Salto by Electric Car: Where to Charge in Salto & on the Road (UTE Network)

You can drive to Salto in an electric car without drama. The department has 6 public charging points on UTE's network, two of them fast (CCS2, 60 kW): one at the city entrance on Ruta 3 and one at Termas del Daymán itself, so the car charges while you are in the water. On the road from Montevideo there are never more than about 120 km between two fast chargers. Everything below comes from UTE's official map (7 September 2026); live availability is in the UTE Mueve app.

Tap a point for connectors and power. Terracotta: Salto. Green: the approach roads. Grey: the rest of the country.

In Salto and at the hot springs

Charging point	To centre	Connectors	Speed
Plaza 33 OrientalesJuan Carlos Gomez esq. Artigas, Salto	1 km	2 × Type 2 22 kW	slow
Barrio Dos NacionesCalle C esq. Apolon de Mirbeck, Salto	2 km	2 × Type 2 22 kW	slow
ANCAP SaltoRuta 3 km 491,500, Salto	6 km	2 × CCS2 60 kW	fast
Termas de DaymánAv Paysandu esq. Ruta 3, Salto	10 km	2 × CCS2 60 kW	fast
Termas del ArapeyBrasil esq. Uruguay, Arapey	64 km	2 × Type 2 22 kW	slow
Rincón de ValentínRuta 31 km 75, Rincón de Valentín	74 km	1 × Type 2 43 kW	slow

The Termas del Daymán point is on the park's entrance avenue, on Ruta 3, 10 km from the centre. Arapey only has slow charging (Type 2, 22 kW): an hour gives you back roughly 100 to 130 km, so plan for it if you go and return the same day (about 90 km each way).

From Montevideo via Ruta 1 and Ruta 3

About 500 km. A car with 300 km of real-world range needs one stop. The fast chargers on the way, ordered from Salto:

Charging point	To Salto	Connectors	Speed
ANCAP Francolino PaysandúAv. España y Juncal, Paysandú	104 km	2 × CCS2 60 kW	fast
Estadio Parque ArtigasBvlr. Artigas y 25 de Mayo, Paysandú	105 km	2 × CCS2 60 kW, 2 × Type 2 22 kW	fast
ANCAP PaysandúRuta 3 km 366, Paysandú	108 km	2 × CCS2 60 kW	fast
Municipio de Young25 de Agosto esquina Vía Ferrocarril, Young	150 km	2 × CCS2 60 kW, 2 × Type 2 7.4 kW	fast
ANCAP YoungMontevideo 3194, Young	150 km	2 × CCS2 60 kW	fast
Plaza Constitución TrinidadDr. Luis Alberto de Herrera esq. Fray Ubeda, Trinidad	258 km	2 × CCS2 60 kW	fast
ANCAP Trinidad - Ruta 3Ruta 3 esq. Ruta 14, Trinidad	259 km	2 × CCS2 60 kW	fast
ANCAP San José de Mayo - OcampoRuta 3 esquina Av. José Pedro Varela, San José de Mayo	348 km	4 × CCS2 60 kW	fast
ANCAP Ciudad del PlataRuta 1 vieja km 31,800, Ciudad del Plata	399 km	2 × CCS2 60 kW	fast

Distances are straight-line from Salto's centre: good for choosing where to stop, not for the odometer. There are 11 more slow points (Type 2) on the same corridor; they are on the map.

From Argentina (Buenos Aires, Concordia)

Ruta 14 to Concordia, then across the Salto Grande dam. Public charging on the Argentine side is thin: arrive in Concordia with enough charge to cross. The first Uruguayan point after the bridge is Barrio Dos Naciones (11 km, 2 × Type 2 22 kW); the nearest fast charger is ANCAP Salto (17 km from the bridge).

Connectors are the same as in Argentina (Type 2 for AC, CCS2 for DC). Car papers and passport for the border, as always.

From the north and the east

Charging point	To Salto	Connectors	Speed
ANCAP Bella UniónRuta 3 Km. 628,000, 55100 Artigas, Bella Unión	129 km	1 × Type 2 22 kW	slow
Plaza de los NiñosJuan Antonio Lavalleja y Héctor Princivalle, Artigas	180 km	2 × CCS2 60 kW	fast
TaTa TacuarembóPte. Joaquín Suarez esq. Gral. Venancio Flores, Tacuarembó	192 km	2 × CCS2 60 kW	fast
ANCAP América TacuarembóAv. Pablo Ríos y Juan Manuel Blanes, Tacuarembó	193 km	2 × CCS2 60 kW	fast

From Tacuarembó on Ruta 31 (about 200 km) the only point in between is Rincón de Valentín, at km 75, Type 2 at 43 kW.

What it costs and how you pay

Prices in Uruguayan pesos, valid since January 2026 according to UTE. As a visitor you pay each session with a credit or debit card in the app (the “carga puntual” mode); UTE's charging card is for customers on monthly billing.

UTE public network, VAT included	AC (Type 2)	DC (CCS2)
Base charge per session	UYU 54.8	UYU 132.9
Energy, per kWh	UYU 10.4	UYU 11.8
Car plugged in but not charging, per minute (20 min grace)	UYU 9.6	UYU 12.3
Example: 40 kWh (about 250 km)	UYU 471 · US$12	UYU 605 · US$15

Install the UTE Mueve app before you travel (Android and iOS) and register at home, not on the road. It shows the map with live availability, starts the session by scanning the QR code on the post, and takes the payment.
Cable: the fast CCS2 points have a tethered cable. Several Type 2 points do not: bring your Type 2 cable.
On private premises (petrol stations, supermarkets) the owner may add charges.
Unplug when you are done: after 20 minutes the per-minute fee starts.

Got room for a charger?

For a local with a shop, a hotel or land on the road there are two official routes, and neither is selling electricity yourself (Uruguay has no formal peer-to-peer charging scheme).

Offer the site to UTE. UTE runs an open call for private owners willing to give up a space on their premises: if selected, UTE installs and maintains the public station at no cost, the place draws visitors, and the owner can earn an additional income.
Become a charging point operator (OPC). For companies that want to run their own public network: connection fees waived and tariff discounts for five years outside the capital, with technical requirements (DC charging, interoperability, open to all the public). Details at UTE.

If you install one in Salto, tell me and I add it to this page.

Where this data comes from

UTE's public charging network, taken from its official map on 7 September 2026: 213 stations nationwide, 130 with CCS2 fast charging. The network is growing (UTE has announced hundreds of new chargers), so this page is regenerated from time to time; the date above says when. It does not include private chargers at hotels or restaurants: if you run one in Salto and want to be listed, write to me. Sources: UTE, vehicle charging (network, prices, app) and its station map.

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