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Eneco to install 240 charging connections this year at Albert Heijn supermarkets in the Netherlands and Belgium; 2,000 by 2025

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Albert Heijn and Eneco—a producer and supplier of natural gas, electricity and heat—will be working together on the installation of rapid charging stations at Albert Heijn stores in the Netherlands and Belgium. Customers charge with 100% green electricity with Eneco HollandseWind.

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars lifts global deliveries of BEV vehicles by 197% and of electric vehicles overall by 158% in 2020

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In 2020, Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered more than 212,000 electric cars in total (+158 percent versus 2019), including nearly 134,000 battery electric vehicles (+197 percent versus 2019). This brought the share of BEV and hybrid vehicles in Europe up to 12.4% in Germany in the BEV market and 23% in the Netherlands.

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ACEA report finds growth of charging points not keeping pace with rising demand for electric vehicles in Europe

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A new report by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) shows that despite strong growth, the available charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in the EU still falls far below what is needed, and remains unevenly distributed across member states.

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BYD launches 3 new electric vehicles at the Paris Motor Show

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The green dream has long been a priority for BYD and is the vision for the future. BYD’s European headquarters are based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands; its home since 1998 with branches in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden, as well as a high-tech manufacturing facility for its eBus business in Hungary.

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Volkswagen AG Elli charging network now operating 400,000 charging points in Europe

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The aim of this work is to provide drivers of electric vehicles with a tightly knit international charging network which is easily accessible. As a mobility service provider, Elli offers its services to the drivers of electric vehicles made by all manufacturers.

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Mitsubishi Motors, NewMotion, Nuvve in vehicle-to-grid pilot in Netherlands with Outlander PHEV

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Using V2G-technology, peak demand on the electricity grid can be better balanced, by allowing electric vehicles to not just take power from the grid, but also return it to the network and expect to introduce a new potential earnings model for electric drivers. Earlier post.).

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Volkswagen has 30k+ reservations for the ID.3 1ST edition; most from Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and UK

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Most of the pre-bookers live in Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. 3 newsletter which Volkswagen is using to present regular information on its new full-electric ID. 3 EV, which will make its world premiere at the event. More than 100,000 ID. enthusiasts have registered for the ID.3 Like all other ID.