Fortum Charge & Drive builds the first high-power charging corridor between Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki
FORTUM CORPORATION ONLINE NEWS 1 March 2017
Fortum Charge & Drive will build the first High-Power Charging (HPC) corridor between Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki. The corridor provides charging possibilities for the upcoming models of long range, over 300 km, electric vehicles with higher charging speeds. In practice, it means that electric models expected to be on the market by early 2018 will be able to drive from Helsinki to Oslo in the same time as 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. This is the first step in establishing a Nordic network that will enable drivers to take full advantage of the new generation of electric vehicles (EV) and make long-distance travel a real possibility. The first four HPC stations will be built during 2017.
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, clearly the biggest number per capita in the world. In order to secure timely and high-quality installations, Charge & Drive has recruited resources with extensive hands-on experience in building the Tesla Super Charger network in Norway.
Our Nordic network consists of 1200 chargers, 450 of them quick chargers (50 kW). Customers are able to utilise the existing network of Charge & Drive and its partners, from parking halls to long-distance travel. Charge & Drive continues to seek an open approach and to invite more partners for collaboration and interconnectivity across Europe.
“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. 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,” says Markus Hökfelt, Vice President, Fortum Charge & Drive.
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Further information:
Markus Hökfelt, Vice President, Fortum Charge & Drive, +46 7034 45372
Fortum Charge & Drive
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. www.chargedrive.com
Fortum
Fortum is a leading clean-energy company that provides its customers with electricity, heating and cooling as well as smart solutions to improve resource efficiency. We want to engage our customers and society to join the change for a cleaner world. We employ some 8,000 professionals in the Nordic and Baltic countries, Russia, Poland and India, and 62% of our electricity generation is CO2 free. In 2016, our sales were EUR 3.6 billion. Fortum’s share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. www.fortum.com