It's another year of the New Year, and many people return to their rural hometowns by self-driving. In this annual homecoming tide with the theme of family affection, more and more new energy vehicles have begun to appear in rural areas.
Accounting for nearly one percent, it is no longer uncommon to drive new energy vehicles to return to their hometowns.
In previous years, I drove home by petrol car, but this year I drove the tram back for the first time, and it felt good! At 10:30 a.m. on the second day of the first lunar month, Zhang Meng drove 70 kilometers of golf pure electric from Heze Peony District and took his family to Xinzhuang's house in Houji Town, Cao County.
Zhang Meng's golf was parked in front of his hometown.
As a veteran driver with more than 30 years of driving experience, Zhang Meng has always driven a petrol car, and in 2022, he bought a second-hand Golf pure electric with an attitude of early adopter, and since then he has regarded the tram as the main car of the family.
Last year, I was worried about the battery life, so I drove back in a gas truck. This year, I heard that there are charging stations in every village, which can be charged in time to ensure the return power, so I drove the tram. Zhang Meng said.
Some villagers said that a few years ago, due to factors such as inability to charge and poor road conditions, new energy vehicles were rarely seen in rural areas, and now with the improvement of conditions, new energy vehicles have long been common, and there are not a few people who drive new energy vehicles home to visit relatives.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon on the second day of the first lunar month, the intersection of Industrial Road and Xiangjiang West Road in the suburbs of Caoxian County, which belongs to the urban-rural junction, and the traffic flow is relatively dense. According to the statistics, among the 1,000 cars in the past, there were 78 vehicles with green new energy license plates, and new energy vehicles accounted for nearly 10% of all cars on the road.
Relatives will take the initiative to ask about the driving experience.
I drove to visit Zhangbaizhuang, Wangdamiao Village and other villages in Wangji Town, and found that many new energy vehicles driven by people returning home from other places to visit relatives were mixed with many oil trucks and parked in the streets and alleys of the villages. Some of the family visit vehicles have obvious characteristics and can be almost instantly recognized: most of them have non-local green license plates, the appearance is relatively neat and stylish, and the overall price is relatively high, including BMW i3, Li L8, Tesla Model 3, Denza D9 and other mid-to-high-end models.
Ms. Li, who returned from Qingdao, told reporters that she had two cars at home, namely a Cadillac CT6 and a Tesla Model Y. As a result, many relatives recognized her car at a glance, and would take the initiative to ask about driving experience, cruising range and other relevant information, which made Ms. Li very happy.
A Tesla car driving on the road in Cao County.
What surprised Ms. Li the most was that her 87-year-old grandmother also talked to her about the advantages of charging after hearing that she was driving a new energy vehicle home. "I didn't expect my grandmother to know that 'electric car charging is cheap and fuel-efficient', which shows that new energy vehicles have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Ms. Li said.
Mr. Cheng, who returned to his hometown in the ideal L8, attaches more importance to the practicality of new energy vehicles during the Spring Festival, and believes that more vehicle space can bring more convenience. "Compared with oil vehicles, the overall space of many new energy vehicles is more sufficient, and the trunk is larger, so that you can pull a few more relatives and decorate more New Year's goods during the Chinese New Year, and it is more convenient in the process of ushering in the delivery. Mr. Li said.
Slow charging is basically popular, and fast charging needs to go to the city.
Searching for "charging piles" through the map app, it was found that most of the charging piles registered in the map app were concentrated in urban areas, and there were only scattered charging piles in rural areas. Li Peng, a villager living in Xuezhuang Village, Wangji Town, told reporters that car slow charging piles have basically been popularized in the rural towns of Cao County, but they have not been included in the map app.
In recent years, the popularity of charging piles in rural areas has been very fast, and the towns and villages in Cao County are now basically equipped with slow-charging charging piles, and even each brigade has one in some places. But if you charge it fast, you still get the city. Li Peng said.
According to Li Peng's description, he came to the orderly public charging station of the Wangji Xulou Brigade, which has a 7kw charging pile, and at this time, a BYD Tang DM-i hanging Yantai to take pictures is charging, and there are no other vehicles lined up around. According to the announcement posted at the charging station, this charging station belongs to the State Grid and can be used with the "e-Charging" APP.
A BYD car charging at a slow charging pile in a rural area.
The State Grid staff responsible for the operation and maintenance services of this charging station said that at present, the State Grid operates three fast charging stations in Caoxian County, including Sun Laojia, Caoxian Railway Station and Caocheng, with a total of about 30 60kW charging piles, which can meet the charging problem of vehicles visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year.
Visited a number of charging stations with fast charging piles in Caoxian County, such as State Grid, Special Call, Cloud Fast Charging, etc., and found no vehicles queuing up for charging. Mr. Song, who drove the BYD Song Plus DM-i from Jining City to Cao County to visit relatives, said that when he drove a new energy vehicle to visit relatives, the queue for charging only occurred at the charging station in the service area of the expressway.
On the afternoon of the second day of the first lunar month, the fast charging station in Caoxian County is very sufficient.
Whether it is slow charging or fast charging, I have not encountered a queue for charging in the past few days during the Spring Festival, and the overall ratio of charging piles in Cao County is still quite sufficient. Mr. Song said.
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