Shanghai boosts charging infrastructure for 1.32 million new energy vehicles

There are 196,000 public charging stations and up to 518,100 households of private charging stations across Shanghai to ensure the daily operation of new energy vehicles, according to the State Grid Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Co.

A total of 303,000 new energy vehicles were added in Shanghai over the first eleven months of 2023, increasing the city's amount of new energy vehicles to 1.32 million, the company said.

In 2023, some 3.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were used for recharging electric vehicles in Shanghai, up 90 percent year-on-year, and accounting for 2 percent of the city's electricity consumption.

"We will continuously guarantee the city's power supply for charging infrastructure, and facilitate coordinated charging management and integration of smart energy grid with internet of vehicles. A two-way, interactive system of information flow and energy flow will be built between new energy vehicles and the power supply network," said Wu Dan, an official with the State Grid Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Co.