EU To Hit The EV Highway

A supercharging highway for electric vehicles is coming to Europe

Alan Tovey, 3 Novemeber 2017 (UK Telegraph)

“…A ‘supercharging’ highway for electric cars across Europe will open for business this year after Germany’s BMW, Daimler and VW joined up with Ford…[The car makers’ joint venture, called Ionity, will] build 400 charging stations over the next three years…The first 20 stations will open this year in Austria, Germany and Norway at 75-mile intervals along major roads, with plans for 100 stations operating across other countries by 2018…[The comprehensive network of charging stations will] make electric cars more viable, eliminating the need to plan circuitous routes to use existing facilities…[The] comprehensive charging networks will make electric vehicles more practical for longer trips…Each Ionity charger will have a 350KW capacity, which will cut the amount of time it takes to top up an electric vehicle…” click here for more

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