Month: April 2023

Ewiva everywhere: all charging stations activated in April

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Electric mobility is getting easier thanks to Ewiva: 45 new charging points activated in Italy in April.

The largest high-power recharging network in Italy, born from the partnership between Enel X Way and Volkswagen Group, continues its path of development of the electric infrastructure. There are 45 new recharging points activated by Ewiva this month, distributed in 12 sites located in 9 regions of Italy, from north to south. The sites hosting the various Ewiva recharging solutions are located in strategic locations, both in urban areas and along the main extra-urban roads.

Below is the complete list of new activations:

Abruzzo

  • Mosciano Sant’Angelo (TE): Comune di Mosciano Sant’Angelo – Via della Pace, 61

Emilia Romagna

  • Bologna (BO): Interporto Bologna – J96G+Q82 Bentivoglio

Lazio

  • San Cesareo (RM): Comune di San Cesareo – Via Giuseppe Lombardo Radice, 41

Liguria

  • Ospedaletti (IM): Comune di Ospedaletti – QPXH+39F Ospedaletti

Lombardia

  • Brescia (BS): AC Hotel Brescia – Via Giulio Quinto Stefana
  • Rezzato (BS): Comune di Rezzato – Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 37
  • Cassano D’Adda (MI): Coop Cassano d’Adda – Piazzale Pietro Gobetti
  • Caravaggio (BG): Area di Servizio ADDA SUD – A35 Brebemi

Marche

  • Montecassiano (MC): Comune di Montecassiano – 8CQP+G8R Montecassiano

Sardegna

  • Musei (SU): Q8 – S.S.130 KM 38+160

Toscana

  • Sansepolcro (AR): Il Borgo – Via Senese Aretina, 201

Veneto

  • San Giovanni Lupatoto (VR): Centro Commerciale River – Via Dott. F. Garofoli, 260

 

Find your nearest Ewiva charging point via your Mobility Service Provider (MSP) app, or on Google Maps. Also, if you are new among e-drivers, here are some tips on how charging stations work.

Electric car charging: how charging stations work

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How electric car charging works with Ewiva: the simple steps to fill up with energy… and be ready to go!

Choosing electric vehicles means embracing change. As several studies have shown, in fact, electric mobility significantly reduces environmental impact compared to combustion cars: climate-changing emissions are reduced, local emissions typical of combustion are reduced to zero, and noise pollution is reduced.
A change that is now possible thanks to the constant expansion of the public electric recharging infrastructure in Italy, which is becoming more and more capillary from the North to the South of the country: by the end of 2022, there will be a general and significant growth of the public network throughout the country, particularly with regard to fast and ultra-fast stations. The joint venture set up by Enel X Way and Volkswagen Group with the aim of accelerating the development of electric mobility in Italy plays a key role in this scenario. Let us now see how to recharge an electric car.

 

Electric car charging stations: how it works

Electric cars are recharged by means of special power distribution devices that allow the battery to be recharged. There are different types of charging devices: direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC), and of varying power. Furthermore, we can distinguish between private and public charging stations. The former are located in private spaces, such as garages of homes, company car parks, shopping centres, restaurants, hotels and so on. Public inlets, on the other hand, are located at public spaces, such as roads, public car parks, motorway rest areas, etc. Moreover, they are often medium- or large-sized infrastructures, which allow more vehicles to be recharged simultaneously and at higher power levels, thus reducing the dwell time for recharging.

 

How to recharge an electric car with Ewiva

Ewiva, acting as Charging Point Operator (CPO), provides the charging infrastructure and does not have its own App from which the service can be purchased directly. To recharge an electric car with Ewiva, in fact, it is necessary to have first subscribed an offer with a charging service provider (MSP), among those interoperable with Ewiva. To date, more than 30 partnerships are already active and the goal is to constantly grow the network, thus making the charging experience more and more accessible to Italian and foreign e-drivers. The list of MSPs enabled to the Ewiva network is available at

Below are the few simple steps required to recharge an electric vehicle with Ewiva:

  1. Search for the nearest Ewiva charging point via your Mobility Service Provider (MSP) application or via the map on the Ewiva website or Google Maps.
  2. Once you have reached the station, to start charging you need to choose the outlet and log in. This can be done in two different ways: either by selecting the chosen outlet via the app, or by bringing the RFID card close to the station reader and selecting the on-screen connector.
  3. Now connect the selected cable to the vehicle (it will be the one illuminated in blue) and that’s it: in a few seconds charging will begin and the charger housing will turn green.
  4. Once the desired charge level has been reached, end the charging session. Again, this can be done either from the app or via the screen of the charging station, by bringing the RFID card close to the reader and clicking on finish. It is also possible to end the charging session directly from the car. Since every car has different features, it is always useful to consult the owner’s manual or inquire with a trusted dealer to find out if your vehicle is enabled for this feature.
  5. Finally, unplug the cable from the car and put it back in the housing to free up the occupied charging point in good time. It is very important to move the vehicle as soon as charging is complete, both to avoid penalties and to allow other e-drivers to charge as well.

 

Which vehicles can recharge at Ewiva stations?

The Ewiva charging infrastructure is open to all car brands and manufacturers. Regardless of vehicle make, it is therefore possible to access Ewiva’s charging stations.
From a technical point of view, since Ewiva’s charging network is a high-power direct current (DC) network, it is necessary for the vehicle to be enabled for DC charging (also known as Mode 4 charging), with sockets that are compatible with those available at Ewiva stations. The sockets available at Ewiva stations are generally CCS Type 2, in line with the European standard and common to the largest number of vehicles. However, CHAdeMO type sockets are also available at some stations..

 

 

For other curiosities or questions about the Ewiva recharging service please consult our FAQs

New Ewiva ultra-fast charging stations in operation on the A35 Brebemi-Aleatica

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Brescia, 13 April 2023. As of today, an additional service for electric cars is active on the A35 Brebemi-Aleatica. Two new Ewiva ultra-fast charging stations have been activated, providing electric car drivers with a total of 8 new High Power Charging (HPC) points, 300 kW each.

The 4 columns in the Adda Nord station and the 4 in the Adda Sud station, near Caravaggio (Bg), are all powered by renewable energy and were built by Ewiva, which represents the largest nationwide ultra-fast charging network, created as a joint venture of Enel X Way and Volkswagen Group to accelerate the development of electric mobility in Italy. Both charging stations are also positioned under a solar canopy made up of photovoltaic panels produced in Enel Green Power’s 3Sun Gigafactory in Sicily.

With these additional electric recharging points, the A35 Brebemi-Aleatica once again confirms its projection towards the future through a decisive path that aims at environmental, economic and social sustainability, while maintaining its uniqueness in terms of safety, infrastructure quality and driving experience in total comfort.
 

 

“GAs early as 2020 our motorway was the first to introduce a concrete facilitation for green vehicles (full electric and LNG) with a 30% discount on tolls, which is still valid today, as well as being the first toll motorway to be equipped with LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) fuel recharging stations”, – says Francesco Bettoni, President of A35 Brebemi. In addition, at the Adda Nord and Adda Sud service stations, there were already other electric charging stations in addition to the Tesla Supercharger”.

“The project realised thanks to the far-sightedness and collaboration of the A35 Brebemi-Aleatica has been fundamental in guaranteeing those who travel electrically on long stretches of motorway the possibility of accessing Ewiva’s ultra-fast recharging service – says Federico Caleno, CEO of Ewiva and Head of Country Italy of Enel X Way. Through initiatives such as these, which we are ready to replicate on a large scale on all motorway stretches as soon as the procedures are also launched by the other concessionaires, Ewiva concretely demonstrates its commitment and ability to make its high-powered recharging network available to motorway long-distance travellers, as well as already along the extra-urban stretches or near the exits.”.
 

 
In the path towards the decarbonisation of transport, it is worth mentioning that A35 Brebemi and Aleatica have in recent years launched an important project called the Arena of the Future, which, through intelligent collaboration with prestigious partners such as the Milan Polytechnic and major international industrial realities, is arousing enormous interest worldwide. This project has seen the creation of a 1 km circuit where the innovative DWPT (Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer) or dynamic induction technology is being studied for recharging electric vehicles in motion.

With these concrete actions, the A35 confirms itself as a virtuous example and a model to be followed for the future of many motorways, not only Italian. The support of Aleatica, a leading global operator in the transport sector present in 7 countries in Latin America and Europe, which is at the forefront in the study of intelligent, safe and sustainable infrastructures and which is encouraging and coordinating the activities and projects of its subsidiary A35 Brebemi, is fundamental in this respect.

On the motorway sections, from North to South Italy, Ewiva has so far set up more than 15 recharging points, in addition to the more than 20 of Enel X Way, and in Lombardy, in addition to the two new sites along the A35 Brebemi, Ewiva is present in all provinces with another 31 active stations, for a total of 89 recharging points.
 

 
Autostrada A35 Brebemi-Aleatica
www.brebemi.it – www.aleatica.com

A35 Brebemi-Aleatica è il collegamento autostradale direttissimo tra Brescia e Milano, la via più veloce e sicura tra le due città. L’infrastruttura, attiva dal 23 luglio 2014, ha un’estensione di 62,1 km a cui sono state aggiunte la stazione di esazione di Castegnato e le rampe di interconnessione con l’autostrada A4. L’autostrada è raggiungibile dalla città di Brescia attraverso l’autostrada A4 (prendendo la rampa di uscita dopo Brescia Ovest in direzione “A35 Milano – Linate), la Tangenziale Sud di Brescia e la SP19 oppure utilizzando la nuova A21 (Corda Molle). I caselli dell’autostrada sono sei: Chiari Ovest, Calcio, Romano di Lombardia, Bariano, Caravaggio e Treviglio. Superato l’ultimo casello di Treviglio, ci si immette nell’A58 Tangenziale Est Esterna Milano (TEEM) che consente all’A35 Brebemi di raggiungere la A1 all’altezza di Melegnano, la A4 all’altezza di Agrate, Linate e l’Area Metropolitana di Milano tramite due svincoli, a destra, Pozzuolo Martesana e a sinistra Liscate, che sboccano rispettivamente sulla SP103 Cassanese e sulla SP14 Rivoltana. A35 Brebemi, concessionaria autostradale parte del Gruppo Aleatica, ha ricevuto importanti riconoscimenti internazionali, in USA e UK, quale miglior project financing infrastrutturale e miglior project bond europeo.
Aleatica è un operatore leader nel settore dei trasporti con sede a Madrid, con un fatturato annuo di circa 810 milioni di euro e quasi 3.000 dipendenti in tutto il mondo. La società gestisce attualmente 20 concessioni: 16 autostrade (compresa A35 Brebemi), 2 porti, 1 linea di metropolitana leggera e 1 aeroporto, in sette paesi in Europa e America Latina: Spagna, Italia, Regno Unito, Messico, Colombia, Perù e Cile. Aleatica è interamente controllata da IFM Global Infrastructure Fund, assistito da IFM Investors, un fondo istituzionale globale con quasi 181 miliardi di euro in gestione al 31 marzo 2022.
EWIVA
Ewiva è la joint venture di Enel X Way – la società del Gruppo Enel interamente dedicata alla mobilità elettrica – e di Volkswagen Group, creata per accelerare la diffusione della mobilità elettrica in Italia.
Ewiva unisce gli investimenti dei due Gruppi per creare la più grande rete di ricarica ultra-veloce aperta a tutti i veicoli elettrici e capillare in tutto il Paese, con 3.000 punti di ricarica fino a 350 kW in 800 siti entro il 2025. A oggi la rete di Ewiva è presente in 250 siti e offre oltre 800 punti di ricarica, che si vanno ad aggiungere ai più di 17.500 gestiti da Enel X Way. L’attività di Ewiva si focalizza sulle principali arterie extraurbane e nelle aree urbane e suburbane per garantire una adeguata disponibilità di ricarica ultra-veloce a tutti gli utenti.
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