Pure electric vehicles feel charging pinch on highways during National Day holidays

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Some new-energy vehicle (NEV) owners have felt another pinch during the ongoing National Day holidays apart from the normal traffic jams during traditional Chinese holidays when many people hit the road: they are finding it hard to get their electric vehicles (EVs) charged at services zones along highways.

An EV owner reportedly queued for four hours in a services zone in Leiyang, Central China's Hunan Province where many cars waited for charging on October 1, the first day of the long holidays when the traffic peak usually occurs on highways. The owner drove her car  from Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, to Hunan. The distance between Shenzhen and Hunan is about 750 kilometers.  

During the four hours, the owner said she did not go to the bathroom worrying if another car would jump the queue, according to media reports. "There were about 20 cars in the queue and I assume it would be about three hours of waiting," she said. It took her 16 hours to finally get home.


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