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University of Twente contributes to world’s largest electric car park

Insurer a.s.r. recently opened the world’s largest, bidirectional charging car park for electric cars in Utrecht, which was opened by Utrecht mayor Sharon Dijksma and a.s.r. CEO Jos Baeten. This sustainable car park can simultaneously charge and discharge 250 electric cars. UT professor Johann Hurink’s Mathematics of Operations Research department is making an important contribution to the project.

The covered car park measures approximately 10,000 square metres and features a roof with more than 2,000 solar panels, producing enough energy to power a total of four million kilometres a year. The car park’s 250 smart bidirectional charging stations can be used to both charge and discharge electric vehicles, and there are batteries to store the power being generated.
Mayor Sharon Dijksma: ‘Together with many partners, we are developing a bidirectional ecosystem in the Utrecht region. This electric car park at a.s.r. constitutes an important contribution to these efforts. With this progressive course on sustainable mobility, we are setting an example for the rest of the Netherlands, and the rest of the world.’

J.C. Vreeman (Jochem)
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