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New future for De Lichtmis on A28 with Avia Volt fast-charging plaza and restaurants

Jacco Vonhof, Lars Visscher, Paul Guldemond en Bart Leussink openden vrijdag het snellaadplein op verzorgingsplaats De Lichtmis aan de A28 bij Zwolle. Foto: Avia Weghorst, 2026

A charging plaza with eight fast chargers was opened on Friday at service station De Lichtmis on the A28 motorway between Zwolle and Staphorst. The charging plaza, a joint project of Avia Volt and E&CO, provides more charging capacity than would be possible based on grid capacity, according to the initiators.

The new loading plaza at De Lichtmis was officially opened Friday afternoon by Jacco Vonhof, chairman MKB-Nederland, alderman Paul Guldemond of the municipality of Zwolle, Bart Leussink on behalf of Avia Volt and Lars Visscher of E&CO. They did so by connecting two power plugs. De Lichtmis has been a busy stop on the A28 between Zwolle and Staphorst for decades. In August 2020, the eponymous and historic restaurant on the site burned to the ground. From that year, various initiatives were taken to make the stop not only attractive again for visitors, but also future-proof and as sustainable as possible.

Now fast-charging plaza

As a first step, two catering facilities were recently realised at De Lichtmis, including a revamped De Lichtmis roadside restaurant and a branch of McDonald’s. To respond to the increasing demand for charging facilities, a charging plaza at De Lichtmis has now been jointly developed by Avia Volt and E&CO.

The charging station offers eight Kempower fast chargers with a capacity of up to 400 kW. At the site, charging power is cleverly and dynamically distributed, allowing motorists to charge quickly and efficiently. By dividing the grid connection between three parties and using battery storage, the parties involved say “significantly more charging power can be provided than would be possible based on the available grid capacity”.

An unmanned BP Express is also located at the same slip road on the A28 motorway. At this petrol station, a BP Pulse charging plaza with 14 charging points with capacities up to 150 kW opened in February 2023.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Paul Blonk

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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