– It is a day of joy. Finally we get confirmation that we don’t need to do anything with the chargers that are installed. It came as a bit of a surprise to us, Erik Fossum Færevaag, Acting CEO of Easee.
There are currently 120,000 chargers from Easee in Sweden. Around 230,000 Easee charging boxes have been installed in Norway.
It was previously estimated that it would cost at least NOK 700 million to take action on the chargers in Norway.
In a press release on Monday, the Elsäkerhetsverket reports that Easee does not have to carry out measures on the charging boxes in Sweden.
The new decision is based on the fact that the risk of errors of a serious nature is so low that it is not proportionate to require practical measures on already installed charging boxes.
Erik Fossum Færevaag, Acting CEO of Easee, says that the press release came as a surprise to them.
Photo: Erik Waage / NRK
Færevaag says that Easee has a lot to do with cooperation with authorities in the form of reporting and documentation.
– Then we want to focus more on coming to the market with new and better chargers, says Færevaag.
– Confirmation of the work we have done
The decision from the Swedish Electrical Safety Authority is also relevant for those who have installed the chargers in Norway.
– The Directorate for Community Safety and Emergency Preparedness has been waiting for a decision from the Swedish Safety Agency regarding this, so then the risk of physical improvements is also gone in Norway, says marketing communications manager Marthe Kindervaag.
Kindervaag says that it is a confirmation of the work they have done to update the information to the Swedish Safety Agency.
– We have always said that the products are safe, she says.
Instead, Easee must make a forecast of expected failures, which must then be followed up by reporting actual failure outcomes to the Swedish Electrical Safety Authority.
– What we want to ensure with this decision is that there are no serious faults with the equipment over time as it ages and wears out, says Per Samuelsson, head of the product department at the National Electrical Safety Board in the press release.
It was previously estimated that it would cost at least NOK 700 million to take action on the chargers in Norway.
Photo: Ole Andreas Bø / NRK
The sales ban still applies
The charging stations Easee Home and Easee Charge have been banned from sale since 14 March 2023 and therefore cannot be sold in Sweden.
Easee has three weeks to appeal the decision and two months to deliver its forecast, then a further 10 months before they have to report back on the outcome.
Published 22/04/2024, at 10.50 Updated 22.04.2024, at 14.59