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Published Friday, March 19, 2021
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
On Thursday, the National Company of Electricity Public Service, known as CNFL, inaugurated the first EV charging station in Heredia Province.
The station, which is the sixth installed by the State company, is located in San Joaquín de Flores Canton.
The five already installed EV stations in San José Province are located in the cantons of Escazú, Guadalupe, Paso Ancho, Curridabat and La Uruca.
According to the government's company, eight more stations will be installed this year. The new stations recharge 80% of the car battery in a maximum of 30 minutes.
"The installation of EV is important because we see how the national network of stations is increasing, and how more and more people who use electric vehicles have a closer charging place that allows them to move throughout the national territory," Claudia Dobles, first lady said. She is a well-known advocate for the use of clean energy in the country. She also participated in the inauguration of the EV station.
According to Dobles, Costa Rica is a leader in the region in promoting electric mobility.
This is the second government organization installing EVs in the country.
In Dec. 2020, the Electricity Institute, ICE, inaugurated in Siquirres Canton, Limón Province, one of their 28 EVs.
The rest of the new EVS are 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.
Those EV recharging stations were financed with part of a $230 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank to finance the government's National Decarbonization Plan.
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