Beijing-Tianjin electric vehicle network being built  

京津塘高速充电服务区开建 电动汽车可无障碍通行

A worker installs the logo of Tesla during the 2nd China Shanghai International Technology Fair (CSITF) in east China's Shanghai, April 24, 2014. Tesla Motors is an American company which designs and manufactures electric vehicles. (Xinhua/Lai Xinlin)

(ECNS) -- Two charging service areas for electric vehicles are being built along the expressway between Beijing and Tianjin to enable electric vehicles to drive between the two cities, according to a post Monday on the official Sina weibo account of Beijing Municipality's information office.

Tianjin is building the Xuguantun Charging Station and Dongli Charging Station and Beijing has also started construction on a station along the expressway. Charging poles will be built in the urban area of Tianjin.

Charging facilities will also be added to surrounding areas along the expressway between the two cities, the Beijing Daily said, citing Li Pengyue, general engineer on the Tianjin Science and Technology Commission.

Science and Technology Minister Wan Gang last Monday said that "The national campaign to develop energy-saving and new-energy vehicles will remain unchanged, and so will the priority for electric vehicles."

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