Less than a year ago, Ionity inaugurated a new charging park in Elverum, where electric vehicles could charge at up to 500 kW. The hardware for this site was supplied by Ekoenergetyka. It was the first location in Ionity’s Europe-wide network to feature the Polish manufacturer’s shared-power technology – or so it seemed.
Due to repeated malfunctions, Ionity has now halted the pilot, removed the hardware, and replaced it with charging stations from Huawei. A company spokesperson confirmed this to electrive. The issue was first reported by charging infrastructure expert Syed Haseeb Hassan in his own analysis.
Ionity’s decision to switch to Huawei charging hardware at the site is not entirely unexpected. At Power2Drive in Munich this summer, both companies publicly announced their collaboration. In Elverum, this partnership is now materialising after the failed trial with Ekoenergetyka’s new technology.
On-site, there are now three charging stations with six charging points, paired with an adjacent power unit. According to Ionity’s website, the available charging power includes 4x up to 600 kW and 2x up to 500 kW. Additionally, under the Ionity brand, there remains an Alpitronic charging station with two 400-kW charging points at the location.
This development does not, however, automatically call the collaboration with Ekoenergetyka into question. Ionity has been working with the Polish company since summer 2023. To date, Ionity has consistently ordered all-in-one charging stations from Ekoenergetyka with a power output of up to 350 kW. Initial installations have taken place in recent years, primarily in Croatia, Slovenia, and Finland. According to a 2025 LinkedIn post by Ekoenergetyka, the charging park in Elverum was explicitly designed as a test for the new charging solution. In this setup, two DLBS power cabinets dynamically distribute a total power of 800 kW in increments of 66.7 kW across six fast-charging points.
Meanwhile, detailed information about the Huawei system remains unavailable. However, it is said to be a decentralised charging solution featuring three slim satellite units and a power unit. What is clear is that Ionity is not alone at the site: there are also 28 Tesla Superchargers, eight charging points from Kople with up to 180 kW, and four 200-kW charging points from Recharge. The highest power class, however, is offered by Ionity – and now, presumably, reliably so.
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