EV charging at Czech utility ČEZ rose 12 percent in first half

EV charging on energy company ČEZ’s network rose by 12 percent in the first half of the year. That is five times the consumption recorded five years ago. The average amount of energy charged per session increased by 14 percent year on year to 19 kWh. ČEZ said this in a press release today.

From January to June this year, drivers stopped at ČEZ charging stations more than 123.000 times. Two cars can charge at each station simultaneously, meaning the network can supply energy to the batteries of 1140 EVs at any one time. More than 50 charging stations were added this year.

The network’s busiest stations, with annual consumption in the tens of thousands of kWh, are located in Prague, the Central Bohemian Region and along major highways D1, D5, D10 and D11.

„We are paying close attention to the expansion of electromobility at ČEZ. We are rapidly building new stations and increasing their output. We try to include at least one ultra-fast charger in virtually every new charging hub, where drivers need to stop for only a few minutes,“ said ČEZ Deputy Chairman of the Board Pavel Cyrani.

According to him, efforts to improve the quality of customer services also include other options, foremost among them roaming. „Thanks to this, people can now use our charging card or app to charge at a total of 3000 charging points. We want to make thousands more connectors available to our customers in neighboring countries over the coming months,“ he added.

ČEZ is focusing on building new ultra-fast stations with output of up to 360 kW, where people can, for example, charge enough energy in ten minutes to travel from Prague to Brno. ČEZ plans to build around forty of them this year.

ČEZ maintains a share of around 40 percent of the Czech charging station market. Other major charging network operators include PRE and E.ON.

In the first half of the year, the number of passenger EVs registered in Czechia rose by 29 percent from the end of last year to 18.271 vehicles.