Volkswagen powers up the grid to take on Tesla
Postat: 17 nov 2021 13:44
Tesla har idag 30.000 SuC laddare. Ska ökas till 90.000 SuC laddare om 2 år.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos- ... 021-11-17/Volkswagen powers up the grid to take on Tesla.
FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) plans to double staff numbers at its charging and energy division,
roll out new payment technology next year and strike more alliances to take on Tesla (TSLA.O) in a key electric vehicle (EV) battleground: power infrastructure.
By ensuring there are enough fast-charging plugs - and enough power - for the EVs it wants to sell, Europe's biggest carmaker hopes to convince drivers worried about battery ranges that they can ditch their fossil fuel cars for good.
Volkswagen, meanwhile expects its network of fast-chargers to nearly quadruple to about 45,000 by 2025 - when it aims to overhaul Tesla as the global EV market leader - with 18,000 EV pumps in Europe, 17,000 in China and 10,000 in North America.
