Highway NEV charging up 30%during Spring Festival holiday

As China's new energy vehicle sector continues to grow rapidly, NEV charging volume on China's highways saw a significant increase during the Spring Festival holiday, surging nearly 30 percent compared to the same period last year, according to data from the State Grid Corp of China.

Data from the SGCC Smart Service Platform for the Internet of EVs show that during the holiday, the platform facilitated 180 million kilowatt-hours of charging, with an average daily charge of 22.58 million kilowatt-hours, marking a 25.26 percent year-on-year rise.

Of this total, highway charging accounted for 57.27 million kilowatt-hours, with an average daily charge of 7.16 million kilowatt-hours, up 29.48 percent from last year. The sixth day of the Lunar New Year saw a record high of 8.9 million kilowatt-hours of highway charging, it said.