The introduction of new energy vehicles to the countryside will solve the problem of rural power instability

The recent "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Charging Infrastructure to Better Support New Energy Vehicles Going to the Rural Areas and Rural Revitalization" proposes to innovate the construction, operation and maintenance model of charging infrastructure in rural areas, and support the purchase and use of new energy vehicles in rural areas. Energy vehicles. At this stage, the adaptability of new energy vehicles to rural areas is relatively high. Rural residents do not have high requirements for travel. They usually commute within county areas and the mileage is short, which can just solve the shortcomings of new energy vehicles' battery life. And because the area is smaller, the number of charging stations and charging piles is not required. Compared with cities, the total investment will be significantly reduced. However, two issues have not yet been resolved.

First, the price of new energy vehicles. Although new energy vehicles started a "price war" in March this year, the average price of electric vehicles is still more than 100,000 yuan. Although the income of rural families has increased significantly in recent years and farmers' living standards have also improved qualitatively, price is still one of the most important factors for them to consider when purchasing vehicles. Moreover, bringing new energy vehicles to the countryside is a typical “city surrounding the countryside” strategy. Rural consumers are not fully aware of new energy vehicles and may find it more difficult to understand the advantages of new energy vehicles.

The second and most important problem is the instability of rural power. Rural areas are sparsely populated, the electricity load is scattered, and the coverage area of ??the distribution network is too large. Taking into account equipment utilization, there are few substation locations, so line losses are large, resulting in serious voltage losses. In addition, most of the rural power grid distribution lines were built during the 1st and 2nd phases of rural power grid transformation. Due to the limitations of technical and economic conditions at that time, the early line selection standards were low and basically provided single-phase power supply. With the increasing power load, , now it is inevitable that the wire diameter is too thin. In addition, some rural lines have experienced serious aging due to long-term overload operation, resulting in serious voltage loss.

Furthermore, once heavy rains hit some rural areas, normal electricity consumption will be affected due to problems such as downed telephone poles and burned out transformers. However, there is a shortage of power repair personnel at the grassroots level. In many cases, one power company employee is responsible for the power consumption of several towns at the same time. There are often situations where they are overwhelmed, and rural power problems are even more difficult to guarantee.

Relevant departments have good intentions in order to achieve rural revitalization and increase consumption capacity in rural areas without falling behind. However, for rural areas where power outages are often caused by unstable voltage during peak periods of electricity consumption, new energy Bringing cars to the countryside will only make the rural power system worse, not the icing on the cake. If food and grass are not prepared, soldiers and horses are vulnerable. If we want to maximize the role of new energy vehicles in rural areas, we must solve the problem of unstable power in rural areas as soon as possible.