Fastned took to the interwebs to loose some facts about the impact its fast charging network has on the grid. With Fastned stations operating exclusively at 50kW and above, its network is a great case study for what large numbers of fast charging sessions might have on the grid. It opened up and shared information from more than 100,000 fast charging sessions over the last 5 years – and the results are interesting.
Road trips are the final frontier for electric cars to totally outshine combustion-engine vehicles (gas/diesel cars). Already clearly a better technology than combustion vehicles in every other respect, of all the electric cars currently on the market, only Tesla so far provides truly compelling road trip ready offerings. This is an area that other carmakers need to pay much more attention to if they have a hope of ever competing with Tesla’s stratospheric demand and world-leading EV sales volume.
The Netherlands-based plug-in electric vehicle fast-charging firm Fastned has reported a first quarter (2018) growth of around 140% (year on year), according to an email sent to CleanTechnica.
The Netherlands-based plug-in electric vehicle charging solutions firm Fastned has won a tender from the UK’s North East Combined Authority (NECA) that leaves it to build two new fast-charging stations in the region — one slated for Newcastle and one for Sunderland.
Fastned is still the only EV charging network I know of that includes CHAdeMO, CCS, and Tesla (via adapter) charging options at all of its stations. This may seem unimportant, since Tesla has its own Supercharger network, but as Fastned co-founder Bart Lubbers pointed out in a recent interview with me, approximately half of the electric cars in the Netherlands are Teslas. As such, even with other options, many of Fastned’s customers are Tesla drivers.
The Netherlands-based electric vehicle fast-charging network developer and operator Fastned has raised a further €12.3 million in funding in just 10 days through the public issue of bonds, according to a new press release.
The Netherlands-based electric vehicle fast-charging network company Fastned has — due to very strong demand — gone ahead and extended its most recent bonds issue from €3.3 million to €6 million, according to an email sent to CleanTechnica.
The auto leasing firm LeasePlan is partnering with the on-demand taxi service Uber for the launch of a new pilot in Amsterdam that will see 30 all-electric Nissan Leaf EVs put into the hands of uberX drivers there, according to a new press release from the companies.
The noted energy storage firm Leclanché SA is now working to develop an energy storage system to be used at Fastned’s electric vehicle fast-charging stations in Europe. This new partnership will first lead to the installation of systems at two of the Dutch EV charging network’s facilities.
The electric vehicle fast-charging station firm Fastned has been granted a total of €4.1 million by the German government, to be used for the development of 25 fast-charging stations in Germany, according to an email sent to CleanTechnica.
