An increase in the number of EV users in Croatia – in only one year, HT has recorded an increase in use of nearly 400 percent at Puni.hr EV charging system

Just before the start of the tourist season, Hrvatski Telekom and Tower Center Rijeka set up the first fast EV charging station in the City of Rijeka as part of the project “Comprehensive fast-charging corridor network in Southeast Europe.”

With this installation, Rijeka has joined the map of smart cities that promote e-mobility as a key concept of low-carbon mobility.

The first fast EV charging station in Rijeka will provide top-of-the-line charging service for domestic EV users, as well as an increasing number of tourists who come to Croatia on holiday by electric vehicles. The EV charging station located on the roof parking lot of the Tower Center Rijeka can simultaneously charge two cars, with a total of three different connections. The service is available around the clock, seven days a week, free of charge for all electric car users. The charging takes about 20 minutes, the experience of using it is digital and non-stop customer support is also available.

The installation of the first fast EV charging station in the City of Rijeka is a continuation of the project co-funded by the European Union. The project’s plan is to open as many as 69 fast and four ultra-fast EV charging stations at 31 locations in corridors across Croatia and Romania. The project lasts until the end of 2020 and its total value is 4.3 million euros.

The latest analyses and projections by the International Energy Agency estimate that the number of electric vehicles sold will increase to 20 million by 2030, which is twenty times more than the number sold last year. Additionally, by the year 2023, a ten-fold increase in the market value of EV stations from $3 billion to over 30 billion is expected. In this project alone, installation of 16 fast and one ultra-fast EV station is planned for at least six locations.

“There are more and more users of electric vehicles in Croatia, but also tourists who want a fast and accessible charging service for their vehicle wherever they go. Hrvatski Telekom manages more than 50 percent of EV charging stations in Croatia, whose use has increased by 400 percent in the past year alone. This is a confirmation of the value of this project for the future of mobility and the environment,” said Dino Novosel from Hrvatski Telekom.

The largest regional Puni.hr EV charging network currently has 115 EV stations in 72 Croatian cities and provides 155 charging points making more than 50 percent of all publicly available inter-operable EV charging stations in Croatia. Automatic access to EV chargers is possible for more than 60,000 EV users from EU via PlugSurfing mobile app and the SMS center of Hrvatski Telekom. In addition, each Puni.hr EV charger is visible and accessible via the largest eRoaming platform HUBJECT, which combines over 100 EV charging service providers and enables active access to and promotion for EV charging stations to more than 300,000 EV users from the EU area and provides free charging service by the end of June 2018.

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