Investigation | Electric cars are no longer "upstairs". Is it convenient to charge downstairs? Is it cost-effective?
Focus
The elevator block system of electric vehicles is good, and there are people who can't stop carrying the battery home to recharge. What should I do in this situation?
"On May 13, this end published "Survey|There are charging piles downstairs. Why do electric cars go upstairs by elevator?"
How can I stop it?
"Later, many citizens realized the danger of electric vehicles going upstairs and charging at home.
To ensure that the "battery" does not go upstairs, the most important thing is to ensure that electric bicycles can be charged centrally downstairs. This requires the community to provide safe, sufficient, and affordable public charging piles.
However, when the reporter visited, they found that many communities just posted notices that you cannot go upstairs with a cart or charge in the corridor, but did not delineate public charging piles that provide independent areas; and although some communities have public charging piles, they have appeared. A lot of idle, low utilization rate...
Lack of space
High demand for charging piles but no installation
At 6 o'clock in the evening, there are a lot of electric bicycles in the Langqinyuan community of Xicheng District, but electric bicycles are rarely parked on the roadside of the community.
Residents' instructions stated that there are roads leading to the underground bicycle garage in the buildings of No. 1, No. 7, and No. 12 buildings, and vehicles are generally placed there.
The reporter came to the garage along the pathway of Building 7 and found that there were many bicycles and electric bicycles, but no equipment for charging electric bicycles was found in the garage.
Residents said that no charging devices have been installed in the community, whether underground or on the ground.
Because of this, some car owners still park their cars in residential buildings for charging convenience, or directly carry the batteries home to charge them.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, a car owner rode an electric bicycle all the way to the elevator room along the barrier-free ramp in front of Building 11, and then rode the car into the elevator to the upper floor.
The reporter then took another elevator to the floor and found that there were a total of six households on this floor, and there were three electric bicycles parked in the corridor.
“If there is no charging place in the community, there is no way to go home.” The resident who just rode up the car said that the property and the community have posted a lot of notices in the building before saying that charging in the corridor is not allowed, but never The problem of the lack of public charging devices in the community has been solved. "I just set a parking space for cars, but don't install a charging shed for electric bicycles. If there is a charging car shed in the community, I will immediately move downstairs."
On the day of the interview, the Longqinyuan Neighborhood Committee also posted a new safety reminder in front of the gates of each building: "In combination with the recent fire accidents of electric vehicles, please do not push electric bicycles into the corridor to park or charge, and do not enter the building. Please don’t share a house with people and cars."
The reporter consulted the property about the charging of electric bicycles.
The property responded that it has recently been studying the installation of charging equipment in the community, but the installation time and location have not been determined.
"If I want to buy an electric bicycle now, where can I charge it?" Facing the reporter's question, the property's answer was surprising. "Now we are checking the situation of electric bicycles in the corridor. I can push it home to recharge."
There are also charging piles installed in communities that are far from meeting the needs of residents.
For example, there are more than 6000 residents in the Xintiandi community in Beijing, and the smart charging cabinet in the community can only provide about 80 charging points at most.
"For everyone's safety, I hope to free up a piece of land and add a dedicated community charging point." A resident found a community property and put forward his hope. The property staff recorded it while replying, "I suggest you report to the community committee Now, we will also reflect to the company’s leaders and try to solve it for everyone."
Weak protection
Substandard difficult to pass fire protection acceptance
Some communities do not have charging facilities. Although some communities have installed equipment, they have not considered them well and have not been able to pass the fire protection inspection. They even dismantled the installed equipment for this reason.
Nearly 60 yellow charging boxes installed in the bicycle shed in the north courtyard of the Xiaomachang Dongli were temporarily unused due to fire safety and the line not being connected.
"After the installation, the fire department came over and looked at it and thought that the safety protection was too weak to allow it to be used." A staff member of the community neighborhood committee said, "If there is a fire in the carport, the yellow charging box cannot be automatically extinguished. There are indeed hidden dangers.” Because charging cabinets were installed in the courtyard later, these charging boxes were actually abandoned.
"In the past two years, the requirements for the installation of charging piles have been much stricter, and some of the charging piles previously installed have many non-compliance." Liu Jianghua has entered the electric vehicle charging pile market in 2017 and has become a senior practitioner in this industry. He told reporters that there has been a lot of demand in the electric vehicle charging pile market in the past two years. His company has installed more than 7,000 devices in various communities in Beijing, each with 10 charging sockets, but they have also removed 1,500 in the past two years. .
The reason for the demolition is mostly because it fails to meet the fire protection requirements.
"Many communities place electric car storage places underground. In the past, charging piles could be installed there. According to current regulations, public charging piles cannot be built underground, so they can only be demolished." Liu Jianghua supports the upgrade of "safety indicators" , Because charging in the underground space does have a great safety hazard, but he also complained about another situation, "Some charging piles with card charging, every time the charging is completed, there will be a voice reminder. Nearby residents use this reason Complaints, in the end we had to dismantle the charging pile."
high cost
Can buy a new car for a year of charging
The smart charging cabinet in the north courtyard of Xiaomachang Dongli is convenient, but the charging standard is not low, 0.5 yuan per hour. This is also the main reason why many residents give up charging here. “The courtyard is also used by two or three people. It costs a few yuan to charge a battery.” Tianxiang Yibei also has a charging station. After scanning the code, the reporter found that the charge was 0.6 yuan per hour, but there was a promise of 3.6 yuan.
Liu Jianghua said that in most electric bicycle charging piles, charging needs to be charged according to the charging time.
When charging pile companies are allowed to install equipment in the community, only a few can be allowed to connect to the civil power line, and they are charged according to the civil power.
More charging piles can only be connected to commercial power lines and charge according to commercial power standards.
Even if charging according to the standard of civil electricity, the charge for each charge may exceed 3 yuan, and more charging piles can only be connected to commercial power lines when entering the community, and the cost per hour is between 1 yuan and 1.3 yuan. Between yuan, the cost of a charge will be correspondingly much higher.
There are even more outrageous fees.
In the Beijing Xintiandi community outside the East Fifth Ring, there are two types of charging cabinets in green and orange.
After scanning the code, the reporter found that the green charging cabinet listed the details as 0 yuan per hour during the day, but 0.28 yuan "storage fee" per hour; from 10 pm to 10 am the next day, the charging fee is 1.5 yuan per kilowatt-hour. , An additional 0.1 yuan "storage fee" will be charged per hour.
The monthly subscription price for unlimited charging times is even more amazing. The monthly subscription price for the orange charging cabinet is 299 yuan, in the green charging cabinet, the monthly subscription fee for the charging pile is 78 yuan, and the monthly subscription price for the general monthly card is 180 yuan.
Based on this calculation, a car owner who buys a monthly pass will spend money on "a new car" a year.
Resident Yin Zhihong said that it usually takes about five hours to charge his car. “Whether it is charging by the number of times or buying a monthly pass, the cost is indeed a bit high.”
Poor experience
After riding out for a whole night, I’m going to go out
Because there is no parking space near the unit, Xiaotian commutes to work by electric bicycle every day. Although there is a public charging station downstairs in the community, he still removes the battery and takes it home to recharge.
Because he once had a lesson. In the winter of last year, he used to charge downstairs all night. When he used the car in the morning, he saw that the battery was full, but after riding less than 5 kilometers, the car was "squatting".
Charging piles with similar problems have not been repaired for a long time. Some of the charging piles did not leave the company phone, and some even if the phone was left, when the call was made, the other party would claim that they are only the manufacturer and are not responsible for the installation and maintenance of the product. ...
"Those who can call for after-sales maintenance are considered enthusiastic. Sometimes they can't get through or run into this kind of nonsense. Everyone must go straight upstairs to charge." Oda told the truth.
The charging cabinet in the North Community of West Road in Gucheng has been in operation for two years. Residents have developed the habit of charging downstairs, but they also feel very inconvenient because of the backward payment method.
Because the charging pile here must be charged with a card, the card must be recharged in advance.
"I don't have a wallet anymore, and it's even more inconvenient to bring a card. Even if you want to keep the card charging method, it would be great to provide a direct scan code charging channel."
Although many charging cabinets have been installed in Beijing Xintiandi Community, the specifications and dimensions of many charging cabinets do not match that of household electric vehicle batteries. The green charging cabinet can charge most lithium batteries and lead-acid batteries, while the orange charging cabinet can charge most lithium batteries and lead-acid batteries. The grid size is inconsistent with the battery size of most household electric bicycles.
"If you want to use the orange charging cabinet, you have to go to the store that sells electric vehicles to change the battery size." Resident Ye Pengfei told reporters, but there are other risks associated with changing the battery, so most residents abandon the charging cabinet.
These charging cabinets have almost become "gas stations" for the couriers and takeaway groups. During the half an hour when the reporter observed on-site in the west yard of the community, nearly 20 couriers and takeaways rushed to recharge or exchange electricity. At one time, there was a need to line up at the scene. .
Reporter Zhou Mingjie Mo Fan Li Songlin