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SOCAR Knutwil-Nord

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Clark

Visited on Thursday night without charging.

This location has no additional lighting for the charging station, the only light comes from the toilets canopy and the light pole above the handicap spots.

The metal bollards visible in my older picture have been replaced by concrete bollards. I think those bollards are especially useful to prevent trucks from parking in front of the chargers. Only the chargers, handicap spots and one regular spot were not blocked by trucks this night.

The chargers don't have credit card readers. They have the Socar QR codes. IDs 3/4/5 are on the left charger and IDs 6/7 are on the right charger.

The CCTV has been added since my last visit. It's the same setup as at the other rest stops.

It seems very stupid to me to not have equipped all locations with 4 CCS. There's only 3 total here, along with the CHAdeMO and AC.

Clark

SOCAR had published a press release about the Knutwil locations on August 5, 2020 https://www.socarenergy.ch/en/socar-news/socar-brings-first-electric-charging-stations-motorway-servi.html

The article features a picture of Knutwil-Nord, with the parking spaces painted green but without the EV logo yet. The bollards seem to also have been installed at a later date.

The first SOCAR Energy Switzerland charging stations at a motorway service station came into operation last Friday at the Knutwil Nord and Süd services on the A2. Over the last few months, the Knutwil services have been undergoing renovation and improvement by the Federal Roads Office. As part of these works, SOCAR has installed the latest high-performance fast charging stations in both directions. Knutwil in the Canton of Lucerne is the first of 20 service stations SOCAR will be equipping for electromobility over the coming years across Switzerland.

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With seven fast charging stations at its eleven motorway service stations, SOCAR has been operating the largest network on Swiss motorways for several years. Service stations will now gradually be added on major transport axes to complement the existing fast charging network. Eggberg and Teufengraben services, both on the A2 in the Canton of Solothurn, are expected to come into operation in the fourth quarter of this year. The remaining 16 service stations will follow thereafter.

I suppose that it was true they had the largest network, but this is counting the 20 and 50kW chargers that were already completely outdated at that time and still haven't been upgraded to this day (except Bursins).

Clark

Visited on November 30 without charging.

Like at the opposite rest stop, contactless readers have been added and are working. 75ct/kWh.

Here I had already seen the new bollards in June.

The stick indicating the edge of the pavement is quite treacherous, you need to be careful when backing into the leftmost spot.