AS Virsi-A announced a new electric car charging point with 4 charging ports began its work at the service station "Vir?i Olaine", 2 of which are ultra-fast ports with a charging capacity of up to 160 kW, which allows to load the volume required for 150 km in ten minutes. In honour of the expansion of the network at the newly-opened electric charging station, owners of electric cars can charge for free. Both CCS and CHAdeMO plug-ins for different types of electric cars are available.

Currently, in the "Vir?i" network, charging of electric cars is already available at 17 service stations ? nine of them in cooperation with the VAS "Road Traffic Safety Directorate" (CSDD), the rest are service stations of the Company`s brand. By significantly expanding the possibilities of electric charging and thus promoting both the availability of this sustainable transport energy mode and the interest of citizens in purchasing greener vehicles, by the middle of next year electric charging will be available at more than 20 "Vir?i" service stations, and in nine more service stations the charging service will continue to be provided by the CSDD e-Mobi network.

The ceremonial opening event was attended by Andris Ku?nieks, Deputy Head of the European Commission Representation, and Talivaldis Vectirans, Director of the Road Infrastructure Department of the Ministry of Transport, highly appreciating the progress of "Vir?i" towards the development of electric charging infrastructure in Latvia.