China building more EV charging and battery swap stations in Beijing and other cities

State Grid Corp. of China (SGCC) plans to build more electric charging stations in Beijing and several other cities this year to meet rising demand for electric vehicles.

The country’s dominant electric power transmission company will build a network of charging stations in Beijing, Tianjin, Hefei and Nanchang this year, the Beijing News quoted SGCC general manager Liu Zhenya as saying.

The major service of the stations will be providing batteries that are already recharged, Liu said at the company’s annual work meeting in Beijing...He said the batteries will be mostly charged at night, and used batteries will be recycled by SGCC.

From Peoples Daily