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Published Monday, February 8, 2021
EV charging point opened
inside a gas station
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
On Friday, the Institute of Electricity Public Service, known as CNFL, inaugurated the first EV charging station at a gas station, to recharge 80% of the car battery in a maximum of 30 minutes.
The EV is located at the private company Delta gas station near the Juan Pablo II Bridge in La Uruca District, San José Province.
"As part of the National Decarbonization Plan, it is essential to work in collaboration between the public and private sectors," said Claudia Dobles, first lady and promoter of the use of clean energy in the country, who participated in the inauguration of the EV station. "Each fast-loading station brings us closer to an efficient and sustainable vehicle fleet plan."
This is the fifth EV station installed by the institute in San José. The others are located in the cantons of Escazú, Guadalupe, Paso Ancho and Curridabat. Three new EVs will be installed this year, they said in its statement.
This is the second public organization installing EVs in the country.
In Dec. 2020, the Electricity Institute, ICE, inaugurated in Siquirres Canton, Limón Province, the first of the new 28 planned EVs in the country.
The rest of the new EVS will be located in the cantons of:
• Garabito, Palmar Norte, Ciudad Neilly, Uvita and Dominical in Puntarenas Province.
• Limón downtown and Guápiles in Limón Province.
• Turrialba and Caballo Blanco in Cartago Province.
• Pérez Zeledón in San José Province.
• Naranjo and San Ramón in Alajuela Province.
• La Cruz, Sámara, Las Juntas and Liberia in Guanacaste Province.
These new chargers have a maximum capacity of 100 kilowatts. They allow plug-in vehicles with devices type CCS1, CHAdeMO or GB / T, which are the standards used in American, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and European electrical vehicles.
These EVs were built exclusively for the institute network to offer the options most used in Costa Rica, such as BMW, BYD, Chevrolet, Ford, Hyundai, Nissan, Volkswagen in the same cargo area and Xpeng.
The charging station installations were financed with a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank. However, the institute did not provide information on the amount of the loan.
According to the institute, with the implementation of these 28 charging stations, the country consolidates itself as a regional leader in electric mobility and advances to achieve the objectives of the government's National Decarbonization Plan.
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