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Science/Tech See other Science/Tech Articles Title: Beijing considers next steps for electric vehicles Want... The year 2015 has witnessed the increased effort by some cities and regions in China to promote the use of new energy cars, prompting Beijing to develop schemes for charging service fees for battery charging as well as studying the standards used for collection, said a government official cited in a report by the National Business Daily. A source from a new energy vehicle industry association in Beijing confirmed the new policy but clarified that no official date for rolling out the related measures has been announced yet. Beijing is not the first city to formulate rules for the collection of battery-charging fees. Nanjing in Jiangsu, Hebei, Shanghai, Foshan in Guangdong, and Jiangxi have issued their service fee standards since the second half of 2014, according to the report. Wang Binggang, an expert participating in a national project promoting the development of technology for clean vehicles, said that several regions are formulating fee-charging standards but added that the most important factor is obtaining social capital for the construction of electric car-charging posts. Wang said that the new policy of collecting service fees aims at regulating the development of a construction industry for charging facilities and attracting social capital for the construction of charging stations. The problem of inadequate charging infrastructure is a major bottleneck that hinders the development of China's new energy vehicle sector. For instance, Beijing has set up nearly 1,500 electric car-charging posts and 98 clusters of charging posts in public places as part of a public charging service. Additional charging posts for private use have been built or are still under construction. One electric-taxi driver complained of the difficulty in finding charging posts on streets and shared that he still has to return to his company twice a day to charge the batteries. An unnamed industry insider said that collecting battery-charging service fees could help electric car makers recoup some costs. An unnamed analyst warned that electric vehicle makers should not mainly rely on service fees for profit but should also work for long-term development by generating innovative and profitable models. Fiercer competition could result from injecting more social capital into the electric vehicle market, consequently driving down charging service fees, according to the report. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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