Based on a report by Czech Radio, THMP desires to considerably improve the variety of charging factors for electrical vehicles in Prague. The aim is to create over a thousand lamppost charging factors, every with a parking area reserved for electrical vehicles, by 2026. In the beginning of the venture, 13 such lamppost chargers had been already put in within the Vinohrady district of Prague. The corporate identify THMP stands for Technologie hlavního města Prahy, which interprets as ‘Know-how of the Capital Metropolis of Prague’.
“The venture is especially going down underground for the second as a result of the 5 and a half thousand kilometres of Prague’s roads imply that it’s essential to get an appropriately thick electrical cable of the suitable energy to these charging factors, and that’s the focus of this present venture,” defined Tomáš Jílek, Managing Director of THMP to Radio Prague Worldwide.
THMP manages and serves as a service accomplice for a variety of technical tools within the Czech metropolis. Along with public lighting, the workers keep site visitors lights, public clocks, the town digicam system, site visitors and telematics techniques, and public transport stops. THMP can also be lively within the e-mobility and photovoltaics sectors.
Nevertheless, the Czech Republic is lagging behind the EU in terms of the transport transition. Based on the radio report, there have been solely round 2,400 charging stations and 22,000 purely electrical vehicles in the complete nation by the top of 2023. “In 2023, Czechia had a better proportion of automobile gross sales with diesel engines than another EU nation, whereas it got here second to final within the variety of electrical vehicles offered,” the report stated.
english.radio.cz, thmp.cz