3.1 million recharges to electric vehicles in September

According to the "Charging Service Market Monthly Statistics" report published by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) for September, electricity consumption, which was 97 thousand 469 megawatt hours in August, decreased by 14.6 percent to 83 thousand 253 megawatt hours in September.

The number of charging transactions, which was 3 million 527 thousand 70 in August, was recorded as 3 million 152 thousand 733 in September. While the average electricity consumption per charge was 26.41 kilowatt hours, the total charging time reached 3 million 548 thousand 897 hours.

In September, 68 thousand 637 megawatt hours of the total electricity consumption was at fast charging (DC) and 14 thousand 617 megawatt hours was at alternating current (AC) charging points.

Thus, the share of DC charging points in total electricity consumption was 82.44 percent and the share of AC charging points was 17.56 percent.

In the same period, 74.64 percent of charging operations were done at DC charging points, and 25.36 percent were done at AC charging points.

When hourly data for September was examined, the highest consumption for charging electric vehicles occurred between 17.00-18.00. A total of 5 thousand 730 megawatt hours of electricity was consumed during these hours.

On an hourly basis, the highest consumption was recorded between 18.00-19.00 hours with 5 thousand 607 megawatt hours, while the lowest consumption of the day was recorded between 04.00-05.00 hours with 725 megawatt hours.

According to daily consumption data, the highest electricity consumption was 3 thousand 344 megawatt hours on September 6. The lowest daily consumption was recorded as 2 thousand 339 megawatt hours on September 15.

Source: TRT Haber Ekonomi RSS (Open Press / Translated Full Text)