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Published Thursday, December 10, 2020
First of 28 fast electric car
chargers installed in Limón
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
On Wednesday the Electricity Institute installed in Siquirres Canton, Limón Province, the first of the new 28 fast chargers for electric vehicles in the country.
"With this national charging network for electric vehicles, people will be able to visit any area of the country and have a nearby charger within their reach," said Claudia Dobles, first lady and promoter of electric mobility in public transport in the country.
The rest of the new chargers 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
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 National Decarbonization Plan.
The expected timeline to complete the installation of the charging stations is this year.
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. Due to those having a dual operating mode for the CCS1, the institute said.
In the beginning, these charging stations 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.
Also, the National Power and Light Company announced that it is in the process of installing four fast chargers for electric vehicles. These are added to the other four that are already installed in the cantons of Escazú, Paso Ancho, Guadalupe and Curridabat, all located in San José Province.
Recently, the Administrative Board of the Municipal Electric Service of Cartago, JASEC, inaugurated an electric charging station in El Guarco Canton.
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