In recent years, the Chinese government is committed to develop the new energy automobile industry as one of the effective solutions to solve the environmental and energy problems caused by the traditional fuel automobile industry. However, the demand for electricity is increasing with the development of new energy vehicles, especially, pure electric vehicles. It is necessary to pay a special attention to the pressure on China's power system and carbon emissions. This paper focuses on the rapid expansion of the charging equipment of Tesla vehicles and studies the impact on the power system and the CO₂ emission in China using the spatial distribution information technology and the multi-source data. The influence is assessed to provide a decision support for the national policies. It is shown that the total electricity consumption of Tesla electric vehicles in China will reach 165.54 billion kW·h in 2025 and compared with traditional fuel vehicles, the emission reduction of pure electric vehicles is enough to make up for the increased carbon emissions.

pure electric vehicle  /  energy consumption  /  carbon emissions  /  charging facilities