Electric charging stations are set up and running in Porto

Porto already provides 12 electric charging stations (PCE) for automobiles, in eight different locations within the municipality. This measure is part of the municipal strategy to promote an increasingly less polluting city. Ten spots are already in place, out of 15 estimated charging stations.

Following the setup of two electric vehicles charging stations last February, one in the Rua de Leonardo Coimbra and the other in the Avenida do Parque, the setup of the new PCE in the city has accelerated over the past months with the implementation of another 10 charging stations, namely at the Praça Francisco Sá Carneiro (2), at the Avenida do Conselho da Europa (2), at the Rua do Doutor José António Marques (1), at the Rua de Henrique Medina (1), at the Rua do Jornal de Notícias (2), and the Rua de Nove de Abril (2).

The operators for the ten electric charging stations for automobiles are in place, following the draw held among the candidates. Permits were dispensed, alongside the respective public space license. Electric charging stations are now operating, with the estimates pointing that by October all equipment should be installed.

EDP Comercial, Horizondistance, Kilometer Low Cost and Mobiletric are the operators in charge of managing the ten car Electric charging stations, distributed throughout the city. The type of voltage is 50 kilowatts DC (direct current) and 43 kilowatts AC (alternate current).

The tender to implement electric charging stations was launched in the end of 2019 and the application deadline was held throughout the first two months of the year.

As regards the setting up of electric charging stations (PCE) in car parking, it will be implemented this year, with the Empark Company already expressing interest in the issue.

The Municipality of Porto has been pioneering electric mobility both by purchasing an entire municipal fleet of electric vehicles and promoting policies of positive discrimination and educational guidance in municipal parking.

See here the location of all the PCE already running in the city.