The Stellantis group announced on Tuesday the development of a complete electric charging offer, from the installation of domestic terminals to access to public terminal networks, with the aim of facilitating the transition of its customers to electric cars.
A new brand “Free2Move Charge”
The group with 14 brands (Peugeot, Fiat, Jeep, etc.) will launch its “Free2Move Charge” brand in North America before extending it to Europe and hopes to “remove the barriers” to electric mobility, including “anxiety” about being able to recharge , according to a press release.
Free2Move Charge will offer companies and individuals, whether or not they are customers of the group’s brands, the option of installing terminals at home, where most of the charging is currently done, and soon systems that allow a building to be powered from the car battery . (V2G).
Access to public terminals
“Free2move Charge GO” will also offer access to a network of public terminals, with reservation systems and loyalty programs, through partners, promising, for example, access to practically all of the more than 500,000 terminals in the European market -a offer similar to that of competitor Volkswagen with its “We Charge” application.
This structure “will support Stellantis in its strong electrification strategy and become a natural extension of the group’s brands,” Ricardo Stamatti, vice president of Stellantis, said in a press release.
“It will be the brand for our entire charging and energy ecosystem,” he detailed during a conference call.
In Europe, the services will be offered in “eleven countries” by the “end of the year”, explained Magdalena Malgorzata Jablonska, sales manager of the “Recharge and Energy” branch of Stellantis.
“We are going to have many partners” between energy companies and other automakers, Ricardo Stamatti said, without naming any, noting that Stellantis “continues to evaluate” Tesla’s NACS standard, which already includes Ford and GM among its partners.
“Most of our investment begins this year,” he also explained, without detailing the amounts.
3,000 terminals of the “Atlante” network by the end of 2023
The terminal operator Atlante, the reference network of the manufacturer Stellantis, inaugurated its first stations in France in spring. It plans to install another hundred fast and ultra-fast stations in less than two years.
The result of a partnership between Stellantis and the Italian company NHOA (formerly Engie EPS), world number three in energy storage, Atlante aims to establish the first charging network in southern Europe, with 3,000 terminals by the end of 2023 and 35 000 terminals by 2030.
Source: BFM TV
