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Today, an entry about a man driving Tesla back to his hometown that there was no electricity to call a tow truck was on the list of popular searches on Weibo, sparking heated discussion among netizens.

It is understood that on October 1, a man in Guangzhou and Shenzhen sent a video message saying that he drove Tesla back to Hunan from Shenzhen, only to be stuck in traffic and had not left Guangdong for more than 24 hours. Because there are too many people charging in the service area, each car needs to be recharged for an hour, so it does not go to the service area to recharge. When the vehicle had only 80 kilometers left, it was ready to get off the highway to recharge, only to encounter a traffic jam, so he had to watch the electricity run out helplessly, and finally spent 2,000 yuan to call a tow truck. From the video released by the car owner, you can see that the central control screen of the vehicle shows, "pull over safely, the vehicle is turning off" the electricity display "0km".

In this regard, some netizens said: long-distance trams are still hard, no matter how well planned, there is nothing we can do on the highway during holidays. You can't even think about it. Another netizen said: the battery is still not suitable for running too far. Charging is not particularly convenient now. In addition, some netizens pointed out: this really has nothing to do with which brand, as long as it is pure electricity, National Day long-distance running will encounter such a thing, on the one hand, the vehicle itself, on the other hand, the charging pile tension problem.

In fact, holiday travel for new energy vehicle owners, the difficulty of charging has always been a major problem for new energy vehicle owners. Traffic jams may not be so terrible, and the lack of electricity seems to make car owners look more anxious. Although the mileage of electric cars is getting longer and longer, the charging problem is a big problem. New energy car owners must know in advance the distribution and number of charging piles on the way during holidays. Although the infrastructure of new energy vehicles has been relatively perfect, many service areas are equipped with charging piles. However, once there is a concentration of holiday car owners, these facilities will not be enough.

According to the latest data released by the China Alliance for the Promotion of Electric vehicle charging Infrastructure, the number of public charging piles was 1.623 million in August 2022. According to the data of the Federation of passengers, the production and sales of new energy vehicles completed 691,000 and 666000 respectively in August. From January to August, the production and sales of new energy vehicles completed 3.97 million and 3.86 million respectively, an increase of 120% and 110% over the same period last year, still maintaining a trend of rapid growth.

It is not difficult to see that with the rapid growth of sales of new energy vehicles, the number of charging infrastructure is also growing. However, the speed of the layout of charging facilities lags far behind that of automobile production. In this context, the difficulty of charging new energy vehicles is becoming more and more prominent. Cross-city and inter-provincial travel has also become a "heart disease" for many new energy vehicle owners.

However, it is difficult to charge new energy vehicles, but there are still many consumers choose to buy new energy vehicles. It is mainly due to restrictions on the license of gasoline vehicles in some cities, which is the main influencing factor for many consumers to buy new energy vehicles. In addition, compared with traditional fuel vehicles, most of the car scenes of new energy vehicle owners are located in urban roads, and the cost of new energy vehicles is lower and it is easier to use cars. In daily traffic, it is easier to highlight the advantages of new energy vehicles, but after getting on the highway, it is a completely different experience, especially in holidays, under the influence of difficult charging, battery life anxiety continues to affect car owners and wastes a lot of time at the same time.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Public Security, by the end of June 2022, the number of new energy vehicles in the country had reached 10.01 million. However, the number of charging piles is 3.98 million, and the ratio of vehicle to pile is 2.5. There is still a big gap in the data of charging piles. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of the number of new energy vehicles, such as the National Day, Spring Festival and other holiday peak hours, it is more likely to be difficult to recharge. Some people in the industry pointed out that to solve the problem of public charging piles for new energy vehicles, the key is to strengthen the convenience of charging. Reduce the waiting time for charging, unify the interface, and improve adaptability; in site selection, reduce the time for car owners to look for charging piles, and refer to the models of local gas stations. No matter where the car owners are, you can find an available charging pile within 5 kilometers. Improve the average utilization rate of charging piles; in addition, the government and enterprises work together to build shared co-management in order to really make new energy vehicles run.

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