A Changan electronic car Francisco Liriano Blue Jays Jersey , one of the domestic brands, on display at the Shanghai auto show. China will gradually cut subsidies for new-energy cars starting from 2017 (PhotoChina Daily) he latest move of the Beijing municipal government to impose fees for electric vehicle (EV) charging services has sparked heated debate about questions ranging from the legitimacy to the pricing.
The Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform has released new rules for electricity usage and charging service fees, with the latter calculated based on electricity consumption.
For every one kilowatt hour of electricity, the upper-limit is set at 15 percent of the maximum retail price per liter of No. 92 gasoline in Beijing. EV charging companies are allowed to fix their own price standards within this range.
The new rules will take effect from June 1.
The commission responded that the move is aimed at maintaining the cost advantage of using EVs. Moreover Devon Travis Blue Jays Jersey , the introduction of service fees could encourage more companies to enter the charging service market while increased supply would be conducive to a more balanced market.
Experts also say the government pricing standard will play an important role in regulating the charging service market.
The previous scheme, under which power grids did not charge fees and car charging companies set their own pricing standards, dampened power company enthusiasm for participating in the program while the fees charged by those companies could be even higher than the government standard, they said Darwin Barney Blue Jays Jersey , adding that a uniform standard set by the government would be good for the long-term development of the sector.
The charge also makes people doubt whether China will still encourage the use of electric vehicles.
Before the government released the standard, most of Beijing's charging poles were available to users free of charge, with only a small minority of them subject to service fees.
Calculations based on current gasoline prices indicate that EVs still have a cost advantage over conventionally-powered vehicles by a large margin, with the cost for use just 53 percent of that for vehicles powered by conventional fuels. For users who charge their cars at home Dalton Pompey Blue Jays Jersey , there are no service fees at all. Therefore, spending on charging will not increase by much.
Since the end of March, Beijing had built approximately 7,500 charging poles and five stations Aaron Sanchez Blue Jays Jersey , with the ratio of EV numbers in circulation to the number of charging poles standing at about 1.6:1. The city remains a leader in terms of the construction of car charging facilities in China.
In addition, State Grid's Beijing branch has built 280 charging terminals as well as 5,242 charging poles and is planning to construct charging networks with a service radius of 5 kilometers within the Fifth Ring Road. Other companies are also jumping on the bandwagon. Sinopec and PetroChina, for example Troy Tulowitzki FlexBase Jersey , are also piloting the setting up of charging facilities at their gas stations.
Experts said resolving problems that are restricting the development of new energy vehicles and making them affordable, convenient and pleasing would help usher in a real EV market for.
ANKARA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A parliamentary candidate of the main opposition party was wounded in an armed attack on Tuesday in southern Adana province of Turkey, state-run Anadolu agency reported.
The Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy candidate and lawyer Elif Dogan Turkmen Ryan Goins FlexBase Jersey , 53, was shot in her knee by gunfire from a car while she was on her way to a breakfast in Cukurova district of Adana, Governor of Adana Mustafa Buyuk was quoted as saying.
Turkmen was taken to a hospital for treatment, Buyuk said Russell Martin FlexBase Jersey , adding that the car used in the attack was rental and found abandoned.
The police launched an operation to capture the gunman.
The attack came following a series of assaults against candidates of political parties in Turkey ahead of June 7 general elections.
Most recently, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) candidate Ramazan Demir was stabbed in stomach during his election campaigning in Adana on Saturday.
On Thursday, the AKP mayor of Gursu district of western Bursa province Cuneyt Yildiz was attacked by gunfire at the municipality.
Seven people were injured in simultaneous explosions on May 18 at two headquarters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in southern Adana and Mersin provinces of Turkey.
The twin blasts occurred on the day when HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtas was set to hold a rally in Mersin as part of his campaign for upcoming general elections.