Lithuania and Finland are rising the variety of charging choices for electrical automobiles at airports. On the Lithuanian airports of Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga, round 170 new charging factors for electrical automobiles might be put in within the coming years.
In keeping with the announcement by the airport operator LTOU, these will primarily be AC chargers, however there will even be some DC chargers. It is likely one of the necessities of the worldwide tender for the operator of the automotive parks, which Lithuanian airports are at the moment finishing up. The aim is to supply air travellers extra consolation. The predominantly sluggish AC charging factors make sense since it’s primarily about charging throughout journey time.
However: 42 AC charging factors are additionally deliberate for a short-term automotive park in entrance of the brand new departure terminal in Vilnius, which can open in 2025. Eight quick charging factors with no less than 75 kW are additionally deliberate there. 40 AC charging factors might be put in on the long-term automotive parks in Vilnius. In Kaunas, 54 charging factors (8x min. 75 kW) are deliberate, and in Palanga, 30 charging factors (2x min. 75 kW). There are at the moment 18 charging factors in automotive parks managed by LTOU, together with 4 in Vilnius and one other 14 in Kaunas.
In the meantime, at Helsinki Airport, Finnair has opened two new parking halls, rising the variety of charging choices on the Finnish capital’s airport by 250 to now 350. The third flooring of the P2 parking corridor is reserved for electrical automotive charging. Extra new charging factors are situated within the “P1 Premium” space.
ltou.lt (Lithuania), finavia.fi (Finland)