New Zealand entrepreneur to build country’s first fast-charging network
Founder and managing director of Charge.net.nz, Steve West, aims to build New Zealand’s first electric vehicle (EV) charging network. He claims to have identified 75 sites across the country and plans to have fast chargers installed on all of them by the end of 2017.
May 26, 2015
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EV charger manufacturer, Brisbane-based 7335 Tritium, has shipped the first instalment of a major order placed by the company; 23 Veefil 50 kW DC fast chargers, which support both CHAdeMO & SAE-Combo standards, will form the first phase of the three-year project and will be deployed in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch. The first unit is expected to be deployed in Auckland in June 2015.
According to West, “EVs are perfect for New Zealand; our electricity generation is 80 per cent renewable and fossil fuels are expensive to export to a relatively isolated Pacific island nation. New Zealand currently has only around 250 pure EVs, but second-hand vehicles, particularly from Japan, are becoming available at a very reasonable price and as we roll out the fast-charging network, I anticipate we will see a rapid uptake in the country.”
Tritium’s commercial director, Paul Sernia comments, “Steve West is a true evangelist for the benefits of EVs. He’s an enthusiastic EV owner and driver himself and has a real vision of the benefits this fast-charging network could bring to New Zealand.”
The first Veefil fast charger for electric vehicles (EV) to be installed in New Zealand, designed and manufactured by Australian company Tritium, will be operational for public use from 30 October. Located in the town of Kaiwaka, situated between Auckland and Northland, this represents the launch of Phase 1 of a three-year project by ChargeNet to create the country’s first fast-charging network.
Installed in the car parking area of a supermarket, the Veefil represents the start of a long-held vision by
NKM Mobilitas has installed a Tritium liquid-cooled DC fast charger for electric vehicles (EV) at the Koki Terminál P+R, a parking facility in Budapest.
NKM Mobilitas is a subsidiary of National Utilities, the state Hungarian provider which supplies gas and electricity to households in the country.
Tritium’s Veefil-RT 50kW DC fast charger is expected to provide NKM Mobilitas’ customers with 125km of range in 30 minutes. The solution offers Chademo and CCS connectors as well as an interface and inte
Tritium has opened two R&D electric mobility innovation centres in Australia and the Netherlands.
The Tritium e-mobility centre in Brisbane serves as an expansion of the company’s headquarters and will be used to develop disruptive technologies for electric vehicles (EVs).
A portion of Electric Power Research Institute's $3.2m package, issued by the US Department of Energy, will be used to develop an extreme fast-charging system which is expected to add 475km of range to an EV in 10 minutes.
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Tritium will use $400,000 in US funding to develop a cheaper version of its Veefil-PK ultra-fast charger for electric vehicles (EVs).
The fund is part of the Electric Power Research Institute's (EPRI) $3.2m package, issued by the US Department of Energy (DoE), to develop a fast charging system which will connect to the grid.
Once complete, the plug-in system is expected to reduce the impact on the grid and charge multiple EVs quickly.
Mark McGranaghan, EPRI vice president of integrated grid, says: “Our