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Písek public transit is making a complete switch to electric drive. Five new electric buses will have their base on premises with seven charging stations that were delivered by ČEZ ESCO as turnkey projects. With the renewal of its public transit fleet, the city on the Otava River is fulfilling its Smart Písek strategy. ČEZ has also supported individual mobility in Písek for some time, operating three rapid charging stations.
Despite the pandemic, the growth of zero-emission electricity in the network of ČEZ public charging stations for electric vehicles continued last year. Green chargers, located from Marianske Lazne to Trinec, filled e-car batteries with more than 2.4 GWh, which is 24% more than last year. The network, comparable to larger chains of conventional filling stations, has doubled in size in the last two years. The public charging network is created thanks to a European grant from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme, from funds allocated by the Transport Operational Programme and from ČEZ Group's own resources.
ČEZ Group commissioned the 250th public charging station for electric vehicles. The jubilee charger is the newly installed ABB fast charging station, which is available to e-car drivers in the Kaufland car park in Mladá Boleslav. The network, comparable to larger chains of conventional filling stations, has doubled in size in the last two years. The volume of zero-emission electricity consumed is also growing; this year, despite pandemic restrictions, the limit of 2.5 million drawn kWh is expected to be exceeded for the first time in history. With such an amount of energy in the batteries, a road train of 425 electric cars could travel around the world. The infrastructure is created thanks to a European grant from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme, from funds allocated by the Transport Operational Programme and from ČEZ Group's own resources.
Finding the nearest charging station, reporting the occupancy of individual stands in the entire network of more than 240 stations or an overview of all consumption and billing - this is just a small list of services that have been a matter of course for ČEZ customers for half a year. This is how the FUTUR/E/GO application sets the pace while operating the network and managing customer accounts. The advanced IT system of the Israeli company Driivz is currently used globally by three-quarters of a million e-car drivers and, more recently, by roughly two thousand ČEZ clients. The launch of the system was funded by the European programme Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
The premier Czech test of simultaneous charging of six e-cars at three stations and at the same time the little-seen charging of batteries of 12 e-cars of one brand at one place and time. The trio of ČEZ public fast charging stations in Vestec, Central Bohemia, has successfully completed a two-hour verification of the operation of full island operation and reliable coverage of one-time demand from drivers. The use of the network of ČEZ public charging stations located from Mariánské Lázně to Třinec is experiencing a boom this year despite anti-pandemic restrictions. ČEZ currently operates approximately 230 public charging stations throughout the Czech Republic, i.e. about half of all domestic professional stations. The infrastructure is also created thanks to a European grant from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) program and the Transport Operational Programme.