Leading the charge to e-mobility

Beijing-Berlin conference hears plans for needed facilities

More charging poles will be installed in neighborhoods and public areas in Beijing to promote private use of electric vehicles, said participants in the recent Beijing-Berlin E-Mobility Conference.

The capital city plans to have 10,000 fast-charging poles by 2017, mostly at public parking lots, big shopping malls, auto dealers and gas stations, Zhang Jihong, vice-director of the Beijing Science and Technology Commission, said at the conference.