Romanian oil and gas company, OMV Petrom, is adding 400-kilowatt (kW) high-power charging points for electric trucks to its network. Among these, the company now operates Romania’s largest electric charging hub, located at Miercurea Sibiului on the A1 motorway. It features a total of 34 fast-charging points, 17 in each direction, including 16 for electric cars and 18 for electric trucks. The passenger car chargers provide up to 300 kW, allowing a typical electric vehicle to charge fully in just 15 to 20 minutes, https://ceenergynews.com/ informs. The truck chargers offer a capacity of 400 kW and can fully charge an electric truck in 1.5 to 2 hours. The total installed charging power is 10 megawatts (MW), 5 MW per direction. “Our 2030 strategy includes the development of the largest EV charging network in Romania, as part of our commitment to support the decarbonisation of transportation,” said Radu C?pr?u, OMV Petrom Executive Board Member responsible for Refining and Marketing. “The A1 highway is one of Romania’s main commercial routes and part of the pan-European TEN-T corridor.” “With the hub at Miercurea Sibiului, we are offering transporters and drivers more than just a place to refuel, whether with conventional fuels or electricity,” said Adrian Nicolaescu, responsible for Retail Activities at OMV Petrom Marketing. “We are creating a space designed for comfort and convenience, where they can take a break, enjoy a coffee or snack, and shop. Our goal is to differentiate ourselves through the quality of our products and services, supported by the modern infrastructure we provide to our customers.” The stations and related facilities were developed under a concession agreement between OMV Petrom Marketing and the National Road Infrastructure Administration Company (CNAIR). OMV Petrom operates a network of around 780 filling stations under the Petrom and OMV brands in Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria and Serbia. The company has built a regional network of approximately 1,000 electric charging points and is targeting over 5,000 by 2030.
Update: Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan won the Romanian presidential election on May 18, according to the official vote count. With 98.5% of the ballots counted, Nicusor Dan had 54.17% of the votes, 900,000 more than his opponent, nationalist George Simion. A record turnout both in the country and abroad helped Dan come back from 1.88 million […]
Romanians showed up in record numbers to vote in the second round of the presidential elections, both in the country and abroad. The exit poll results presented on Sunday evening pointed to a strong lead for Bucharest’s pro-EU mayor Nicusor Dan (54%-46%), but are only relevant for the domestic vote. Both candidates claimed victory in […]
Romanians showed up in large numbers to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections, one of the most important democratic tests Romania has seen in the last three decades. At 14:00, exactly halfway through the voting process in the country, over 5.63 million Romanians have cast their votes, compared with 4.52 million […]
Romanians abroad have mobilized massively to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections. Update: By Sunday afternoon (15:00 Bucharest time), over 1.2 million Romanians have voted abroad for the country's next president. That's some 220,000 more votes than the overall total in the first round. The countries with the largest turnout are […]
Romanians abroad have mobilized massively to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections. The vote in Diaspora started on Friday morning, and by Saturday evening (at 19:00), over 609,000 Romanians had already cast their votes. The turnout is almost 90% higher than the one recorded at the same time in the first […]
It's almost impossible to think about anything not related to elections this weekend but if you should need some distraction, there are options. Happening now is the European Film Festival, screening recent productions from the continent, very varied in theme, tone, and genre. The fest is playing Bucharest, Sfântu Gheorghe and Timișoara until Sunday and […]
