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Ensto specialists connected directly to Thu’s system in real time, everyone looked at the same screen, and together they got the system up and running. It’s been smooth sailing since. " If you google ‘laddstolpe,’ Swedish for ‘charging post,’ an Ensto charger is what comes up first." LEIF KLASSON, SALES MANAGER, ENSTO Another feature of the DLM that attracted Thu was the ability to monitor and control the system remotely, whether from his desktop, a tablet, or even smartphone. “I can check power consumption from anywhere. I can release a stuck hatch if a parker’s RFID card gets demagnetized.” A growing market Sweden is not yet a market where electric vehicles are com-monplace. Its neighbor, Norway, famous for having 50,000 EVs on the road, uses government-provided incentives to boost EV popularity. In Sweden there are few benefits given to EV drivers, and only 13,000 EVs in use. But the market is growing and Ensto has sold several hundred Chago units throughout Sweden, including a unit to every Toyota dealer, and a charging pole for many McDonald’s restaurants, as well. “This has been the most interesting year so far for EVs and Ensto in Sweden,” says Ensto’s Klasson. “The majority of customers are actually finding me.” “If you google ‘laddstolpe,’ Swedish for ‘charging post,’” adds Klasson, “an Ensto charger is what comes up first.” Being the very definition of charging post in the Swedish language puts Ensto in an enviable position. Thanks to the work of Klasson, and success stories like Elmia, it may be able to stay there a while. An electrician’s biggest night-mare? “There was a Magnus Uggla concert at Elmia some years ago, and after five seconds of music everything went black,” recalls Kent Gustafsson, who’s in charge of making sure systems never fail at Elmia. Gustafsson rushed backstage to see what the problem was, but after a few seconds the concert resumed. “It turned out the cut to black was part of the show,” says Gustafsson, “but my heart stopped for a moment.” Lac Thu Phung demonstrates his ability to monitor and control the DLM system from his smartphone. Ensto in Sweden


EnstoToday 2016 No1 / ENG
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