With the fully electric zero emission Nissan Leaf winning the 2011 World Car of the Year, twelve Irish Nissan dealerships across the country were keen to capitalise on the award and be ready for the first production Leafs arriving in late February. The Leafs are fitted with DC quick charging technology that complies with the international CHAdeMO standard. Pre-ordered Nissan Leafs were in high demand by their expectant new owners.

Carra's Services

As the official Irish installation and maintenance provider for SGTE, the quick charger selected by Nissan in Europe, Carra provided Nissan with a turnkey project for its dealerships, comprised of:

• Site surveys to assess the existing layout and electricity capacity of each site
• Civil engineering, ground and 3-phase electrical works to prepare each mounting bases for the 500 Kg, 55kW SGTE DC quick chargers
• Logistics and transport to carefully distribute and place the 500kg chargers on their prepared mountings and safely-wired electrical connections, in compliance with the Electro-Technical Council of Ireland standards.
• 3-phase electrical commissioning and testing of the SGTE quick chargers

Benefits to our customer

A cost-effective and comprehensively managed turnkey project incorporating the management and communications of all stakeholders ( i.e. SGTE, Nissan and ESB) as well as the ongoing delivery of warranty cover for all twelve installations and the SGTE chargers.

Our expertise

Carra has a proven track record of safely delivering electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects to the highest quality standards, in compliance with Irish electrical wiring standard as well as manufacturers specifications. Carra's formally SGTE-trained and Electrical Contractors Safety & Standards Association (ECSSA) - certified engineers delivered the installations within tight time constraints under the direction of Carra's project and logistics office.