China’s Unloved EV Chargers Point to Challenges for Public Plugs - Bloomberg

Low utilization rates for many connectors on city streets and highways illustrate an auto industry conundrum. An EV charging station in Beijing. Dan Murtaugh Subscriber Benefit Subscribe To support its transition from gas guzzlers to electric vehicles, China has rolled out more public charging facilities than the rest of the world combined. The problem is many are barely being used. New research from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies found that public charging posts in China are used on average about once a day. Some connectors along highway routes are particularly unloved, with an average utilization rate of 1%, according to the study. The country is home to more than 1.8 million plugs Source: BloombergNEF The low usage illustrates the tricky reality of public charging networks: Reliable infrastructure is needed to help ease consumers’ anxiety about running out of battery range, but more EVs are needed to make the stations economically viable. China’s predicament suggests that i

Low utilization rates for many connectors on city streets and highways illustrate an auto industry conundrum. An EV charging station in Beijing. Dan Murtaugh Subscriber Benefit Subscribe To support its transition from gas guzzlers to electric vehicles, China has rolled out more public charging facilities than the rest of the world combined. The problem is many are barely being used. New research from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies found that public charging posts in China are used on average about once a day. Some connectors along highway routes are particularly unloved, with an avera

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