As reported by EnergyTech, an Endeavor Business Media partner site, Swiss energy technology firm ABB is this winter celebrating the sale of its one-millionth electric vehicle (EV) charger since starting production 13 years ago. ABB announced it reached the seven-digit milestone in a year in which it also doubled EV charger production capacity, with the launch of a $30 million direct-current (DC) fast charger manufacturing facility in Valdarno, Italy, last summer.
The company, which produces both DC and alternating-current (AC) chargers, began production of the European Union’s first 50-kW charger in 2010. It has advanced production to the Terra 360 model, which is capable of delivering 100 kilometers of range in less than three minutes, according to a press release.
As reported by EnergyTech, among the major ABB projects announced last year was a deal with energy firm EWII to provide 1,350 EV chargers at the Copenhagen Airport.
ABB E-mobility CEO Frank Mühlon commented:
“While our continual investment in research and development shows our ongoing commitment to enhance the field of e-mobility, it is the global delivery of these solutions at scale which is integral to the realization of our goals. I would like to thank our customers globally for their continued collaboration in hitting this one millionth charger milestone. I look forward to the millions yet to come, and to the cleaner, greener world they will help create.”
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