Eldrive Romania inaugurated a charging hub with total power of 1 MW for electric vehicles

Eldrive Romania inaugurated a charging hub with a total power of 1 MW, for very fast charging of electric vehicles, in partnership with MOON Power. The charger is available in Eldrive’s hub located in the parking lot of the Supernova Pitești shopping center.

This type of charger is beginning to appear in Western European markets, such as Germany, Austria and Italy, where HYC1000 units are being installed along major motorway corridors. However, the unit commissioned by Eldrive Romania is the very first HYC1000 charger to be installed and operational anywhere in Eastern Europe, placing Romania at the forefront of next-generation high-power charging infrastructure.

“Eldrive Romania has reached 1,000 charging points nationwide, and the HYC1000 unit represents the pinnacle of technology in our network, as well as at a national level. We would not have achieved this without our strategic partners MOON Power and Supernova”, said Camelia Popescu, Eldrive Country Manager in Romania.

The Alpitronic MOON HYC1000 unit in the Eldrive Romania network can charge up to four electric cars simultaneously and can divide the power between them, if necessary.

The maximum power available on a CCS connector for passenger cars is 600 kW and there is the possibility of equipping the station with an MCS cable for trucks, which can deliver up to 1,000 kW.

Eldrive Romania will opt for this configuration when there will be demand in this direction. The HYC1000 unit is modular and configurable. It is possible to mount up to eight CCS connectors to the system. The maximum power of 600 kW on a connector for passenger cars far exceeds the charging power of the most modern and advanced electric vehicles available in Romania, which can charge with up to 480 kW.