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Two populations, two patterns
Zhaoyuan has dense residential communities and, around them, a working population whose electric vehicles commute to industrial and mining sites. Both need charging, but at different times and in different places, and mixing them in one plan produces sites that are busy and idle at the wrong moments.
Base layer: community slow charging
Everyday residential demand is best served by shelter-based slow charging where people park overnight. That is the base of the network and the part that should be built first, preferably reusing existing shelters where capacity allows. Our community charging approach and older community page cover both cases.
Second layer: a few commuter points
Commuter charging should be precise rather than broad. Two or three points on the routes with the highest shift density outperform eight spread thinly, and usage data should confirm the choice before extending. Points placed along the actual travel path, rather than at a convenient administrative location, get used.
For shift work, note that some crews finish late: lighting and CCTV matter more than bay count at those sites, because people will not use a dark, unsupervised area regardless of how convenient it is.
Capacity and environment
Two local cautions. Supply around industrial areas is often already tight, so total capacity must be measured before installing or the site will trip under load. And dust and vibration around industrial sites justify a higher sealing and fixing standard than an ordinary community shelter. Both are handled in our shelter specification.
Separate the data
Community demand peaks in the evening, commuter demand around shift changes. Tracking the two separately makes the scheduling and the next siting decision obvious; merging them hides both. Winter also deserves a margin, since cold extends charging time and lengthens the busy window considerably.