ABB, the power and automation technology group, announced that it has delivered and installed Austria's first network of direct current (DC) fast-charging stations for electric vehicles. Vorarlberger Kraftwerke AG (VKW), a unit of Austrian utility illwerke vkw, will operate the charging network.
ABB recently installed the first three Terra 51 charge stations in Schruns-Rodund in the Montafon Valley, at the site of the Austrian Automobile Association (OAMTC) in Rankweil and in front of VKW's main office in Bregenz.
VLOTTE is one of the largest electric mobility projects in Europe, having put nearly 300 EVs on the roads of the western region of Vorarlberg since its start in 2009.
ABB's Product Group EV Charging Infrastructure was created in July following the acquisition of Netherlands-based Epyon Power,
