Italy Accelerates the Installation of Ultra-Fast Charging Stations

Travelling from Trieste to Turin and continuing to Paris in an electric car with a few short recharges, taking the same time as a petrol car. Now, that is possible thanks to the increasingly widespread infrastructure that Electra is creating throughout Italy.

The company specializing in ultra-fast charging of electric vehicles has inaugurated new charging stations near motorway toll booths this year, thanks to which you can travel the entire 545 km of the motorway section that connects Turin to Trieste.

In the last year, Electra has in fact begun to distribute its stations in various locations in Northern Italy, connecting it from west to east, facilitating connections both within the national borders and beyond the Alps, thanks to the strong presence of Electra “supercharger hubs” also in France and the charging infrastructure installed along the 1,253 km of the route between Trieste and Paris.

Electra is a company specialized in fast and ultra-fast charging for electric vehicles that aims to promote and accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility by creating a network of ultra-fast charging stations that can charge vehicles in 15-20 minutes. All this accompanied by an innovative user experience that is simple and digitalized: the driver can manage the entire charging process from an app and web app.

Electra- Italy accelerates: in the last quarter +72% of ultra-fast hubs

To encourage drivers to choose electric cars, it is necessary to bring the user experience of the charging station to a level equal to, if not superior to, the traditional pit-stop at the fuel station. To date, Italy is ahead of other European nations with 23 charging points for every 100 BEVs (battery electric vehicles) in circulation and 3.4 DC (direct current) charging points for every 100 BEVs in circulation.

That means that 86% of the national territory has at least one charging point every 10 km and that, on the motorway, at least one service station in three is equipped with a charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. A race at a fast pace towards increasingly sustainable mobility that in the last quarter alone has recorded, compared to the previous one, a growth of +31% for DC charging points and +72% for ultra-fast points (source: the Motus report).

Crossing Northern Italy from Turin to Trieste with Electra

Electric mobility has the great advantage of representing a solution to reduce CO2 emissions with a neutral or even positive impact on refueling costs for motorists. Taking the example of the Turin-Trieste motorway, driving a Fiat 500 BEV, one of the best-selling electric cars in 2023, you will face an expense for refueling that, depending on the battery range and the possible subscription to forms of subscription that allow you to significantly lower the price of recharging, can drop by as much as 20-30% compared to internal combustion engines.

In the section in question, motorists can refuel at the 4 charging points installed near the Rondissone (TO) toll booth, at the 8 positioned at the entrance to the city of Novara in the parking lot of the San Martino 2 Shopping Center, at the 4 charging points in Cambiago, on the outskirts of Milan, near the motorway exit, at the 4 hosted inside the Garda Doors shopping center in Lonato del Garda (BS), at the 8 located in the parking area of ​​the ICS Shopping Center in Peschiera del Garda (VR) and at another 8 charging points available in Portogruaro, in the province of Venice, in the parking lot of the Adriatico Shopping Center.

And from Turin you can easily reach Paris. In fact, on the way you can recharge your electric car along the motorway network between the two nations, efficiently infrastructured by Electra, and take the opportunity to visit the locations provided by charging hubs, such as Geneva or Dijon, easily identifiable by App.

How Supercharger Hubs Work

Electra’s supercharger hubs are powered by 100% renewable energy and accessible 24/7. The charging stations offer an intuitive and immediate user experience: drivers can locate and book the charging station in advance via the app, conveniently viewing an estimate of the expected times and costs for charging operations on their device. Energy refueling can be paid directly in the app, by credit card or with a prepaid subscription.

Electra also handles the entire process of installing and managing charging stations in public and private car parks of supermarkets, shopping centres, hotel chains, restaurants and motorway service stations, taking charge of all the investments needed to transform and manage the hubs: from purchasing the material to administrative procedures, from design to installation, from maintenance to customer service.

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