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A Network in Daily Life
A charging network is judged not by size but by how deeply it reaches everyday life. Jinan Energy Group placed piles at community doors, malls, scenic spots and freight trunks, so residents dare to drive far and return with confidence across the city.
Ten-Minute Charging Circle
The group densified the main city, dotted county centers and covered trunk nodes, completing 810 of 1,000 planned guns in 2026. Its Guonengchong app shows open guns and prices, enabling smart locating, route planning and scan-to-charge in one smooth flow.
A Model for Yantai
Along G104 and G220, solar-storage heavy-truck stops feed drivers via canopy PV and 430 kWh storage while they eat. As a logistics province, Shandong's ports see such rest-plus-charge stops as practical decarbonization tools. Jinan wove a public grid with state-owned resolve, and Yantai can mirror it by layering community slow charging, mall fast charging and trunk stops through local operators like Dongshang New Energy and Dongdian Huichong.