According to reporters of Lao Dong Newspaper, in many apartment buildings in Hanoi, electric vehicles are still allowed to be parked in basements or parking lots. However, most apartment buildings do not have specialized charging systems, electric vehicle parking spaces are limited, or infrastructure does not meet standards, causing difficulties for people.
Ms. Ho Minh Ngoc - a resident of an apartment building in Cau Giay ward - said that the place where she lives currently does not have a separate charging station and electric vehicle parking area, most electric vehicles are shared with other vehicles. The lack of charging stations causes residents many inconveniences, many people have to travel far to find charging points. According to Ms. Ngoc, developing charging stations is a practical need, helping people save time and costs.
Similarly, Mr. Tran Van Diem (Hanoi) said that charging electric vehicles has encountered many difficulties recently, sometimes having to travel nearly 10km to get to a public charging station. He believes that with the new direction of the Prime Minister, people will be more assured when switching from gasoline motorbikes to electric vehicles if the charging infrastructure is invested methodically.
Dr. Khuong Kim Tao - former Deputy Chief of Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee - analyzed that as electricity energy is increasingly widely applied in traffic, social activities, including apartment building systems, also need to adapt. For old apartment buildings, it is necessary to urgently research and propose solutions to supplement the location of charging stations. If arranged in the basement, it is necessary to calculate the requirements for fire prevention and fighting, fire and explosion prevention and deploy appropriate solutions.
For new apartment buildings, right from the design stage, it is necessary to integrate electrical charging infrastructure for vehicles such as cars, motorbikes, and electric motorbikes. This is an inevitable requirement in the process of "greening" traffic. Therefore, both new and existing projects need appropriate plans; especially in planning and design approval, it is necessary to consider arranging charging stations.
From the perspective of fire prevention and fighting, it is necessary to study carefully, not to let incidents occur before handling them, affecting people's trust and the implementation process. Many countries have applied solutions such as dividing parking areas, each compartment containing a certain number of vehicles; installing automatic fire fighting systems or arranging separate charging areas.
Therefore, it is necessary to have specialized agencies to research and promulgate regulations and standards on fire prevention and fighting for electric vehicles, including safety when charging, storing, using and appropriate fire fighting solutions for each type of vehicle.
In addition, the power system must ensure safety from power generation, transmission to charging station operation, as well as safety for vehicles during use and overnight parking. Each power line has a load limit, if exceeded, it can cause fire, explosion, or breakage, so it needs to be carefully calculated.
The transition to electric transport needs to be comprehensively and systematically studied, from increasing electricity demand over time to corresponding infrastructure investment, in order to avoid the risk of overload. At the same time, it is necessary to consider factors such as backup power sources, transmission systems, investment costs...
