By Sam Li and Lewis Jackson

BEIJING (Reuters) -Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China’s national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.

“I used to drive a petrol car and had never taken an EV for such a big trip, but long-distance driving for an EV doesn’t feel like a problem anymore,” Jiang said.

He is among tens of millions of Chinese increasingly taking to EV vehicles, who benefited from expanded charging infrastructure to reverse the usual boom in gasoline use during the October holiday known as “Golden Week”.

Far from a peak, China’s gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with Septemb

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