New high-power chargers for public electric vehicles in Tampere
eParking has opened its first own charging station in Tampere Kaup. Initially, there will be four 180kW charging points on the field.
Two high-power chargers will be installed in the grounds of Tampere University of Applied Sciences, and the chargers have a total of four charging plugs. The high-power chargers to be installed are EVBox Troniq Modular chargers with a total charging power of 360 kW, and a single vehicle can be charged with a maximum power of 180 kW. The chargers can charge a total of four electric vehicles at the same time. You can pay for charging with the eParking application, and in addition, the much-desired card payment feature is coming to high-power chargers. The charging price is €0.30/kWh during the opening campaign of eParking on 31.10. until.
"The high-power chargers to be installed in the grounds of the Tampere University of Applied Sciences complete the field of high-power chargers in the Tampere region and improve access to fast business charging. Teemu Marku, Sales Director of IGL-Technologies Oy .
Thousands of motorists move in the area every day, going to the hospital and university of applied sciences and using other services in the area. Thanks to the high-power chargers, even electric car drivers arriving from further away can fully charge their car's battery during their shopping for the journey home. "We are very excited to be able to offer users of the new high-power chargers in Tampere the opportunity to pay for their charging with the eParking application easily and quickly. This project strengthens eParking's position as a leading provider of charging services in Finland," Marku continues.
The new high-power chargers also serve taxi operators who drive a lot in the hospital area, because with the high-power charger you can charge the battery of an electric car to almost full in 15 minutes at best. In addition, taxi entrepreneurs have the option of business invoicing in eParking, which further speeds up the charging of taxi entrepreneurs' electric cars with high-power chargers.
UTU Oy also considers the project a success. "It's great to be involved with Tampere Vera and IGL in promoting the growth of electric traffic in the active traffic location of Tampere. The demand for high-power chargers is growing all the time, and we at UTU have already delivered and installed fast charging stations with different power levels in several locations around Finland. Only by enabling an easy and fast charging experience on the road will we increase the number of electric car drivers as desired", states Anu Rantala .
The high-power chargers are supplied by UTU Oy Vera from Tampere is responsible for the project's electrical infrastructure, construction, maintenance and service .
during eParking's opening fair, 31.10. until, motorists can charge their batteries at a discounted price of €0.30/kWh .
The eParking application can be downloaded for free from the phone's application store, and the prices of various parking products can be found in the application.
More information:
Teemu Marku , sales director, eParking.fi, +358 40 7373267, teemu.marku@igl.fi
Antti Hiekkanen , Chief Operating Officer, eParking.fi, +358 40 8208840, antti.hiekkanen@igl.fi
Anu Rantala , head of unit, electric car charging, UTU Oy, +358 40 736 7979, anu.rantala@utu.eu
