22.8.2019. The brand Volkswagen is driving forward its E-Offensive consistently and wants to install by 2025, around 4,000 charging points at the German locations.
The Expansion has already begun: Braunschweig’s mayor Ulrich Markurth has today taken together with the Volkswagen brand Board of management Thomas Ulbrich the first “employee-load Park” with 60 new charging points in operation. Group-wide, the company invested around 250 million euros in the Expansion of the charging infrastructure on the European sites. Together with the activities of the dealers of the Volkswagen group for approximately 36,000 new charging points in Europe.
“Plenty of charging opportunities at the workplace are an essential Element of our electro-Offensive. We want our employees to be able to charge your E-car in a easy and comfortable during working hours. We show how the gradual transition to E-mobility to succeed,“ says Thomas Ulbrich, Board of management for E-mobility at the Volkswagen brand.
“I am very pleased that Volkswagen AG is in the world and in our Region to invest heavily in charging infrastructure for E-cars. And I am particularly pleased that the Brunswick plant is in the case of this major investment in the front line. So it will be the employees possible to refuel during the work power. At the same time, the offer is also available for other Users of E-cars. This is an exemplary model that should make school. We will, therefore, need to have in the public space and more loading options. The need for charging stations, however, may not be predominantly covered in the public space. The conditions for the establishment of private charging should be improved, and businesses should make a contribution to make. I would like to thank the Volkswagen AG, that she is a strong character,“ says Ulrich Markurth, mayor of the city of Braunschweig.
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- The first load Park operation
- Download the workplace is becoming more and more important
- World premiere of the ID.3 at the IAA 2019
The first load Park operation
The first load of the Park was taken yesterday at Volkswagen Group Components in Braunschweig, Germany, in operation. The 60 charging points are located in the Parking lot Ohefeld, adjacent to the factory site. Is loaded with 11 kW and with a type 2 plug for the European standard system. The charging stations are operated exclusively with Volkswagen natural electricity from renewable sources. The electricity is certified by TÜV Nord and comes from CO2-free generation, such as Wind and water power. Further charging parks will gradually emerge by 2025 at other locations in Germany.
“The components of the Braunschweig site to load for the first Park of Volkswagen has been realized. This makes us very happy. So, the Volkswagen group has underlined its E-Offensive and at the same time makes the E-mobility for the employees and later for all other E-car drivers real experience and usable. A clear and tangible step in the direction of E-mobility,“ says Otto Joos, head of business unit chassis of the Volkswagen group component.
Download the workplace is becoming more and more important
Volkswagen is involved everywhere where electric cars are charged at home, at work, in public spaces and on the roads. The Load in the workplace is always important, because it is a good Alternative for all who can’t charge at home. Approximately 20 percent of all load operations in the future could be done in the workplace. For companies in the construction of the charging Park is a lucrative one, as they often have favourable conditions and relatively easy to provide additional benefits for your employees can create. Against this Background, Volkswagen is committed not only to the own locations, but also the other companies offers through its subsidiary, Elli (Electric Life), complete charging solutions for employee Parking and vehicle fleets.
World premiere of the ID.3 at the IAA 2019
Volkswagen has launched the largest Offensive of the automotive industry. In the next ten years, the group should come to almost 70 new E-models on the market. ID. The family wants to make the Volkswagen brand the E-car for many people, accessible and attractive. The first vehicle of the new Generation of the ID is.3 in a nutshell its world premiere. The production model will be shown at this year’s International automobile exhibition (IAA) for the first time to the Public. The production starts at the end of the year in Zwickau. Many of the components of the ID.3 can be manufactured by Volkswagen Group Components of Braunschweig, including the battery system including hardware and Software, the new battery case, rear and front axles, as well as the brakes and the steering.
(V. l.) Thomas Ulbrich, Ulrich Markurth, Martin Römheld and Werner Gose to the Loading of the ID.3. (Photo: Volkswagen AG)
