Romania's electric-vehicle story has so far been written mostly in the big cities and along the western corridors, while the country's northeast has watched from the sidelines. That is now starting to change. PPC Blue Romania and OSCAR Downstream have signed an agreement to install 30 EV charging points at the service areas near Milcovul, on the A7 Buzău-Focșani motorway — extending the country's charging network along one of its most strategic new road links, the so-called Moldova motorway.
The pairing is telling. Electricity supplier PPC Blue Romania is joining forces with fuel distributor OSCAR Downstream, and all 30 charging points will sit at the service areas near Milcovul — squarely on the A7 Buzău-Focșani section, the stretch of asphalt designed to pull the Moldova region closer to the capital area. For the drivers, couriers and company fleets that keep the northeast moving, service areas are the natural home for charging: visible, easy to reach, and built for a stop anyway.
For B2B watchers, the structure of the agreement is as interesting as its size. Highway service areas have become the anchor tenants of European charging — captive demand, natural dwell time and existing retail operations make them the most bankable real estate in the business. By teaming a power supplier with an established downstream fuel operator, the Milcovul project follows the template now standard across Europe, and it signals to fleet and logistics operators that Romania's interurban corridors, not just its city streets, are finally on the build-out list.
