Germany gets huge EV charging station for 4,000 electric cars
Germany's Sortimo to build world's largest EV charging station on the A8 highway at Zusmarshausen between Stuttgart and Munich, big enough to charge 4,000 EVs a day.
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Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.
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