Virta, an electric vehicle charging service technology company, has signed a cooperation agreement with HERE, for providing intelligent location services.

Virta operates across hundreds of public EV charging stations in several European countries which are now connected to HERE.

Virta CEO Jussi Palola said: “Developing reliable charging system is a key prerequisite for the electromobiliity growth.

"As a global player HERE has the ability to provide a high-quality EV charging information service to users all over the world."

Services must be easy to use and EV drivers must have relevant information easy at hand.

“Now the charging station users have up-to-date quality information about the network’s status meeting the global requirements.

"HERE is a key partner in building global services for EV drivers.

“EV charging services today are a heterogenous market consisting of many independent charging networks.

"As a global player HERE has the ability to provide a high-quality EV charging information service to users all over the world.”

As part of cooperation agreement, HERE will be providing dynamic information on EV charging stations via its EV Charging API.

HERE content sourcing analyst Samuli Lehtonen said: “We are very pleased to be working with the team at Virta to expand the breadth of charging point information available for drivers of electric vehicles.

“At HERE, we aim to give EV drivers access to many diverse sources of information in one single place so they can plan their routes with ease and confidence.

“Now that we are also incorporating fresh streams of data from Virta, we believe the quality and breadth of information we provide EV drivers is the most comprehensive across any platform.”

The HERE EV Charging service helps drivers in locating EV charging stations around any location or destination, which best fit their needs.