Reference News Network reported on June 4 that the US media reported that the harsh sound of braking and metal collision was heard, and a three-wheeled electric vehicle filled with express packages was heard. It hit a car and overturned. The courier got up from the ground, and the driver jumped out of the car, pointing at the broken car headlights and shouting. This is another skirmish on the streets of Beijing. [Oxford Cloth]
According to a report by the New York Times on May 30, an increasing number of private car drivers are getting into disputes with a large number of two-wheeled and three-wheeled electric vehicle drivers. The conflict has stoked sentiments about inequality in Chinese cities, pitting wealthy private car owners against blue-collar workers who rely on electric vehicles to make a living.
“We are the scapegoats,” Liu Xiaoyan, a courier riding an electric bike, said after witnessing the accident: “They always say electric bikes are road killers, but actually cars are the real killers. .”
According to reports, as the demand for online shopping increases, the demand for electric vehicles is also increasing. Beijing and other cities have begun to control electric vehicles, and some cities are considering a complete ban on electric vehicles from the road.
The measures have been welcomed by car drivers, who have long been unhappy with electric car drivers who often run red lights, violate traffic rules and sometimes look at their mobile phones while riding. Pedestrians also complained that the horns of electric vehicles were noisy and often occupied the road.
“I didn’t feel it was so unsafe to ride a bike in Beijing before, but now there are so many untrained food delivery couriers,” said Robert Earley, a Canadian entrepreneur who now lives in Beijing. In the past two years, I have been hit by electric cars and motorcycles driving randomly.”
However, electric car drivers and industry representatives believe that electric cars have been unfairly treated. The problem is actually because Caused by too many motor vehicles. And they have a point: In Beijing, cars often occupy bike lanes and sidewalks with impunity.
“Motor vehicles have taken up all the lanes for electric vehicles, and there is no room for electric vehicles to go,” said Ma Guilong, one of China’s experts on electric vehicles and a retired professor at Tsinghua University.
According to reports, electric vehicles are a great benefit to online retailers. Couriers, mainly from rural areas, like to ride electric bikes through congested roads to deliver packages. Government data shows that in 2015, China’s online retail sales reached 3.88 trillion yuan, an increase of one-third year-on-year.
“If there were no electric vehicles, the logistics cost of e-commerce would rise,” said Guo Jinzhi, secretary-general of the Beijing Electric Bicycle Association: “It would be difficult for e-commerce to develop so fast.”
On the road, you can often see cars suddenly turning or changing lanes regardless of safety, and buses rushing in and out of alleys. [600D Oxford cloth]
“Traffic rules are a problem. We have to be fast, otherwise customers will complain,” said Wang Jinchun, a 25-year-old takeaway courier, as he put two pieces of bicycle Install the battery into the car.
“But cars are very dangerous, especially at night. Every day you feel like you are risking your life,” he said, getting on the car and driving away in the opposite direction from the road.
Reports say that when bicycles were popular, Chinese cities were much quieter. Electric vehicles began to appear around 1996, but they were still new compared to the large number of pedal bicycles at that time.
Nowadays, electric bicycles only cost a few hundred yuan each and do not require a license. Only a few owners will register them.
“They are a big threat,” taxi driver Xing Dayong just cursed an electric car driver passing in front of his car: “They are too fast and drive randomly. And they don’t honk their horns either.”
60% of the people who die in traffic accidents in China every year are pedestrians and people riding bicycles or motorcycles, according to data from the World Health Organization.
According to reports, the central government has always stated that it will take measures against electric vehicles, but it seems to be hesitant. Regulations for electric vehicles were introduced in 1999, but most new electric vehicles violate speed limits, load capacity and battery size regulations.
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