E-Car Owner Builds Recharging Network from North China to South

(Beijing) – Disappointed by a lack of recharging facilities for electric cars made by Tesla Motors Inc., one of the first Chinese owners of the company's Model S took matters into his own hands.

Guangdong-based businessman Zong Yi started a campaign to build what he said is the first "electric vehicle charging road" in the country, with recharging facilities in 16 cities from Beijing to Guangzhou. He paid for every recharging station along his indirect, 5,750 kilometer route himself.