Water, Four Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Opened at Rest Areas on Seobu Naeryuk Expressway
68 Fast Chargers Installed at Pyeongtaekho Rest Area and Yesan Yedangho Rest Area
Bright Energy Partners announced on the 11th that its electric vehicle fast charging network, Water, has installed a total of 68 fast charging stations at Pyeongtaekho Rest Area (both directions) and Yesan Yedangho Rest Area (both directions) and has begun commercial operations.
Water installed 14 fast chargers each, totaling 28 units, at Yesan Yedangho Rest Area in both directions, including four 200kW chargers, eight 100kW (dual-arm) chargers, and two 100kW (single-arm) chargers. Additionally, at Pyeongtaekho Rest Area in both directions, Water set up 20 fast and mid-speed charging stations each, totaling 40 units, consisting of eighteen 100kW (dual-arm) chargers and two 30kW chargers. By January next year, an additional 10 units of 100kW (dual-arm) chargers will be installed and operated in the external resident parking lot of Pyeongtaekho Rest Area.
Water installed rapid chargers at Yesan Yedangho Rest Area, both northbound and southbound, located in Eungbong-myeon, Yesan-gun, Chungnam, on the West Inland Expressway section. Provided by Bright Energy Partners
View original imageIncluding the four rest areas that began commercial operations today and one external resident parking lot near a rest area scheduled for completion next month, Water will secure a total of 78 fast charging stations solely on the Seobu Inland Expressway.
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Yoo Daewon, head of the Electric Vehicle Charging Business Division at Bright Energy Partners, said, "We introduced Water’s first highway rest area charging stations in line with the opening of Section 1 of the Seobu Inland Expressway, which is expected to greatly improve accessibility between Chungnam and the metropolitan area. We will operate and manage Water as stably as possible so that electric vehicle users can drive with confidence on the Seobu Inland Expressway, which functions as the 'second main artery' of the western economic zone, sharing traffic volume concentrated on the nearby Gyeongbu Expressway and Seohaean Expressway."
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