Buying an EV in China Is Easy. Charging It Is a Different Story
Charging stations for GM’s Buick Velite EV in Shanghai.
Photographer: Gilles Sabrie/BloombergWelcome to the Hyperdrive daily briefing, decoding the revolution reshaping the auto world, from EVs to self-driving cars and beyond.
Every year, Chinese take to the roads during the Golden Week holiday that starts Oct. 1, basking in the early autumn weather and the lack of highway toll charges on those seven, gloriously work-free days. Traffic jams have become more common as car ownership has climbed. But this year saw a jam of a different kind: queues to recharge electric vehicles.