80% Charge in 18 Minutes OK!... Ultra-Fast Charging Stations Established in Ulsan

Taehwagang Station E-pit Charging Station Opens

Hyundai Motor Group Installs Four 260kW Ultra-Fast Chargers

An ultra-fast electric vehicle charging station that takes only 18 minutes to charge up to 80% has been established in Ulsan. Hyundai Motor Group's ultra-fast charging station brand, ‘E-pit’, has been introduced in Ulsan for the first time.

On the 17th, Ulsan City announced that Hyundai Motor Group began construction of the ‘Taehwagang Station E-pit Charging Station’ at the No. 1 parking lot of Taehwagang Station in Nam-gu last February and will start operation from the 18th.

E-Pit charging station established in Ulsan.

The ‘Taehwagang Station E-pit Charging Station’ was built with a total project cost of 1 billion KRW on a 6,361㎡ area within the Taehwagang Station public parking lot in Samsan-dong, Nam-gu, equipped with four 260 kW ultra-fast chargers.

This facility is a high-output charging station directly developed by Hyundai Motor Group to solve the biggest drawback of electric vehicles?the charging time?and can charge up to 80% within approximately 18 minutes.

With the installation of this E-pit charging station, Ulsan City attracted and allowed private capital to operate the ‘charging facilities’ that must be mandatorily installed in public parking lots under the Eco-friendly Vehicle Act, achieving budget savings.

It is also evaluated that the installation has brought a ‘triple benefit’ effect, including an increase in electric vehicle sales due to the establishment of ultra-fast electric vehicle charging infrastructure and the provision of high-quality charging services.

‘E-pit’ is a compound word of ‘Electricity’ and ‘pit’, the maintenance area in car racing where race cars are serviced within seconds, and it is Hyundai Motor Group’s ultra-fast electric vehicle charging brand.

So far, Hyundai Motor Group has installed and operated a total of 34 ‘E-pit electric charging stations’ nationwide, including 12 locations on highways and 22 locations in urban areas.

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