Monday, 11. 3. 2019

First public mini junction for quick charging of electric vehicles in Slovenia set up in Ljubljana

In Ljubljana, at the Petrol gas station on Tržaška 130, we opened the first public mini junction for quick charging of new generation electric vehicles in Slovenia which is part of the European project URBAN-E. And so, on Tržaška in Ljubljana four new generation electric vehicles can be charged simultaneously.

The first public mini junction for quick charging of electric vehicles in Slovenia is now available in Ljubljana, it was opened at the Petrol gas station on Tržaška by the Chairman of the Board of the company Petrol, Tomaž Berločnik, member of the cabinet of the European Commissioner for Transport Vileta Bulc, Blaž Pongračič, and Mayor Zoran Janković.

One of key strategic policies of the European Union is also the expansion and development of e-mobility. With the aim of cohesion countries keeping pace with the rapidly growing trend of using electric powered vehicles in western Europe the consortium of companies in the transport and energy sector and the municipalities in the area of central and eastern Europe were entrusted with the implementation of the Urban-e project, which is co-financed by the European Union integration instrument.

Within the framework of the project, which is supported by European Union funds, as well, the consortium partners Petrol, the City of Ljubljana, Zagreb and Bratislava, Slovenian Railways, and companies GoOpti, ZSE and GO4 set a goal to build 167 electric charging stations in Ljubljana, Zagreb and Bratislava.

And so, in light of the conference GreenTech Innovation Breakfast with the title Challenges and Solutions to Boost the Green Economy, which was organised in Hotel Union by the Centre of Energy Efficiency Solutions with the aim of strengthening measures for the promotion of green economy, the company Petrol opened a new publicly accessible mini juncture for quick charging of electric vehicles in Slovenia.

The junction is made up two quick charging stations 2 DC, enabling quick charging, while car owners can take a break at the Petrol gas station on Tržaška.

Miha Valentinčič, the director of innovative business models at Petrol, said that in the starting phase the charging power of vehicles goes up to 50 kilowatts and the charging stations are modularly conceptualized in such a way that with the arrival of newer cars with a higher charging speed they can be simply upgraded to 112.5 kilowatts of charging power.