Six major automotive companies have all teamed up to bring high-power charging to Europe. Through this new venture, the BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen Group with Audi and Porsche have all agreed to work towards the creation of a charging network for the content that would be the highest-powered possible. They plan to create a network of charging stations throughout Europe which would help to encourage more people to purchase battery electric vehicles by making long-range travel more possible.
“This high-power charging network provides motorists with another strong argument to move toward electric mobility,” says Harald Krüger, chairman of the board of management of BMW AG. “The BMW Group has initiated numerous public charging infrastructure projects over the last years. The joint project is another major milestone clearly demonstrating that competitors are combining forces to ramp up e-mobility.”
The new network would be the fastest system available today with power levels of up to 350 kilowatt, and it will be based on Combined Charging System standard technology. This means that vehicles that are engineered to withstand the full power of the stations in this charging network will be able to fully recharge in a significantly shorter period of time than what current systems allow.
The group plans to begin building this network sometime in 2017 with the hope to be completed by 2020. This new system will provide drivers of electric vehicles with access to high-powered charging points all throughout Europe the same way that gas stations are available along highways and another long-distance traveling routes.
“BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen Group with Audi and Porsche Plan a Joint Venture for Ultra-Fast, High-Power Charging Along Major Highways in Europe | Ford Media Center.” The Ford Motor Company Media Center. N.p., 29 Nov. 2016. Web. 01 Dec. 2016. <https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2016/11/29/bmw-daimler-ford-volkswagen-audi-porsche-plan-ultra-fast-charging-major-europe-highways.html>.
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