Europe’s largest car manufacturer, Volkswagen, wants to open its electric car charging network to third-party companies. After car rental company Sixt became the first customer, VW charging network subsidiary Elli in Wolfsburg said it was in discussions with other providers to allow their customers to use the charging stations.
“We are also in discussions with Europcar,” says Group Chief Technology Officer Thomas Schmall. VW, together with partners, took over most of the Sixt competitor in 2022. Sixt announced a week ago that it would give its customers access to Elli’s public charging points in the future.
The prices would be slightly higher than those of our own customers, explains Elli boss Giovanni Palazzo. According to the VW subsidiary, the network currently consists of 650,000 charging points throughout Europe, operated by partners such as Ionity, Shell, Aral and Eon. Elli does not operate its own charging stations, but according to its own information it offers access to the charging stations of more than 400 partners.
(sda/awp/dpa)
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