{"id":4656,"date":"2019-08-14T13:32:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T10:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/?p=4656"},"modified":"2019-08-14T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T10:32:58","slug":"riyadh-just-got-its-first-ever-commercial-electric-vehicle-charging-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/feature\/riyadh-just-got-its-first-ever-commercial-electric-vehicle-charging-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Riyadh Just Got Its First-Ever Commercial Electric Vehicle Charging Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With electric cars slowly eating up a slice of the automobile market that day won\u2019t be far when we\u2019ll get to see electric vehicles on Saudi roads. But before that can happen what we\u2019ll need is electric vehicle charging stations so that car owners make the switch to electric.<\/p>\n<p>In what is a<a href=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/lifestyle\/travel\/a-group-of-kenyan-cyclists-cycled-from-nairobi-to-makkah-and-raised-thousands-of-dollars-for-education-along-the-way\/\"> landmark <\/a>moment, Riyadh just got its first commercial Electric Vehicle charging station.<\/p>\n<h2>And, it\u2019s by none other than SASCO which runs one of the biggest chains of petrol stations in the country.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A historic step in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaudiArabia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaudiArabia<\/a> road on electro mobility ,the installation of the first ever commercial electric vehicle fast charging station ABB Terra 54 CJG (50kW DC) in Saudi Arabia! This charging station is installed in Riyadh airport road. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l7XmcIJjn3\">pic.twitter.com\/l7XmcIJjn3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Abdullah Medallah \u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 (@medallaha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/medallaha\/status\/1161560903021715459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The new charging station has been installed at the city\u2019s airport road.<\/h2>\n<p>There are six other charging stations that are to be installed in the country by the end of the year by American giant Schindler Electric.<\/p>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With electric cars slowly eating up a slice of the automobile market that day won\u2019t be far when we\u2019ll get to see electric vehicles on Saudi roads. 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