OREANDA-NEWS. November 7, 2012. On October, 29 filling station "OKKO" at 1-A, Heroes of Stalingrad Str. in Kiev was installed with the first in Ukraine device for recharging electric cars. Drivers can take the advantage of its services for free. Recharger EVT050 is made by Finnish company Ensto representatives of which were present at the opening.

Recharger EVT050 is completed with two sockets, local electricity meter and LED recharger indicators. The devices are protected from damage and weather effects. The duration of full charge is 6-8 hours. Representatives of Ensto company consider the setting of such a device at filling station "OKKO" to be the first step in building electric service infrastructure in Ukraine.

"Foreign statistics convinces: the demand for hybrid and electric cars in the world is constantly growing. Soon, this technique will not be rare in Ukraine. By the time Ukrainian electric car driver should get used to the idea that they can recharge simply and comfortably at filling station "OKKO", – Vitaliy Antonov, the President of "Concern Galnaftogaz" which manages a network of filling station "OKKO", commented the start-up of electric recharging device