Volkswagen
German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) announced on Monday that it would implement a new charging service in Europe with over 150,000 public charging points by mid-August.
The head of digital charging services at VW Richard van Tatenhove says as electric mobility increasingly takes to the road, public charging is becoming ever more important.
The charging service would not have a monthly fee and could be used via a single card. According to Volkswagen, users could also get additional information on the charging process by using an app created for this purpose. The app would provide information on charging prices and the availability of charging points. Additionally, the app would also show charging points that operate on green power only.
Volkswagen aimed to make the switch to electric cars "as attractive as possible" and announced that 75 new electric models would be launched within the next 10 years.
Germany's largest carmaker was focusing on electric vehicles more consistently than any other German carmaker.
The company said it was taking a high entrepreneurial risk but that it was the right choice, to change the world.
BERLIN, July 20 (Xinhua)
