“On 28 February, we will launch he first series of electric car charging stations as part of MOESK-EV electric vehicle infrastructure project. The launch ceremony will be attended by the Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Transport, the City of Moscow Government, the Russian Energy Agency and our MOESK-EV partners”, states the press release.

According to the release, MOESK will launch the first batch of stations on Tuesday and will demonstrate the station management system.

As reported earlier, MOESK opened the first charging station in Russia in late December 2011.

The experimental project envisions a total of 28 new charging stations in Moscow and the Moscow Region. 15 of these are AC 3.5 KW, 220V, one-phase 16 А. Charging time is 8-10 hours. 10 other stations will use three phases, up to 22 KW, 380V, maximum 32 А. Charging time 4-5 hours. The remaining 3 stations will use DC CHAdeMO, 50 KW, 600V. Charging time 20-30 min.

All stations will be managed by special software as a unified grid. A total of 28 stations will form the basis for a future network spanning the Moscow region.

In late October 2011, Deputy Head of Transport and Road Infrastructure of Moscow Yuri Mazikin said the City is looking into possible location of these station on intercepting parking lots along airport highways. 11 land plots have already been selected for the construction.

Today, the global electric vehicle infrastructure is in its formative stage. In China, for instance, in early 2011 a 25 station network was formed for electric taxis. Germany and Denmark are currently building electric charging stations. The global leader is Japan, where a global electric vehicle charging station standard was developed and adopted as early as 2010.

Project Group №5