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Electric car option for Beijing trips
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FIVE electric vehicles set off on a journey from Beijing to Shanghai yesterday, piloting a scheme that would see the 1,260-kilometer trip cost a maximum of 400 yuan (US$64) in charging fees — half the fuel cost of conventional vehicles.
The vehicles recharged at stations being built by the State Grid Corp of China along the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway.
These are located every 50 kilometers along the route and a single station can fully charge a vehicle within 30 minutes, China Central Television reported.
An electric vehicle needs to charge around six times en route — or every 200 kilometers — with 30 kilowatt hours of electricity each time.
State Grid said it will cost at most 400 yuan for the Shanghai-Beijing journey, half of the fuel cost for gasoline-powered vehicles.
The State Grid, the monopoly power distributor in all but five provinces in China, is building tens of thousands of charging spots across China to establish a network on highways from Beijing to Hong Kong.
China is promoting green vehicles in a bid to curb air pollution.
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