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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/electric-vehicles-ev-charging-points-hdb-car-parks-2025-2547471 Nearly 2,000 HDB car parks to have at least 3 EV charging points each by 2025 File photo of an electric vehicle (EV) charging point in Singapore. (Photo: iStock/taikrixel) Grace Yeoh Grace Yeoh 08 Mar 2022 01:37PM (Updated: 08 Mar 2022 01:37PM) Bookmark Share SINGAPORE: To make every Housing and Development Board (HDB) town “EV-ready” by 2025, nearly 2,000 HDB car parks will each have a minimum of three charging points. These charging points will “mostly provide low-powered, overnight charging”, to meet the needs of car owners and minimise the load on the electrical grid, said Transport Minister S Iswaran on Tuesday (Mar 8). Advertisement Speaking during a multi-ministry joint segment on the Singapore Green Plan 2030 at the Committee of Supply debate, Mr Iswaran said more charging points will be installed in car parks where there is demand and adequate electrical capacity. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a press release that the move is a “significant step” in achieving Singapore’s target of 60,000 EV charging points by 2030. A “large-scale tender” for HDB car parks will be launched in the first half of this year, it added. Singapore’s land transport emissions peaked at 7.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2016 - way ahead of the 2030 timeline set at the national level, LTA said. As such, the Government has set a new target of reducing emissions by 80 per cent from the 2016 peak by around 2050.

The oil giant already operates a network of nearly 8,000 EV charging points. Source: https://insideevs.com/news/559069/shell-gas-station-ev-charging/ European oil companies are getting into the EV charging business in a big way—whether that’s a good thing remains to be seen, but Shell’s new “EV hub” in London certainly looks impressive. The oil giant, which currently operates a network of nearly 8,000 EV charging points, has converted an existing petrol station in Fulham, central London, to an electric vehicle charging hub that features ten 175 kW DC fast-charging stations, built by Australian manufacturer Tritium. The hub will offer “a comfortable seating area for waiting EV drivers,” along with a Costa Coffee store and a Little Waitrose & Partners shop. The hub features solar panels on the roof, and Shell says the chargers will be powered by 100% certified renewable electricity. It may be open for business by the time you read this.

Zeekr announced the debut of its EV charging sub-brand, Zeekr Power at the 2021 Chengdu Motor Show, which is aimed at forming a new network of large charging stations with multiple functions. The Zeekr Power electric vehicle charging stations will support a maximum charging rate of 360 kW, and the charging network will be comprised of more than just physical hardware and locations; smart functions will be built into the Zeekr Power ecosystem, such as app-based one-click charging, prior appointment bookings of charging services through in-car devices, Bluetooth-enabled remote control and plug-and-play functions. Functions that will be introduced this year include route planning and navigation functions, which will offer to users information such as routes with the shortest distance, highest speeds, or lowest energy consumption. The Zeekr Power charging map will also offer users recommendations for the charging station with the best-matching attributes, such as distance and charging speed, to those of the vehicle, such as battery range and battery life. In addition to its upcoming network of charging stations, Zeekr Power will also launch this month a mobile charging service aimed at contingencies. This will include the dispatching of mobile charging services for vehicles, as well as offer door-to-door charging services. These are expected to become available in 30 cities in China by the end of this year, and grow to 50 cities in 2022. These will include one-to-one charging services provided by charging “butlers”, who will have been selected and trained for various aspects of vehicle charging, said Zeekr. Zeekr will also gradually introduce more value-added services at its charging facilities, including rest areas and other facilities such as vehicle parking services. Customers will also have the aid of customer service staff available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the use of the charging facilities, the company added. The Zeekr 001 is currently the sole vehicle in the brand’s range, and this is a shooting brake-shaped EV offering 544 PS and 768 Nm of torque in dual-motor guise. Two battery packs are available, at 86 kWh and 10 kWh respectively, the larger pack offering 606 km of range for the dual-motor variant and 712 km for the RWD single-motor version. In single-motor, RWD guise with 272 PS and 384 Nm of torque, the 001 does 0-100 km/h in 6.9 seconds, while the dual-motor version with double the outputs manages the sprint in 3.8 seconds. At the aforementioned 360 kW rate of charge offered by the charging points in the Zeekr Power network, the Zeekr 001 can gain 120 km of battery range in just five minutes, according to the company.