Although "born late" compared to many countries in the world in the race for electric vehicles, Vietnam is emerging as one of the countries that owns the world's leading high-density charging station infrastructure.
Southeast Asia and Vietnam in the race to cover electric vehicle infrastructure
Talking to Lao Dong, a VinFast representative said that up to now, VinFast's public charging stations have been present in 63/63 provinces.
In particular, on 125 national highways, provincial roads and expressways, VinFast charging stations are being densely arranged with the average distance between two stations being only about 65km, even continuing to be shortened to only 50km, with all kinds of capacities from normal charging to super fast charging, thereby completing the planning of 150.000 charging ports nationwide.
Compared to other countries in the world, Vietnam can be considered a latecomer in the trend of shifting to electric vehicles. However, up to now, thanks to VinFast's pioneering, Vietnam's charging station system is considered the leading in the region.
In the Southeast Asian country with an auto market size nearly double that of Vietnam, Thailand, by September 9.2023, this country only had a total of 8.702 charging ports for electric vehicles located along roads and highways.
Similarly, Singapore - a country that is strongly transitioning to electric vehicles, with 10 in every 1 newly registered cars being an electric vehicle, an increase of about 20 times compared to 2020. However, as of July 7.2022 , there are only 2.500 electric vehicle charging ports installed in this country. However, one thing Singapore is facing is that the majority of its 5,4 million people live in high-rise apartment buildings. Therefore, charging electric vehicles depends almost entirely on public charging stations. The Singapore government is making every effort to achieve its goal of covering 40.000 public charging ports by 2030.
"Picture" of charging stations in the US and developed countries
Not only does Vietnam lead in Southeast Asia in the number of charging stations and charging ports, it is also far ahead of leading countries in the world such as the US and China in terms of charging port density based on area and population size. .
With VinFast's own planning of 150.000 charging ports on a scale of 100 million people, on average, every 10.000 Vietnamese people have 15 electric vehicle charging ports. This number is 5 times higher than the US and higher than the 12 charging ports per 10.000 people in China.
It can be seen that the world's most extensive and dense charging infrastructure is creating a solid foundation for electric vehicle development in Vietnam, and is also a launching pad for VinFast to confidently go global.
The United States is the world's leading developed country and is considered one of the pioneers in promoting the development of electric vehicles. However, the story below is a real-life example showing that even in such a developed country, the transition from traditional fuel-powered vehicles to environmentally friendly vehicles is only at the beginning. head.
The delegation of Ms. Jennifer Granholm - US Secretary of Energy - used a number of electric and gasoline cars for a 4-day field trip. The group planned to quickly charge, but when they arrived at a station, they discovered there weren't enough charging ports. A gasoline car rider in the US Secretary of Energy's delegation went to a charging station first and then "sat down" to wait for the electric car to charge, but this behavior was immediately reported to the police.
It can be seen that the lack of public charging stations is a prominent problem even in the US, a country open to this type of green vehicle. As of May 5.2023, the electric vehicle charging station network in the US only reached 53.400 public charging stations and about 138.100 individual charging sockets, according to Statista data.
According to the China Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Promotion Alliance, China has 2,7 million public charging ports by the end of 2023. This number is expected to increase by 40% by 2024, but only a few will Supports fast charging. But that number is nothing compared to the population of more than 1,4 billion people here. The number of charging ports in some other notable developed countries includes Korea with more than 200.000 charging ports, the Netherlands with more than 120.000 ports, France with about 84.000 ports or in Germany, 77.000 public charging ports.
Clearly, the VinFast factor and the most extensive charging station system in the region and the world are creating a solid foundation for electric vehicles to develop in Vietnam. If we continue to receive good support in many aspects, especially the charging station development policy, Vietnam can completely create breakthroughs in green transportation in the near future./.
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