The HPC corridor will enable charging for new long-range electric vehicle (EV) models stretching over 300 kilometres and providing higher charging speeds. This will allow EVs expected on the market by 2018 to drive from Helsinki to Oslo in the same time it would take with a conventional car.
The high-power charging stations will be able to generate 150-350 kW power and will be equipped to serve all main car models. The corridor is intended to be the first step in the construction of a Nordic charging network that will make long-distance travel a real possibility, enabling drivers to take full advantage of the new generation of EVs. The first four HPC stations will be built sometime this year.
“Now it’s time to take the Charge & Drive network to the next level so that the full potential of EVs can be made available for our customers” said Markus Hökfelt, Vice President, Fortum Charge & Drive. “Charge & Drive started in 2010 as a project to connect the Nordic capitals through quick charging, and now we want to make that happen again with high-power charging. We were early in the game and have learned a lot, and we’ve also managed to build a leading service highly appreciated by our customers”.
Fortum Charge & Drive is a pioneer in electric vehicle charging and has a network of 1200 affiliated smart chargers in the Nordic countries. Charge & Drive aims to respond to an increasing global demand in emobility, by providing world-class cloud solutions. Charge & Drive Cloud provides an intuitive end-user interface and a comprehensive back-end system that supports Charge Point Operators in the remote management of Charging Stations.
Charge & Drive has extensive experience in installing and operating charging networks, as a market leader in Norway. The country is so far the only mass market for EVs with more than 100,000 electric vehicles on the road, the biggest number per capita in the world.
Fortum provides electricity, heating and cooling systems and smart solutions to improve resource efficiency. It employs 8,000 people in the Nordic and Baltic countries, Russia, Poland and India, and 62 percent of its electricity generation is CO2 free. In 2016, it achieved sales of 3.6 billion euros.
Image: Fortum Charge & Drive charging station in Oslo, Norway
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