![]() The third and final video is a drone shot of a charging station and the long queue of EVs stretching several kilometres, snaking past 3 streets. When asked what is his opinion on EV taxis, he says he still love EVs, but not with the power rationing and long queues curtailing its use. He went on to say that a full charge gives him 400 km of driving range but the driver says it drops very fast (possibly due to the heat and increased A/C use).Įven though his car still has 170 km of range left, he can no longer take on any more jobs because if he doesn’t start queueing now, the waiting time will be even longer. The driver says he has to start queueing from 8pm and he could only complete charging his taxi by around 4 - 5am the next morning. The second video is an interview with a taxi driver who drives an EV. The host explained that even at 2am, long queues are still seen and even though it’s past midnight, the heat is still severe and many drivers waiting in queue can’t even turn on their car’s lights because their cars are running low on charge. The first scene shows a local resident taking a midnight drive (in a combustion engine Jaguar XE L) to three nearby charging stations. The video below is a compilation of posts gathered from Weibo and Douyin, China’s equivalent to Twitter and TikTok respectively. Green license plates identify plugged in vehicles (BEVs and PHEVs) Long queues at one of the few charging stations in Chengdu that is still operating. On Chinese social media platforms, the trending topic is posts by EV owners waking up at midnight, nursing their car to the next available charging station, and when they do find a working charger, it will inevitably have long queues. Many other DC fast charging stations now only operate between 12 am to 8am, and at reduced power output, so charging time is now even longer. ![]() In Chengdu, only 2 out of the 31 Tesla Superchargers are still operating. ![]() (function() ) ĮV battery swap stations operated by Nio and Geely have also been ordered to stop operating while DC fast charging stations have to either operate at reduced capacity, or suspend their services. ![]() High power consumption factories have suspended operations, offices have shut off air-conditioning and workers are told to work from home, while retail stores are now operating with minimal power. Southern provinces of Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, where temperatures ranged from 40 to 45 degrees Celsius, have all begun rationing power. The effects of climate change have resulted in China facing its worst-ever heat wave since 1961 and ironically, battery EVs – which are touted as one of the solutions to combat climate change – have now been reduced to becoming expensive bricks as local authorities impose power rationing measures to stop the power grid from buckling under the strain of increased air-conditioning use.Ĭaption says "Long queue at the charging station, good luck."
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