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The National Day holiday is a good time for everyone to go out and play, but for electric car owners, this time it has become a "green embarrassment". Especially in the charging station, the scene is comparable to the "charging war" at the Spring Festival train station, as if the last fig leaf of the electric vehicle was torn open in an instant - what "environmental protection" and "future transportation" immediately became ironic in the face of the reality of charging for 1 hour and queuing for 4 hours.
In other words, electric vehicles have blown quite a lot over the years, right? The slogans are more enthusiastic than the other: "Green Travel, Environmental Protection Pioneer", "Future Travel Mode"...... But on the highway of the National Day, all lofty concepts do not work. In the face of the long queue of charging stations, electric car owners can only secretly complain, and even the convenience of "charging anytime and anywhere" is gone. You think you're stepping on the cusp of environmental pioneers, but you find yourself a "snail in the road".
Let's take a look at Xiao Li's "embarrassing" experience, which has become a common portrayal of almost all electric car owners. Happily set off, the battery ran out of power for a long time, and ran to the high-speed service area with a fluke mentality - only to see, oh, the charging station was already surrounded by trams, and it took hours to queue. Xiao Li, who was in a hurry, thought "let's get off the highway", but it turned out to be even more miserable, finding a place to charge is like a treasure hunt, the equipment is old and slow, and he doesn't dare to turn on the air conditioner, for fear of more electricity. In the end, I waited for nearly two hours to fully charge, which is called a "joy in suffering".
You say, what are these electric cars trying to do? Environmental protection? Save money on gas? But now it seems that the tossing effort is more than the gas money saved, right? In particular, Xiao Zhang, a staff member in the service area, said well: "The oil car can run with more fuel at the top, but the tram is lying on its stomach, so there is really no way to do it." As soon as these words came out, not many electric car owners dared to refute. Seeing the power being consumed little by little, I was so anxious that I wanted to manually generate electricity.
The most laughable thing is that the number of electric vehicles is rising rapidly, but the charging pile cannot keep up with the rhythm. By the end of 2023, there will be millions of electric vehicles in China, and as a result, charging facilities, especially those on highways, are shabby. The old equipment, the terrible slow charging speed, and sometimes the charging suddenly "strikes", which makes the car owners finally stay up to the time of charging, and they have to be scared, and they are really tired when they think about it.
Many car owners complained that the National Day queue was just a piece of cake, and it was really called "disaster-level" when it came to the Spring Festival. Especially in winter, the battery performance of electric vehicles is already poor, and the battery life in cold weather is already falling fast, you dare not turn on the air conditioner, the power is swishing down, and some people even dare not drive the electric car. You say, isn't this beautiful vision of "environmentally friendly travel" a bit "out of reach"?
Some people may say that choosing the right one for you is the king. Indeed, electric vehicles are suitable for which scenarios, you have to count points. You usually run around the city, and you can also install a charging pile at home, which saves money and is convenient; But if you often run long distances and still rely on self-driving by train, you may have to think twice. After all, the reality is very skinny, and everyone has already learned it on the "charging embarrassment" of the National Day.
Besides, don't let "battery life anxiety" become a stumbling block. Today's electric vehicles are already very good, but there is still a big gap from "worry-free travel". Green travel, who doesn't want to? But you have to make sure that car owners don't have to worry about lying in the middle of the road one day, right? On the road to the development of electric vehicles, it is not only a technical problem, but also a good charging problem. Otherwise, no matter how environmentally friendly and intelligent it is, it will not be able to stop the car owner from queuing up in the service area.
Finally, the editor would like to ask: Have you experienced a similar "charging embarrassment" on National Day travel? What do you think about these "pits" in the development of electric vehicles?