Knowing the words that make up the lexicon of electric mobility is essential to fully understand its peculiarities and potential. With this ABC, let’s find out what the differences are between station, column and Electric Charging Point (POC).
The definition of “electric charging station” means the charging site as a whole: it therefore includes the individual columns and all the elements that allow users to take advantage of the service, such as the entire maneuvering and parking area with the stalls for the charging cars and the electric cabin that allows the supply of energy to the station itself.
Each Ewiva charging station is designed to meet the different needs of e-drivers and meet the needs of the partners that host it. Ewiva offers different solutions in this regard: the Ewiva stations range from the smallest Standalone, which includes only one column, to the Premium solution, which includes as many as 7 high-power columns and can be equipped with photovoltaic panels and a lounge area for e-drivers with toilets, refreshment point, and relaxation area.
In each charging station, there are “charging infrastructures” (IdR), more commonly known as columns, which are the heart of the station and of the service to the user.Ewiva employs ultra-fast high-power columns, which deliver from 100 to 300kW of power, allowing e-drivers to recharge their cars in about 20 minutes.
Finally, each column can include one or more charging points where e-drivers-via the connector cable-can charge their cars, even simultaneously on the same column if it has multiple charging points. The “point of charge” (PoC), in fact, corresponds to the actual outlet and, therefore, the total number of charging points is an important indicator for understanding the state of network deployment. According to Motus-E’s latest report, updated to March 2024, there are more than 54,000 active charging points in Italy distributed in more than 18,500 stations, an increase of 38 percent compared to the same period in 2023.
Of these, more than 3,000 are ultra-fast charging points, the segment in which Ewiva operates, which is contributing to the development of an increasingly widespread high-power charging network from North to South and up to June 2024 has built more than 1,200 charging points.