Kempower does business in Australia, Romania and Sweden
Finnish charging hardware manufacturer Kempower has received several new orders. These include fast charging stations for e-cars and EVs, some of which are expected as far as Down Under.
Jet Charge has ordered 42 fast chargers from Kempower for the EV Highway in Western Australia. Each Kempower station can provide up to 150 kW of power at two charging points, and the company emphasizes that it is possible to upgrade to 200 kW and four plugs. This is the C-Station model, i.e. not the well-known S-Station with particularly thin charging points. Jet Charge chose the Kempower C-Station for the EV Highway project due to its robust design, dynamic energy management, high voltage and practical experience.
The Australian EV Highway is one of the world’s most extended single infrastructure projects for electric vehicles, stretching over 5,300 kilometers. 98 charging stations in 49 locations, each no more than 200 kilometers apart, currently make up the charging corridor with stations coming from different suppliers.
To stay within the larger scale, Kempower also provides 15 stations for Sweden’s largest and most powerful charging hub for electric cars in Gothenburg. The company Göteborgs Lastbilcentral (GLC) has already started building the hub, which is scheduled to open at the end of 2022.
“The new GLC charging hub is another example of how electrification of trucking and logistics operations can be achieved through Nordic cooperation,” says Tomi Ristimäki, CEO of Kempower. He added that Kempower specifically designed its cloud-based charge management system, Kempower ChargEye, to optimize the total cost of ownership for operators. “A key enabler for the GLC was dynamic vehicle charging that caters for both overnight and daytime charging needs,” he said.
Although not explicitly stated, Kempower is likely to install its new liquid-cooled fast charging system with 400 kW continuous power for heavy vehicles based on their “S Series”. It includes satellite charging columns for electric cars and buses with dynamic power distribution, as reported.
Drivers can pay via a dedicated app or their regular petrol card when charging at the GLC depot.
Meanwhile, in Romania, the MOL group is installing Kempower charging stations, each with 200 kW of power, at 14 gas stations along the A1 and A2 highways. Ten pit stops already have Kempower fast chargers, and the remaining four will follow shortly.
“Given the success of our partnership with TSG and MOL Group and the speed with which the first two gas stations were opened, we are confident that the rest of this project will be implemented quickly,” says Ristimäki. It is Kempower’s first involvement in Romania.
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