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Hrvatski Telekom makes it possible for Croatian electric car drivers to use charging stations in Slovenia

10.2.2021

  • The first solution of Hrvatski Telekom delivered within CEKOM's SmartCity.SURINMO project
  • Charging electric vehicles possible at almost 300 charging stations in Slovenia
Hrvatski Telekom makes it possible for Croatian electric car drivers to use charging stations in Slovenia

Hrvatski Telekom has made a new step forward in e-mobility and enabled owners of electric vehicles in Croatia, who are also users of Hrvatski Telekom's charging service, to charge cars at almost 300 charging stations in Slovenia operated by the two largest Slovenian operators.

More than 200 charging stations are managed by Elektro Ljubljana d.d. and more than 60 charging stations operated by Porsche Slovenija d.o.o. These charging stations are now available to Croatian drivers who can charge their electric cars using the HT Magenta prepaid card, available in selected T-Centers, and the espoTs app, which they can download to their mobile phones.

This project significantly facilitates the EV charging service in Slovenia for Croatian drivers. They no longer have to worry about where and how to charge their vehicles. Likewise, Slovenian drivers of electric cars, who are users of these two Slovenian operators, have access to charging stations in Croatia operated by Hrvatski Telekom, and no longer need to search for a T-Center to buy an appropriate card, but can do so via cards and apps of their operators. This gives an additional push to the growth of tourism in Croatia.

With the largest number of installed charging stations, Hrvatski Telekom is the frontrunner in e-mobility in Croatia and the region and the most reliable technological partner in their implementation and management and in providing digital charging services. This project was realized through the so-called roaming agreements (agreements on the use of charging stations in other countries) between Hrvatski Telekom, as the largest domestic operator of charging stations in Croatia, and the two largest Slovenian operators, and software connection of their software platforms for charging station management and charging service.

This integration was implemented within the CEKOM Rijeka project (Competence Center for Smart Cities), which includes the SmartCity.SURINMO project (Smart URban traffic Infrastructure eNabling smart MObility), on which a team of e-mobility experts from Hrvatski Telekom is working. The purpose of this project is to develop a domain platform to enable connected, energy-efficient and shared urban mobility. Connecting software platforms between Hrvatski Telekom and the two largest Slovenian operators is the first delivered solution within this project.

The solution was successfully tested in the city of Rijeka, where the first charging session was realized. The project itself is applied at all charging stations throughout Croatia managed by Hrvatski Telekom, as well as at all charging stations in Slovenia operated by Elektro Ljubljana d.d. and Porsche Slovenia d.o.o.

This provides an additional contribution to the use of electric vehicles as the most environmentally friendly solution in traffic, and, ultimately, to creating a sustainable and cleaner environment, which is part of the mission of Hrvatski Telekom as a socially responsible company and the project itself. Electric charging stations are an integral part of the implementation of sustainability plans because the further development of their network directly and significantly contributes to the social goals of reducing CO2 emissions and increasing air quality.

The map of the availability of charging stations in Slovenia, which can now be used by all Croatian users of Hrvatski Telekom's e-mobility service, is on the portal hr.rechargespoTs.eu, where all publicly available charging stations of Hrvatski Telekom in Croatia can also be seen, as well as on espoTs an app that can be downloaded to mobile devices for a fully digital charging service.