China plans to construct 800,000 new charging points to support the growing new energy vehicle ( NE ) market , including the installation of 100,000 public chargers and 700,000 non - public chargers . The non - public offering will include public charging points as well as taxi , bus and commercial vehicle charging points . Big cities like Beijing and Shanghai are adding electric and plug-in hybrid buses to their fleets in record numbers, and many city-based transport companies are going electric as well, using vehicles ranging from tricycles, minivans to mid-sized trucks. China currently has some 150,000 public NEV charging points in operation . The points , due to be placed in cities and along highways , will continue to be installed at breakneck pace until at least 2020 to create enough capacity to support 100 million NEVs .
China plans to construct 800,000 new charging points to support the growing new energy vehicle ( NE ) market , including the installation of 100,000 public chargers and 700,000 non - public chargers . The non - public offering will include public charging points as well as taxi , bus and commercial vehicle charging points . China currently has some 150,000 public NEV charging points in operation . The points , due to be placed in cities and along highways , will continue to be installed at breakneck pace until at least 2020 to create enough capacity to support 100 million NEVs .