A contract was signed for the construction of fast charging stations for electric vehicles on the Moscow-Petersburg toll road

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2024: RusHydro to build electric vehicle fast charging stations on Neva M-11 highway

In September 2024, RusHydro announced the conclusion of lease agreements for four land plots |on the Neva M-11 highway for the construction of the first multifunctional complexes in Russia for charging electric vehicles between Moscow and St. Petersburg.

We have moved on to the strategy of creating multifunctional charging complexes. The fastest electric charging stations can provide full charging of the car in 30 minutes, our client is tied to the station longer in time than a client with a car on an internal combustion engine, "said Yuri Lyubimov, First Deputy General Director of PJSC RusHydro.

2022: Hackers disabled electric vehicle charging stations on the Moscow-Petersburg highway

At the end of February 2022 hackers , charging stations electric vehicles on the highway were disabled, as MoscowSt. Petersburg reported in "."Rosseti

Charging stations on the M-11 track were subjected to external intervention. Currently, they are disabled for preventive work, - says the Telegram channel on February 28, 2022.

In social networks there was a video from the board of electric stations, on which there were inscriptions: "Glory" and To Ukraine insults to the president. Russia Vladimir Putin

As explained in Rosseti, the attackers managed to gain access to equipment via the Internet using controllers installed at the factory.

Hackers disabled electric vehicle charging stations on the Moscow-Petersburg highway

The company said that the main components, filling stations including controllers, were produced by the Ukrainian company Autoenterprise. The stations themselves in 2020, according to the results of an open procurement procedure, were supplied by LLC Grzelprom"." It also produced a screwdriver assembly of stations.

The manufacturer left a "bookmark" in the controller, which gave it hidden access via the Internet. According to our information, these controllers are widely used at electric charging stations exported by Ukraine to Europe, the Rosseti company said.

All this time, the charging stations were in test operation in isolation. Taking into account the above circumstances, among other things, the best software options for these devices were considered. In the near future, power plants will be "flashed" and will return to work, Rosseti reported on February 28, 2022.

According to the publication SecurityLab, the charging station can have real consequences. If hackers decide to intervene in the operation of such stations, then drivers of electric vehicles, their manufacturers and even the city electricity grid may suffer. Loosely protected software code used at charging stations can reveal drivers' bank card details to hackers, leading to financial losses.^[1]

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