During the National Day holiday, charging queues at the Luotang service area on the Lanhai Expressway in Gansu reached 7 hours; car owners did not dare to turn on the air conditioning at night, and some vehicles ran out of power and had to call a tow truck. At the Baolun service area in Sichuan, car owners also queued for 4.5 hours.[Gansu][Electric Vehicle][transportation and travel]