Of the 40 new electric vehicle charging stations, 19 will be installed by E.ON and 21 by MOL. E.ON Energie Romania also said it has recently installed the 16th charging station, in Ramnicu Valcea, on the premises of MOL gas station in Ramnicu Valcea. The station has a maximum power of 93 kW, which means the average charging time of an electric car will be about 40 minutes for 80% of the battery.
To date, E.ON Energie Romania has installed 15 stations, of which seven will cover the Iasi-Gheorgheni-Targu Mures transport route and the other eight in the localities of Piatra Neamt and Roman (Neamt County), Bacau, Suceava, Adjud (Vrancea County) and Bucharest.
To date, through the NEXT-E stations installed by E.ON Energie Romania, the owners of electric or hybrid vehicles have used approximately 22,000 kWh of electricity and travelled over 120,000 km.
The initiative is part of the NEXT-E project, co-financed from European funds through the program Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The NEXT-E infrastructure network comprises six different countries, and 40 electric charging stations, of a total 252 included in the NEXT-E project, will be installed in Romania, covering three transport routes: Suceava-Bacau-Calarasi, Constanta-Bucharest-Timisoara and Iasi-Targu Mures – Alba Iulia, respectively.
The NEXT-E project was selected by the European Commission in July 2017 for co-financing under the CEF.