Want China Times, Xinhua 2014-08-30
China Unicom, a major state-owned telecom company, said on Friday it will partner with US electric carmaker Tesla to build charging stations in 120 cities to expand the service network for electric cars.
A public charging station for electric cars in Shanghai, May 28. (File photo/Xinhua) |
China Unicom, a major state-owned telecom company, said on Friday it will partner with US electric carmaker Tesla to build charging stations in 120 cities to expand the service network for electric cars.
Unicom will
provide space for the construction and some basic services, while Tesla will be
responsible for the charging facilities, according to the plan.
The two
companies are aiming to build stations with two or more charging posts in 20
Chinese cities within this year.
Jiang
Zhengxin, vice general manager of Unicom, said the cooperation will allow
effective use of the infrastructure and human resources at the over 20,000
Unicom outlets across China, which in turn will act as promotion for the
company.
The Chinese
government has been encouraging consumers to buy electric vehicles as one of
the solutions to the country's pollution problems, but the effort has been
hindered by lack of charging infrastructure.
No comments:
Post a Comment