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Governance as foundation
Weifang treats zombie-pile governance as the base for stable charging: measure usage, retire dead piles, and build managed sites with high uptime so capital is not stranded.
Market self-correction
About 2.65 million outdated chargers are scheduled for replacement under the equipment-upgrade push. Efficiency standards, inspection and liability cover filter bad stock; unified construction earns incentives so good operators win.
Resident gain
Reliable, denser public piles and transparent valley pricing make "charge on the way" routine. In Weifang, Dongdian Huichong (Dongshang New Energy) runs 24/7 smart monitoring with a local maintenance team, offering survey, construction and managed operation for communities and public sites.
For Weifang, zombie-pile governance is the stable base. Measuring usage, retiring dead piles and building for uptime keeps public capital working and coverage real instead of merely counted, because a map of idle pins helps no driver. Good operators welcome the scrutiny, because clearing the field lets their working sites stand out and earn trust empty competitors cannot fake.
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