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"Filling Station of the Future"
ESSEN, June 10 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
- Cooperation Between RWE and APCOA, Europe's Largest Car Park Operator
The RWE Group and APCOA Autoparking GmbH are entering into a partnership
in the area of electric mobility. The two companies are launching a joint
roll-out of charging points for electric cars in publicly accessible parking
areas. This will make it possible for drivers to recharge their electric
vehicles very conveniently, for example while they do the shopping.
Initially, RWE charging points will be set up at 20 APCOA parking
facilities in central locations in Berlin, e.g. at Alexanderplatz or at the
Brandenburg Gate.
The next step will then be to expand the RWE charging point
infrastructure to car parks in other large cities such as Hamburg,
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich.
Thomas Veith, Managing Director of APCOA Autoparking GmbH said, "electric
vehicles will play an important role in mobility in the future. APCOA is
purposefully investing in the filling station of the future and is offering
its customers pioneering services."
With this strategic partnership, RWE AG has taken one step further
towards its objective of developing a full nationwide network of filling
stations for electric vehicles. "We are delighted to have Europe's market
leader in car park operations as a partner in setting up the necessary
infrastructure for our charging points. Together, we want to demonstrate to
consumers that it will soon be a very simple thing for the general public to
recharge their vehicles," said Carolin Reichert, responsible for electric
mobility at RWE.
The charging points are being set up in Berlin by RWE and Daimler's joint
pilot project for e-mobility. RWE AG is installing 500 charging points and is using 100 electric Smart cars to
test how the public charging
infrastructure works, as well as examining the driving behaviour of the
users. Until 2012, the largest such project in the world will be finding out
how e-mobility can be brought onto the street.
Information on APCOA
APCOA is the largest European car park operator and offers facility
owners a full service package for parking. This includes operating parking
facilities based on leasing or management agreements. The APCOA Group
currently manages some 1.2 million individual parking spaces at more than
5,400 locations in 18 European countries.
Information on RWE
The RWE Group is one of the five leading energy utilities in Europe. RWE
supplies more than 14 million customers with electricity and 6 million with natural gas. In 2008 the company
generated turnover of EUR49 billion.
E-mobility is a strategic area of innovation for RWE.
Presscontact:
APCOA Parking Holdings GmbH
Tilman Kube Group
Marketing Communications
Flughafenstr. 34+36
70624 Stuttgart-Airport
Germany
Tel.: +49-711-94791-913
E-Mail: Tilman.Kube@apcoa.eu
RWE AG
Press Relations
Harald Fletcher
Opernplatz 1
45138 Essen
Germany
Tel.: +49-201-12-15247
E-Mail: Harald.Fletcher@rwe.com
RWE AG
Group External Communications
Jan-Peter Schwartz
Opernplatz 1
45138 Essen
Tel.: +49-201-12-15023
E-Mail: jan-peter.schwartz@rwe.com
SOURCE: RWE AG
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