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He also acts as a liaison to the press. He has a PhD in electrochemistry from the University of Nottingham.","https://www.linkedin.com/in/birdmatthew/",{"type":574,"content":575},"doc",[576,583,588,593,598,603,608,613,618,623,628,633,638,643,648,653,658,663,668,673,678,683,688,693,698,703,708,713,718,723,728,733,738],{"type":577,"attrs":578,"content":579},"paragraph",{"textAlign":49},[580],{"text":581,"type":582},"By Chris Goodfellow","text",{"type":577,"attrs":584,"content":585},{"textAlign":49},[586],{"text":587,"type":582},"The rapid growth of China’s electric vehicle (EV) fleet has left the charging network struggling to catch up. The country is the world’s largest market for electric cars. Yet the number of private stations, low hybrid sales and poor economic returns have caused the number of EVs per charging point to increase dramatically.",{"type":577,"attrs":589,"content":590},{"textAlign":49},[591],{"text":592,"type":582},"China’s EV sales are behind the Western European nations of Norway, the Netherlands and Sweden in terms of market share, but these countries are exceptional. Instead, the country sits in what might be called the second tier of adoption with France and the UK, where the EV market shares is close to 1.5%.",{"type":577,"attrs":594,"content":595},{"textAlign":49},[596],{"text":597,"type":582},"However, the sheer size of the market and relatively high level of EV penetration means China is by far the largest electric car market, accounting for more than 40% of global demand with 336,000 new electric cars registered in 2016.",{"type":577,"attrs":599,"content":600},{"textAlign":49},[601],{"text":602,"type":582},"The government has made impressive announcements about investing in the charging network to meet the demand this creates. China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) announced plans to build 800,000 charging points, including 100,000 public sites last year. It added 100,000 public charging points in 2016, bringing the total to 150,000.",{"type":577,"attrs":604,"content":605},{"textAlign":49},[606],{"text":607,"type":582},"The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) statistics show the number of publicly accessible slow chargers (AC Level 2 chargers between 3.7 kW and 22 kW) reached 52,778 and fast charging points (AC 43 kW) number 88,476 at the end of 2016. China is notable for its high share of fast charging stations, this is in part caused by the number installed for public fleets.",{"type":577,"attrs":609,"content":610},{"textAlign":49},[611],{"text":612,"type":582},"Point of order",{"type":577,"attrs":614,"content":615},{"textAlign":49},[616],{"text":617,"type":582},"It’s an impressive level of investment, but there are several factors that will put increased pressure on the charging point network.",{"type":577,"attrs":619,"content":620},{"textAlign":49},[621],{"text":622,"type":582},"The market share of plug-in hybrids stabilised at around 25% by 2014, as opposed to Europe where current sales are about 50:50. This increases the necessity of an effective charging network.",{"type":577,"attrs":624,"content":625},{"textAlign":49},[626],{"text":627,"type":582},"Much of the current and planned charging sites aren’t available to the general public because they have been developed around target users like freight transport, engineering, emergency service and sanitation. Public transport is important too. China’s electric bus fleet, for example, is world leading and had an estimated 343,500 vehicles on the road in 2016.",{"type":577,"attrs":629,"content":630},{"textAlign":49},[631],{"text":632,"type":582},"This meant that in 2015 there were 136,000 charging outlets available to public users, accounting for 42% of the network, with 31% for the kind of specific users described above and 27% private users.",{"type":577,"attrs":634,"content":635},{"textAlign":49},[636],{"text":637,"type":582},"The combination of these factors means that the ratio of vehicles to charging points increased rapidly in 2015 and 2016 at 11.78 and 7.27 respectively, according to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.",{"type":577,"attrs":639,"content":640},{"textAlign":49},[641],{"text":642,"type":582},"It’s a matter of concern. However, it is unclear what ratio of charging points to electric vehicles is required to ensure customers are comfortable purchasing EVs and have sufficient access to charging points.",{"type":577,"attrs":644,"content":645},{"textAlign":49},[646],{"text":647,"type":582},"The IEA’s assessment of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids suggests that electric car charging does not match refuelling habits for internal combustion engines even when electrified powertrains substitute for cars of a similar category. Instead, electric car owners most frequently charge their vehicles at home or at work, relying on slow chargers.",{"type":577,"attrs":649,"content":650},{"textAlign":49},[651],{"text":652,"type":582},"Public-private investment",{"type":577,"attrs":654,"content":655},{"textAlign":49},[656],{"text":657,"type":582},"China’s impressive national co-ordination around investment in infrastructure is being applied to the EV charging network. The revenue from end-users cannot cover the construction and operating costs for charging infrastructure. Combining public and private funding might provide a solution.",{"type":577,"attrs":659,"content":660},{"textAlign":49},[661],{"text":662,"type":582},"Interest in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) has surged since 2013 as the country caught",{"type":577,"attrs":664,"content":665},{"textAlign":49},[666],{"text":667,"type":582},"PPP “fever,” according to Ningbo University infrastructure experts. 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If the utilisation rate is lower than 85% of the expected level and the project income is not enough to cover costs, the government will compensate the gap.",{"type":577,"attrs":694,"content":695},{"textAlign":49},[696],{"text":697,"type":582},"The range of companies working in the electric charging point infrastructure is relatively diverse when compared to other energy-related infrastructure projects.",{"type":577,"attrs":699,"content":700},{"textAlign":49},[701],{"text":702,"type":582},"Suppliers include SGCC, Potevio New Energy, Teld, Star Charge, Huashang Sanyou, Wanma, Tellus Power and Tesla, the latter of which is the only vehicle manufacturer to provide both electric cars and charging outlets.",{"type":577,"attrs":704,"content":705},{"textAlign":49},[706],{"text":707,"type":582},"DiDi is building stations as part of its wider plans for the transport network. The ride-sharing, AI and autonomous technology company is the world’s largest online transportation platform. It has more than 450 million users and 21 million drivers and acquired Uber China in August 2016. Over 260,000 EVs are running on DiDi’s network, making it the world’s largest EV fleet operator, according to founder and CEO Cheng Wei.",{"type":577,"attrs":709,"content":710},{"textAlign":49},[711],{"text":712,"type":582},"“With the advance of new energy and new transmission technology, humanity has the chance to build a global ‘internet’ of energy,” Wei added.",{"type":577,"attrs":714,"content":715},{"textAlign":49},[716],{"text":717,"type":582},"Beijing looks ahead",{"type":577,"attrs":719,"content":720},{"textAlign":49},[721],{"text":722,"type":582},"China’s five-year plans set out objectives for economic and social development. The 13th five-year plan runs from 2016 to 2020. The section on strategic emerging industries deals with electric cars, alongside technology like biotech and 5G mobile. Key measures included:",{"type":577,"attrs":724,"content":725},{"textAlign":49},[726],{"text":727,"type":582},"The country aims to deploy 4.3 million private charging stations, 500,000 public charging outlets for cars and 850 intercity quick-charge stations, among other targets for buses and taxis by 2020.",{"type":577,"attrs":729,"content":730},{"textAlign":49},[731],{"text":732,"type":582},"China’s charging point problem is enviable. The rapid adoption of EVs, particularly in public fleets, has helped to create the world’s largest market.",{"type":577,"attrs":734,"content":735},{"textAlign":49},[736],{"text":737,"type":582},"The country’s manufacturers have made massive investments in vehicle and battery technology. The next step is to ensure the government’s strategies to subsidise the development of its charging network are successful enough to keep up with demand.",{"type":577,"attrs":739,"content":740},{"textAlign":49},[],"By Chris Goodfellow The rapid growth of China’s electric vehicle (EV) fleet has left the charging network struggling to catch up. The country is the world’s largest market for electric cars. Yet the number of private stations, low hybrid sales and poor economic returns have caused the number of EVs per charging point to increase […]",[743],{"slug":565,"name":566,"content":744},{"job_title":568,"image":745,"bio":571,"linkedin":572},{"filename":570},"\u003C!--#storyblok#{\"name\": \"article\", \"space\": \"\", \"uid\": \"dd1eb168-8e5f-4fd2-81fd-85fb250cfd4e\", \"id\": \"\"}-->","article",[749,752],{"slug":750,"name":751},"batteries","Batteries",{"slug":753,"name":754},"critical-minerals","Critical Minerals","private",{"id":49,"alt":757,"name":757,"focus":757,"title":757,"source":757,"filename":758,"copyright":757,"fieldtype":759,"meta_data":760,"is_external_url":51},"","https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/03bc48edd4/bm-screen-shot-2018-10-17-at-032215.png","asset",{"alt":757,"title":757,"source":757,"copyright":757},"Oct 17, 2018","17th October 2018",[],[],1792773943692]