Realizing Gunsan City as a Leading Electric Vehicle City by Expanding Charging Infrastructure
Installation of 10 Rapid Chargers at 5 Locations in the First Half of the Year
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jae-hee] Gunsan City, Jeonbuk Province, is expanding its charging infrastructure to realize itself as a leading electric vehicle city.
On the 6th, the city announced that it installed 10 electric vehicle fast chargers with 50kW and 100kW capacities at five public parking lots that are easily accessible and offer parking fee discounts during charging, investing 400 million KRW in the project.
The newly installed fast chargers provide three types of charging connectors: DC Combo, AC 3-phase, and CHAdeMO, enabling charging for all domestic and international electric vehicle models. The 100kW fast chargers are expected to improve efficiency by reducing full charging time to within 30 minutes.
Additionally, to address the increasing demand for electric vehicles and driver inconvenience, the city plans to invest an additional 600 million KRW in the second half of the year to install 15 more fast chargers.
Lee Sung-soo, Director of the Automotive Convergence Technology Institute, said, “Since the expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure is fully funded by the city budget, the selection of installation sites, operating business selection, and post-management were carried out in close cooperation with the city.” He added, “We will do our best to accelerate the development of upstream and downstream industries so that Gunsan City can be reborn as a leading electric vehicle city.”
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A city official stated, “With the Saemangeum Electric Vehicle Cluster now fully operational, Gunsan is establishing itself as a leading electric vehicle city in name and reality. We will continue to do our best in budget allocation and various administrative support necessary for building charging infrastructure so that Gunsan citizens and tourists have no difficulty using electric vehicles.”
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