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Seriously speaking, it is recommended that high-speed charging stations be changed to charge based on occupancy time as the majority and power consumption as the minor.

recentZeekrDr. Zhu Ling also mentioned the situation where highway charging stations are occupied by extended-range/plug-in hybrid vehicles.

You should know that China's pure electric vehicle sales penetration rate has been suppressing plug-in hybrid vehicles by more than three to one for many years, and the absolute ownership gap between the two is widening. As a result, the visibility of plug-in hybrid vehicles and extended-range vehicles at charging stations in highway service areas is more than half.

There are two reasons. The superficial reason is that there are indeed many plug-in hybrid and extended-range vehicles on the highway. The deeper reason is that plug-in hybrid and extended-range vehicles charge too slowly.

Plug-in hybrids were originally designed to satisfy consumers who want a pure electric experience but don’t have range anxiety.

The result is that consumers who buy pure electric vehicles do not dare to drive on the highway easily, while consumers who buy plug-in hybrid and extended-range vehicles drive on the highway with open arms. The more the latter occupy charging piles because charging is cheaper than refueling, the more pure electric car owners are discouraged from driving on the highway.

The above is just the surface.The deeper reason is that the battery of the plug-in hybrid car is small, the charging speed is slow, the charging frequency is high or it takes a long time。

To give an extreme example, suppose plug-in hybrid vehicle A has a pure electric range of 250km, and it needs to be charged every 200km. It takes 1.5 hours to fully charge. If it wants to travel 1000km without using oil, it needs to be charged 5 times, and the charging time is a total of 7.5 hours.

Assuming that pure electric vehicle B has a range of 600km, it can be charged every 500km. Assuming that a full charge takes 1.5h, it is enough to charge twice for 1000km, and the charging only takes 3h.

Let's calculate the operator's accounts. Assuming that Car A and Car B have the same actual charging degree and the same electricity charges, Car A takes 2.5 times longer.

It would be fine if there is no queue, but once there is a queue, it means that the existence of car A seriously affects the charging of the second and third cars B, which means a real decline in operating cash flow and profits.

Taxi fares are calculated based not only on mileage but also on congestion conditions. It is reasonable for charging stations to add a occupancy fee based on electricity consumption.

Many reports have mentioned that some one-size-fits-all charging stations simply do not allow plug-in hybrid and extended-range vehicles to charge. This shows that this is a point of consensus between pure electric car owners who want to improve their experience and charging stations who want to make money more efficiently.

If you don't like the rising cost of charging for relatively inefficient plug-in hybrid and extended-range vehicles, the worst that can happen is to refuel.