Charge Point Operator, ChargEV, has announced the completion of four new DC charging locations on the North-South Expressway (PLUS) R&Rs. These locations were previously equipped with legacy AC charge points and they have been converted to faster DC charger units that come with two CCS2 nozzles.
While it is faster than the old AC charge points, it isn’t as quick as you would hoped for.
Four R&R now equipped with 47kW DC Chargers
According to ChargEV, they have deployed 47kW DC Chargers located at the following R&Rs:
These 47kW DC chargers are priced at RM1.40 per kWh. It is quite pricey considering that ChargEV has higher 50kW and 60kW DC chargers priced at RM1.20 per kWh at other locations.
These chargers can be activated via the ChargEV, Gentari Go and JomCharge.
More EV charging locations are being upgraded
Besides the four locations, ChargEV is also upgrading other legacy EV charging sites along the PLUS highway. Another upcoming location is at Pagoh R&R Southbound where its DC Charger has yet to be turned on.
For these upgraded locations, ChargEV has deployed Autel Maxicharger DC units and the hardware itself is capable of delivering up to 240kW. However, the current output seems to be constrained by the limited available power capacity.
We’ve seen similar power constraints with the recent deployments by TNB Electron where its 47kW DC Charger at Petron Kg Gemuroh Terengganu was limited to just 34kW, while its new DC charger at Petron Selising Kelantan is limited to just 100kW.
One way to overcome power constraint challenges is by deploying Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) assisted DC Chargers similar to the one deployed by ChargEV at KLGCC Resort.
EV Connection, a partner of Gentari, revealed plans to deploy three more BESS-assisted DC chargers on the East Coast by the end of this year. At the moment, it has already deployed four BESS-assisted DC chargers located at Behrang Layby (Northbound and Southbound) and Senawang Layby (Northbound and Southbound).
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