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Epyon, a European specialist in the development and marketing of smart charging solutions for the emerging electric vehicle (EV) market, has announced the opening of what it claims is the first commercial fast-charging station in Europe. Commercially operated by Dutch utility company Essent, part of RWE, the station has been unveiled at the Tamoil petrol station in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
Electric Minibus Leeuwarden
The fast-charging station delivers 50 kilowatts of power, which can fully charge the nine-person taxi-vans of Taxi Kijlstra in only 30 minutes. Taxi Kijlstra, the largest taxi firm in the north of the Netherlands, recently transformed two of their taxi fleet into electric powered vehicles without any limitations on the service side. The taxi-vans can drive 100km or more on a single fast charge. Friesland has an ambitious target of having 100,000 EVs on the road within the next five years.
Epyon says that the opening of the fast-charging station at Tamoil demonstrates that its fast-charging solutions can be installed quickly, securely and in a compliant way within the controlled environment of commercial petrol stations.
The intelligent charging stations are remotely configured, managed and maintained through Epyon"s Power-Routing network. A single fast-charging station can operate several compact outlets, so multiple EVs can be charged simultaneously from a single charging station.