On August 16, the Chinese government website published the "Ministry of Transport answered netizens' message on "suggesting to strengthen the construction of new energy charging piles in high-speed service areas".

      The Ministry of Transport mentioned in its reply that in order to accelerate the construction and improvement of charging infrastructure along highways, meet the growing demand for electric vehicle charging, and serve the public to travel conveniently, this year (2022), our ministry, together with the National Energy Administration, State Grid, China Southern Power Grid and other units, in-depth investigation and research, formulate action plans and technical guidelines to accelerate the construction of charging infrastructure along highways, and plan to focus on expressways and qualified ordinary national and provincial trunk highway service areas, in accordance with the "pile station first, supply to promote demand, According to the principle of local conditions, classified promotion, wide coverage, moderate advance, universal openness, intelligence and efficiency", accelerate the construction of charging infrastructure, and strive to form a charging infrastructure network with "fixed facilities as the main body, mobile facilities as supplements, full coverage of important nodes, good operation and maintenance services, and guaranteed mass travel", effectively meet the charging needs of electric vehicles, serve the public to travel conveniently, and help the high-quality development of the electric vehicle industry.

In the next step, the Ministry of Transport will continue to work with relevant units to accelerate the issuance and implementation of relevant documents, guide all localities to actively and orderly promote the construction of charging infrastructure along highways in light of actual conditions, and better meet the public's demand for high-quality and diversified travel services.

Netizens suggested in the message that when the country vigorously promotes new energy vehicles, the construction of charging piles determines the convenience of using new energy vehicles, and now some third-party charging piles are charging faster, the general power can reach 70-100KW, but after entering the high-speed service area, the charging speed of the charging pile is very low, only 20-50kw, which seriously hinders the convenience of new energy vehicles to run long distances, and also affects the development prospects of new energy vehicles in China. It is hoped that the country will pay attention to the construction and construction quality (charging speed) of new energy charging piles in high-speed service areas.

In response, the Ministry of Transport replied that our ministry attaches great importance to the construction of charging infrastructure in highway service areas. Since 2014, a number of documents have been issued to guide local governments to build charging infrastructure according to local conditions in combination with the scale and development needs of new energy vehicle users to meet the needs of electric vehicle travel. In 2021, the green travel "endurance project" was listed as one of the facts of transportation closer to people's livelihood, and the construction of charging infrastructure in highway service areas in key areas such as major urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas was promoted.

The Ministry of Transport mentioned in its reply that in order to accelerate the construction and improvement of charging infrastructure along highways, meet the growing demand for electric vehicle charging, and serve the public to travel conveniently, this year (2022), our ministry, together with the National Energy Administration, State Grid, China Southern Power Grid and other units, in-depth investigation and research, formulate action plans and technical guidelines to accelerate the construction of charging infrastructure along highways, and plan to focus on expressways and qualified ordinary national and provincial trunk highway service areas, in accordance with the "pile station first, supply to promote demand, According to the principle of local conditions, classified promotion, wide coverage, moderate advance, universal openness, intelligence and efficiency", accelerate the construction of charging infrastructure, and strive to form a charging infrastructure network with "fixed facilities as the main body, mobile facilities as supplements, full coverage of important nodes, good operation and maintenance services, and guaranteed mass travel", effectively meet the charging needs of electric vehicles, serve the public to travel conveniently, and help the high-quality development of the electric vehicle industry.

In response to the very low charging speed of charging piles in the relevant service areas mentioned in the above-mentioned netizens' comments, the Ministry of Transport said that the action plan proposes to "comprehensively consider elements such as electric vehicle technology iteration, equipment investment, medium and long-term operation and maintenance, and system efficiency, scientifically and reasonably select new technologies and new equipment", "accelerate the construction of highway fast charging stations", "promote the construction of ultra-fast charging and high-power electric vehicle charging infrastructure in highway service areas around urban agglomerations, and improve charging efficiency" and other requirements. At the same time, in the technical guidelines, it is also clearly stated that "the rated output power of a single gun of charging equipment is not less than 60kw". With the issuance and implementation of relevant plans, the problems of low power and slow charging speed of charging piles in highway service areas will be effectively solved.

In the next step, the Ministry of Transport will continue to work with relevant units to accelerate the issuance and implementation of relevant documents, guide all localities to actively and orderly promote the construction of charging infrastructure along highways in light of actual conditions, and better meet the public's demand for high-quality and diversified travel services.