Fastned, the European quick charging firm, introduced the win of a young by the Danish street authorities Vejdirektoratet to construct three quick charging stations in Denmark. This award marks the beginning of Fastned’s actions within the nation and in Scandinavia. All three stations might be situated on high-traffic roads, two might be opened by the top of 2023 and one in the summertime of 2024. The addition of Denmark into Fastned’s community will contribute to the corporate’s goal of 1,000 areas by 2030 in Europe.
Denmark has set itself the formidable objective of one million electrical automobiles on its roads by 2030, and the nation noticed the variety of drivers going electrical develop fivefold from 2020 to June 2023. A complete quick charging community is important to this transition, so Denmark can be investing in a quick charging infrastructure for long-distance journey alongside the Danish nationwide street community.
In June 2023, the Danish street authorities revealed a young for 9 new areas of quick charging stations. Fastned utilized for the three areas that match finest the corporate’s high-traffic location technique. Now Fastned has been awarded all three contracts it utilized for.
“Getting into the Danish market is a giant achievement for Fastned, and can assist us with our objective to construct 1,000 quick charging stations throughout Europe by 2030. We construct stations the place drivers can depend on dependable charging and have one of the best charging expertise. We’re bringing this strategy to Denmark, the seventh nation in our community. Our crew is working exhausting to broaden our community to extra European nations, to assist increasingly individuals make the change to electrical driving and therefore speed up the transition to fossil fuel-free mobility,” stated Michiel Langezaal, CEO of Fastned.
The primary Fastned stations in Denmark might be in strategic spots and provide a complete of 24 chargers of 400 kW, the quickest within the business. With 4 chargers, Helsingør will enable drivers to cost earlier than they head to Sweden, on the Helsingør-Helsingborg ferry, an necessary European journey route within the Nordics. Grevinge station may also have 4 chargers, catering for drivers between Copenhagen and Aarhus. The third and largest location, Langeskov Syd, can have a complete of 16 chargers, and might be a part of a significant charging hub alongside the E20, the place the well-known and lengthy Nice Belt and the New Little Belt bridges join continental Europe to Sjælland island, the place Copenhagen is situated. Grevinge and Helsingør might be constructed by the top of 2023, whereas Langeskov Syd might be in operation by the top of August 2024.
In a associated information, the corporate has just lately put in its 1,five hundredth quick charger close to Rouen, France. The brand new charger has been put in forward of the summer time holidays, at a widely known level on probably the most widespread routes for holidaymakers touring by way of or to France.
Final yr, the variety of chargers throughout the Fastned community grew by over 50 p.c. Holidaymakers driving an electrical automotive this yr can now entry greater than 270 Fastned quick charging stations throughout Europe.
Virtually all chargers at Fastned’s newly constructed stations up to now yr have a charging capability of 300 kW or extra. Relying on the kind of car, this enables recharging of as much as 300 kilometres in simply quarter-hour.
Michiel Langezaal, CEO and co-founder of Fastned, stated:”In 2012, we began Fastned with the mission to present electrical drivers the liberty to drive wherever they need. This requires enough charging infrastructure, which we’ve labored very exhausting to offer over the previous decade. We at the moment are on the level the place holidaymakers can simply journey round Europe with an electrical car. Even with a caravan or trailer, our drive-through stations allow drivers to simply cost with out having to disconnect their trailer.”
Since final summer time, Fastned has opened greater than 60 stations in Europe and added greater than 560 chargers throughout the community. Langezaal added: “We all the time select high-traffic areas. And that pays off. In France, for instance, we opened 24 new stations up to now yr, offering greater than 50,000 charging periods up to now. This has resulted in additional than eight million fuel-free kilometers. And I’m happy with that. We are going to proceed to broaden our community and construct many new stations with the quickest chargers in busy European areas within the coming yr.”
Jul 18, 2023