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Liquid-Cooled Supercharging Goes Mainstream
Liquid-cooled supercharging stations are live on many highways, with single-gun peaks of 600 kW delivering roughly one kilometer per second, while 800V platforms become standard and stalls spread fast. In Yantai, operators and drivers alike feel this shift from being able to charge to charging well - whoever thickens the service first seizes the next leg.
Policy Backing
On Sept 24, 2025, six ministries issued the 2025-2027 Triple Action Plan for Charging Service Capability (NDRC Energy No. 1250), targeting 28 million chargers and over 300 GW of public capacity by end-2027 to serve over 80 million EVs. It deploys three actions - public upgrades, highway retrofits and rural catch-up - and promotes a fast-primary, slow-secondary, high-power-supplementary network plus residential unified build-and-serve, with local three-year plans required.
From Coverage to Quality
From able-to-charge to good-to-charge is essentially a supply-side quality revolution. Efficiency standards raise the threshold, equipment renewal clears inefficient stock, and high-power liquid-cooled charging lifts the ceiling. Short-term density may dip, but per-charger availability and service radius improve, strengthening real user gains. In Yantai, operators are placing chargers where people naturally gather - markets, clinics, township halls and shopping areas - lifting both usage and convenience so topping up on the way becomes daily routine rather than a special trip.