Enel supplies Electric car charging stations
Enel produces and sells electricity and gas across Europe, North and Latin America, and is now established in 21 countries around the world. As reported by utilityweek.co.uk Enel has confirmed that they have signed agreements with the mayors of Rome and Pisa allowing them to deliver electric car charging stations.
The energy firm will install 150 charging points in Rome and 100 in Pisa, which will be in operation by September 2010.
The project will act as a pilot scheme in Italy’s capital, where Enel is planning to use the information and experience it gathers during the pilot that will help develop a service system that “meets the real needs of drivers” allowing users the ability to charge their cars at home and at public charging points.
Source article;
http://www.utilityweek.co.uk/news/europe/enel-to-deliver-electric-car-c.php
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Electrification company Ensto and energy firm Fortum have teamed up to develop a new type of recharging point for electric vehicles, where usability and safety were priorities in the development of the recharging point. Ensto which offers a wide variety of energy products and services is hoping to export the product into the growing electric vehicle markets, reports fortum.com.
Car manufacturers are continuing to develope electric cars, introducing new models of rechargeable cars to meet popular demand. Electrification of road traffic also becomes a requirement to a functioning recharging network, for example in the Nordic countries, electric cars can be recharged at home from the ordinary outlets intended for engine block heaters, however, recharging points still need to be installed in public places.
Ensto and Fortum’s fundamental design features for the new recharging point were; safety, ease of use, ease of installation in different areas, and the ability to modify functions. For example, where necessary, a GSM pay-by-cell-phone (mobile phone) technology function could be integrated into the recharging post, which could also be integrated with a parking meter function.
The Kaupinkallio parking garage in the Tapiola area of Espoo, Finland, will be the first to offer the new type of recharging posts and plan to have them up and running by the end of November.
Source;
www.fortum.com/ Press Releases (Ensto and Fortum developed a new recharging point for electric cars-29.9.2009)