The Ionity high-power electric vehicle charging joint venture has opened a new ultra-fast charging park in Elverum, Norway, offering charging capacities of up to 500 kilowatts and marking the first use of shared-power technology from Polish charging equipment maker Ekoenergetyka at an Ionity site.
The Elverum facility is the first commercial deployment of Ekoenergetyka’s dynamic load-balancing system for Ionity, following a testing phase that began earlier this year. The site is located on the Østerdalen route, a key long-distance corridor linking Oslo with Trondheim and inland regions.
Under the pilot configuration, two DLBS power cabinets dynamically distribute a total system capacity of 800 kW in 66.7 kW increments across six direct-current fast-charging points. The system is paired with three Sat 400 charging columns, each offering two CCS connectors. While the site provides six DC charging points, a single vehicle can draw the full 500 kW only when charging alone at one of the three main chargers.
Until now, Ionity’s fastest charging sites equipped with Alpitronic hardware offered peak outputs of up to 400 kW. The addition of 500 kW capability marks a step up in passenger car charging speeds, subject to vehicle compatibility. In addition to the new Ekoenergetyka chargers, the Elverum site also includes two Ionity charging points rated above 400 kW, alongside chargers operated by other providers.
Ionity and Ekoenergetyka began their cooperation in mid-2023, when Ionity placed orders for high-power chargers rated at up to 350 kW. Since then, more than 300 power units with a combined capacity exceeding 116 megawatts have been delivered across multiple European markets, including Croatia, Slovenia and Finland.
The Norwegian site also highlights intensifying competition at premium highway charging locations. In addition to Ionity, the Elverum hub hosts 28 Tesla Superchargers, eight charging points from Kople rated up to 180 kW, and four 200 kW chargers from Recharge.
Ionity has signalled that it plans to go further. In April, the company announced it would begin deploying so-called megawatt-class charging systems for passenger cars later this year. These systems, developed with Alpitronic, are designed to dynamically supply power to up to eight vehicles at once, with peak charging rates of up to 600 kW per car when station occupancy is low. The timing and locations of the first public megawatt-class sites have not yet been announced.
