The brand new station is positioned on the Rambla de Marina in L’Hospitalet, near the Line 1 Metro-stop Bellvitge. It presents two 50 kW chargers with three connectors every. These can be utilized concurrently. Relying on the connector used, EVs can cost there for a most of half-hour, one or two hours. The kilowatt hour prices 30 cents. If an EV stays plugged in longer than the utmost period allowed, the driving force is charged 0.399 euros per minute.
Nonetheless, the actual innovation is the place this charger (and the six others) will get its energy from. It recuperates the power produced throughout the braking of underground trains (or metro) and makes use of photo voltaic power from photo voltaic panels put in on the rooftops of metro stations. The quick chargers are thus autonomous from the grid.
“The actual fact that the electrical strains can function with the metro’s surplus power represents an vital step ahead for extra sustainable and clear mobility within the Barcelona metropolis,” Carlos Cordón, Vice President of Mobility, Transport and Sustainability of the AMB, informed the media. “It’s nice information for the decarbonised cities that we wish, each current and future .”
The entire MetroCHARGE charging stations are a part of the Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB) charging station community. To make use of them, prospects should register through the AMB app. As talked about above, Barcelone will arrange one other six MetroCHARGE charging stations, two of which might be positioned in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat.
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