Volkswagen and Tesco will create what they are describing as the UK’s largest retail network of EV chargers with a commitment to install 2400 charging bays at 600 stores over the next three years.
Both 7kW and 50kW chargers will be available at a selection of Tesco Extra and Superstores and installed by Pod Point, although the split between the charger types has not been revealed.
The standard 7kW chargers will be made available to customers for free, while 50kW chargers will be provided at a cost that is described as “in line with the market rate”.
Volkswagen’s input is motivated by its stated goal of selling one million electric cars a year worldwide by 2025. Order books for the new ID hatchback - a fully electric Volkswagen Golf-sized car - will open in 2019, with the ID Buzz, an MPV, and ID Crozz, an SUV, launching in 2020.
Tesco is the UK’s largest fuel retailer.
Geraldine Ingham, head of marketing at Volkswagen UK, said: “Such an extensive network of EV chargers should leave no one in any doubt about the Volkswagen brand’s wholehearted commitment to an electric future.”
Jason Tarry, Tesco CEO UK, added: “We want to be the leading electric vehicle energy provider and to support our customers with more sustainable solutions.”
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A start.....?
Judging by some of the retorts, yes they retorts, cynicism is rife, got to start putting in more charge points, if there capacity available put in bigger chargers, as for stores putting up prices, well, they’ve being going up since the Banks crashed about a decade ago.
Electrical substation nearby or meltdown
As I've said before the only place you are going to get 50kw chargers upwards are at industrial locations with a nice fat juicy substation transformer or a high power cable nearby. Is this article suggesting that people will be able to use the 7 kw chargers for free? to me it sounds like the "diesel is cleaner than petrol" nonsense in order to get "ordinary folk" to adopt, then after 2-3 years the charges will creep in, if you trust in VAGs integrity then that's up to you.
405line wrote:
Having spent a lot of time in Tesco HV rooms, the big stores often DO have their own HV transformer, normally with LV panels rated at 1600A 3ph, with lots of spare capacity available for a few 50kW chargers
Bob Cat Brian wrote:
Sorry, mixed my units there, 1600A 3ph = very approx 2000kWh
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Voltage...Thanks
@405line
" high power cable nearby" like the one supplying the power for the supermarket possibly?
There's no such thing as a free kWh