ABB to power SP Group's charging stations in Singapore

SP Group has selected the chargers, which can recharge EV batteries in about 30 minutes, as part of its deployment of 500 EV charging points across Singapore by 2020.

SP Group, a leading energy utilities company in the Asia Pacific, announced in June 2018 it is building Singapore's largest public charging network, an important milestone for the development of e-mobility for the nation. It plugs a critical gap in the adoption of EVs and empowers citizens to embrace greener mobility options. ABB has already supplied one DC fast charger to SP Group as a prototype and will deliver the first 15 for the project in October 2018.

As part of SP Group's efforts to drive e-mobility to the next level in Singapore, ABB was selected as one of the key suppliers focusing on high-powered charging stations. ABB's DC charging stations are able to offer fast, convenient and reliable service with convenience akin to a fuel station experience.

More than 100 of the 500 points on the SP network will be of the fast-charging type, making this by far the largest DC charging network in Singapore. ABB will supply SP with DC charging points with a 50 kilowatt power rating that can fully charge an EV in as little as 30 minutes.

"We are proud to expand our long-established partnership with the SP Group to support a nation-wide EV charging network across Singapore," said Frank Muehlon, Managing Director for electric vehicle charging infrastructure at ABB. "ABB's technologies will not only support this landmark project but also serve the nation's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and lay the foundation for sustainable mobility, one of the key initiatives of the country's Smart Nation vision.

Earlier this year, ABB underlined its leading role in sustainable mobility by partnering with Volvo Buses and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore to provide its state-of-the-art Heavy Vehicle Chargers (HVC) 300P for a forthcoming project to deliver two autonomous driving electric buses for the island by the beginning of 2019.