Fastned: First stations also in Switzerland
STOP, CHARGE, MOVE ON The European fast-charging network Fastned for electric vehicles is expanding into a fifth country: Switzerland. The company supplies only renewable energy from wind and sun. The fast-charging station near Suhr on the A1 is the first of 20 sites that network provider Fastned will install in 2019 as part of a tender issued by the Federal Roads Office (Astra) [...]
The fast-charging station near Suhr on the A1 is the first of 20 sites won by network provider Fastned in a 2019 tender by the Federal Roads Office (Astra).
Since the company was founded in 2012, Fastned has built 131 fast-charging stations in the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Belgium and now Switzerland. Another nine stations are to be added soon in France.
Renewable electricity from wind and sun
At Fastned, electric vehicles can be quickly charged with 100 percent renewable electricity from the sun and wind. The company ensures consistently high availability at its charging stations.
The stations are unmanned, open 24/7, run on the company's own software platform and are supported via the Network Operations Center, headquartered in Amsterdam.
15 minutes for 300 kilometer range
Fastned's first station in Switzerland is located at the Suhr rest area. It offers fast charging at 300 kW for up to four vehicles simultaneously.
This provides a range of up to 300 kilometers per vehicle in 15 minutes. Charging costs 59 centimes per kilowatt hour. There are a variety of payment options for charging, including charging cards from numerous providers and credit cards or online banking in the Fastned app.
Expansion already planned for January
Further stations will follow in Switzerland in the coming year. The next one will already open in January.
The Astra tender was initiated to support the rapidly growing number of electric vehicles in Switzerland with the implementation of a high-quality charging infrastructure along the main axes.
Background: In the first ten months of the current year, 6.8 percent of new cars sold in Switzerland were already fully electric.
