Ultra E project to deploy 25 ultra-fast charging stations in Europe

The ultra-fast 350 kW charging stations will be installed along the trans-European transport network (TEN-T).

The fast chargers are being developed by Ultra E – a project lead by a partnership between European carmakers, utilities and other companies. The group is referring to the stations as ultra-fast-charging and claims that they have a power output of up to 350 kW or more than twice the capacity of the currently most powerful DC fast-chargers available. 

The network will be using the CCS charging standard and it will be connecting the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Austria.

Currently, there is no passenger electric car capable of charging at a rate anything close to 350 kW; Tesla’s vehicles have the highest capacity at 120 kW.

Electric cars will be able to use the system with a charge rate of 50 kW, but the Ultra-E alliance expects that passenger cars capable of charging at 350 kW will arrive by 2018 – when the project is expected to be completed.

The fast chargers should add around 190 miles (300 km) of range in about 20 minutes.

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