Shanghai (ZXZC)- Guangzhou, one of Chinese metropolises and the capital of Guangdong province, aims to deploy around 1,000 supercharging stations and 200 battery swapping stations by the end of 2024, according to a document released by the Guangzhou Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau.

The document is about a three-year (2022-2024) action plan on speeding up the construction of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructures in Guangzhou. According to the plan, about 1,000 supercharging stations and 120 battery swapping stations should be built between 2022 and 2024.

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Guangzhou's authorities expects to basically form an orderly EV charging & battery swapping system with fast and slow charging facilities evenly deployed, and build itself into a “capital of supercharging” by 2024. Besides, around 1,000 residential complexes equipped with miniwatt and slow-charging piles are planned to be under unified construction and management by that year.

As part of efforts to achieve the aforesaid targets, Guangzhou will shore up the construction of comprehensive power replenishment stations that integrate photovoltaic, energy storage, EV charging, battery swapping, etc.

Moreover, the megacity will support charging pile and automobile companies in developing supercharging and battery swapping technologies, and accelerating the popularization of EV models equipped with supercharging technologies or replaceable batteries.