Want China Times, Wu Ruei-da and Staff Reporter 2014-08-04
BYD, China's leading car manufacturing company, has reportedly built the world's biggest electric bus recharging station that can simultaneously dock 300 buses, reports our Chinese-language sister newspaper China Times.
A BYD branch in Los Angeles. (Photo/Xinhua) |
BYD, China's leading car manufacturing company, has reportedly built the world's biggest electric bus recharging station that can simultaneously dock 300 buses, reports our Chinese-language sister newspaper China Times.
The
recharging station is located in Jiangsu province's capital city of Nanjing.
The station, already in operation, includes 150 recharging devices. BYD's
achievement is seen as China's determination to develop and promote the use of
new energy.
China's
authorities announced on July 30 that they will provide preferential electricity
subsidies for people who recharge their electric cars. The new policy aims at
lowering the costs of recharging electric vehicles to incentivize the use of
electric cars.
More
recharging booths would be a boon for China's domestic automotive industry, as
long as they were distributed across all regions and considered population and
driver density.
Each
recharging pillar only costs 10,000 yuan (US$1,618) to build. This is pocket
change for the Chinese government. The cost for a recharging station is similar
to that of a petrol station.
The more
recharging stations there are, the more consumers are willing to switch to the
use of new energy, said one spokesman in the automotive industry.
BYD intends
to build in total 21 recharging stations in Nanjing, which would consist of 976
recharging pillars. They have not given a time frame for completion.
BYD will
also provide electric vehicles for the Youth Olympic Games held in Nanjing from
Aug. 16 to Aug. 28.
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