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China Builds World's Largest EV Charging Network With 167,000 Stations (247wallst.com)
"It soon will become easier to charge a Chevy Bolt or Tesla in China," reports 24/7 Wall Street, citing reports from China's official newspaper that they've built the highest number of electric-car charging facilities in the world, offering "the broadest coverage, and the most advanced technology." AmiMoJo quotes their announcement:
A total of 167,000 charging piles have now been connected to the telematics platform of the State Grid Corporation of China, making it the world's largest electric vehicle (EV) charging network. By cooperating with 17 charging station operators, the SGCC now offers more than 1 million kilowatt-hours of power each day.
24/7 Wall Street says the ambitious (and government-subsidized) plan "is bound to help electronic car adoption since most vehicles in the category have ranges well under 300 miles."
24/7 Wall Street says the ambitious (and government-subsidized) plan "is bound to help electronic car adoption since most vehicles in the category have ranges well under 300 miles."
I think they are more interested in the control aspects rather than being green. Just of the top of my head I can think of several scenarios where going 100% fully electric vehicle would be of benefit from a control point of view for what I would call a "Captive Audience":
1. charge stations can be turned off to isolate pockets of areas you want to keep contained/isolated.
2. don't be surprised if the "plugs" are designed to only work with certain charge stations (i.e. theirs).
3. individual transports can be tracked and controlled with much more accuracy
4. anyone running "off the grid" in say a motorcycle will stick out like a sore thumb.
5. should shit hit the fan politically the entire transportation infrastructure can be taken out with a well deployed EMP burst.