Zunder opens the largest charging station in Spain in Oviedo, with 36 ultra-fast charging points

The Spanish charging infrastructure operator Zunder has just recently inaugurated the largest electric vehicle charging station in the country to date. Located in the Parque Principado Shopping Centre and well connected to the A-66 and A-64 motorways, this charging station has 36 ultra-fast charging points, twelve of which offer a maximum power of 400 kW, while the remaining 24 reach 160 kW.

According to the company itself, the choice of this location was no accident, as this shopping centre is the largest leisure and shopping centre in Asturias, located just a few kilometres from the centre of Oviedo. In short, it is a strategic point where important communication routes converge -the aforementioned A-66 and A-64 motorways- which means that traffic density in the area is quite high.

With the opening of this new charging station, which, as we have said, is the largest in the country, the Spanish company confirms its leadership in the charging infrastructure sector in its own market, where it already has 103 stations, including those in Portugal. Zunder aims to become one of the leading players in southern Europe and to that end has also begun expanding its network of ultra-fast charging stations into France and Italy. In total, the company claims to have 450 charging points across its entire network.

Ultra-fast charging and Plug&Charge

At Zunder’s new charging station at Parque Principado, both the 12 points at 400 kW and the remaining 24 at 160 kW all offer the Plug&Charge functionality. This greatly simplifies the charging process, as the driver can completely disregard it. When the cable is connected, the vehicle itself identifies itself to the Zunder network to start charging automatically, with the cost of the charge subsequently billed directly to the credit card linked to the customer’s Zunder account.

Electric vehicle users who do not have a Zunder account need not worry either and can still charge their vehicles, although the process will be somewhat more laborious. All charging points available at this station also have payment terminals for credit cards, so simply holding a contactless credit card to the terminal allows charging to begin, with the amount being charged to the card once the session has ended.

Zunder thus continues its schedule of opening new stations, with the aim of having a total of 3,000 charging points spread across southern Europe over the coming years.