In today's podcast, a Guangdong Tesla owner pays out of pocket for an "electric road" of charging stations from Beijing to Guangzhou.When businessman Zong Yi took delivery of his Model S in Beijing this spring,he faced a simple problem: how to drive it home from the dealership, when charging stations were essentially absent outside Beijing and Shanghai.Zong's solution?He bought 20 chargers from Tesla and gave them away to hotels along his route that responded to a social media plea for parking spaces and power outlets.Every charge required an overnight stay, so the journey took more than two weeks―but Zong says the publicity along the way probably sold another 150 cars.Separately, Premier Li Keqiang announced on July 9 that buyers of new-energy vehicles will be exempt from the so-called "purchase tax" starting in September,a move that amounts to an 8.5 percent discount for both electric cars and plug-in hybrids.For Caixin Online, this is James Bradbury.
