unplugged it, and plugged it into its own car.
"To be honest with you, charging here is as exciting as going dark and 'stealing mines.'" Xiao Jiang, who lives nearby, must reserve plenty of time every time he charges, "Usually I go to work at 7 o'clock, to charge, I will come at 5 o'clock." Find piles and queue up for an hour, recharge for an hour. ”
Open the green belt this trick, Xiao Jiang does not use. "Before, the fitness square was not built, it was yellow land, then it really drove up and threw the idle gun over to charge." Now good greenery, I can't bear it. ”
He said that there are two other charging stations nearby, but the damage rate of the pile is high, it is better to queue up here, "new energy vehicle owners, will plan the route is a necessary quality - how far the next charging pile is, if there is no pile in the past, can you hold up to another pile." My most thrilling one, when I found the pile, there were only two kilometers left. ”
This charging station on Bullpen Hill slowly appeared vacant after 7:30 in the morning. Those vehicles that had been parked overnight were gradually driven away by the owners who went out to work.
"8 yuan per hour parking fee, very painful."
The situation in the city center is a little different from that in the suburbs.
At 3 p.m., there were two charging piles on the side of South Hengdong Street, and two cars were charging. Lao Zhang's car was waiting in line, he got out of the car and looked at it, there was no one in the two cars in front of him, it had been charged to more than sixty percent, estimated, the difference was less than half an hour to fill.
"I'll wait and see, anyway, I have to wait for my daughter-in-law to leave work." If you can charge it, just charge it for a while. "Like every new energy vehicle owner who needs a public charging pile, he has developed a good habit of charging at any time." Seize every opportunity to recharge the car.
Not far from here, there are also more cars at the charging station in the Chandah Tower parking lot – especially taxis lined up. Electricity is cheaper and there is no parking fee for vehicles that come to charge. The security guard who maintained order at the scene added: "After charging, you have to leave quickly, you can't occupy a seat." ”
Taxi drivers who are very sensitive to price and time, like such charging stations. "One kilowatt hour of electricity is a dime cheaper, but it's always good to be cheaper." Brother Daqiang said that he has to charge twice a day, and as soon as he has time, he opens the mobile phone APP to find an empty pile. Xiangda Building has 6 piles, but 2 are broken, and only 4 can actually be used. Therefore, it is fully loaded almost at any time.
The small hole of the new energy owner who lives nearby knows these charging piles very well. He also wants to charge with cheap piles, but "not always so good luck, most of the time, first consider whether there are piles, and then consider the price."
Once the vehicle's endurance is running out, the hole can only bow to reality. "On the third and fourth floors of the underground parking lot of tianqiao art center, there are many charging piles, and there are empty seats whenever you go." The reason is simple, charging there, but also charging an additional $8 per hour parking fee. "New energy car owners are as sensitive to parking fees as electricity bills, 8 yuan, very painful."
Indeed, as Xiaokong said, at 4 p.m., about half of the charging piles under the Tianqiao Art Center were idle. A brother just connected the charging gun, "I know there is a parking fee here, but there is no rut, the car is running out of power." ”
"The price of my home appliances has reached 7 cents at one point."
Almost all new energy vehicle owners who urgently need public charging piles are because they live in old residential areas and do not have the conditions to install private piles. Da Liu's problem is somewhat special, he has a private pile, but he has to worry about the higher and higher electricity bills.
Da Liu lives in an old residential area of Changxindian. "In fact, not even the community. You know, it's that kind of old building, just a separate building. ”
After buying a new energy vehicle, the most convenient thing is to have a private pile of your own. "The installation of a private pile on a national grid requires a certificate of fixed parking space and a property stamp. But we don't have a fixed parking space here. "Unable to install the private pile of the state grid, Da Liu also relied on the public charging pile to charge electricity for a period of time." But that feeling of precariousness, Da Liu could not bear it. Seeing that the free installation of private piles given by new energy vehicle dealers is about to expire, he can only choose to connect private piles to his home's electricity meter.
"The difference is very big, the private pile of the State Grid, no matter how much electricity is used, is more than four cents of electricity." When you receive the meter at home, you have to talk about the price of ladder electricity. "Near the end of the year, because of the large electricity consumption, the Liu family has now reached the third ladder." Seven cents more than one kilowatt hour of electricity. The key is that I not only have to charge the car, but also the electricity consumption at home is calculated according to more than seven cents, which is too big a difference. ”
Da Liu said that he was still lucky, because he lived in a low-rise, it was more convenient to connect the meter from home, and the new energy car owners who lived in the high-rise of the community could not be safed. He hopes: "Is there any accommodation for treating old communities like ours?" Do you not have to go outside to find piles, but also at the door of your home, you can use the private piles of the national network? ”
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The charging problem requires the cooperation of many parties
"At this time of year, the charging problem begins to slowly become prominent. In another month, the weather will be colder, which is the most difficult time for new energy vehicle owners. Tian Hui, an expert on new energy vehicles, said that there are many reasons for the current charging problems and need to be dealt with by multiple parties.
The vast majority of new energy vehicles on the market will now encounter the problem of significantly shortening the mileage in winter, which requires batteries and car manufacturers to continue to work hard.
The problem of idle vehicle occupancy, charging pile companies have thought of many ways, such as setting up placeholder fees. "Some new energy brands have their own charging stations, and they charge a placeholder fee very harshly, and some charge five yuan a minute." The effect is also relatively better. "However, for most socialized public charging piles, to solve the problem of occupancy, new energy vehicle owners are needed to improve the quality of vehicles."
For car owners to install state grid private piles, Tian Hui said: "At the policy level, Beijing has given quite a lot of support. However, at the practical level, the property rights of parking spaces, the location of electricity connection, and the supporting electricity capacity of the community are difficult. How to better share the existing charging pile next requires more wisdom. ”