Together the partners in the project expect that this corridor will help accelerate electric vehicle uptake in the involved Member States and focus on interoperability, sustainable infrastructure setup and network planning alongside infrastructure deployment.
The ELECTRIC project is funded by the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) which contributes to the internal market in order to harmonise and better connect transport systems in Europe.
ELECTRIC’s aim is to create an open access fast charging corridor situated along major motorways connecting Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands via a total of 155 foreseen chargers, with up to 30 in the Netherlands, 23 in Denmark, 35 in Sweden and 67 in Germany.
It composes of a consortium of five partners – the leading partner ABB BV (Netherlands), manufacturer of fast charge solutions, the Dutch e-mobility operator and retailer Fastned BV, the Danish e-mobility operator CLEVER A/S, the Swedish public utility and e-mobility operator Öresundskraft AB and the German Testing and Certification Institute VDE Prüf-und Zertifizierungsinstitut GmbH.
The first results of this project will be soon available since the first charging stations co-funded are already in place and ready to use in Denmark operated by CLEVER A/S and in the Netherlands by Fastned BV. The open access fast charging corridor should be completed by the end of December 2015.