Stellantis, through his boss Carlos Tavares, never really agreed to the forced electrification that the legislator wanted. Even if today Stellantis through its 14 brands has a broad electrification strategy, for the group, it does not have to invest in charging infrastructure.
It is for this reason that Stellantis did not participate in the Ionity consortium. But faced with various delays or reliability issues of public terminals, Stellantis had to decide to also invest in charging infrastructure through Atlante, the operator of electrical terminals and the supporting network Stellantis.
Four charging stations in France
Atlante this week inaugurated its fourth charging station in a commercial area near Chalons-en-Champagne (Marne). eight fast charging stations. After that, over the next 18 months, hundreds of other high-speed and high-speed stations will appear in France, particularly on the motorways.
Atlante is the result of a partnership between Stellantis and the Italian firm NHOA (formerly Engie EPS), the world’s third-largest energy storage company and a subsidiary of the Taiwanese group TCC.
As with Ionity for some time, Stellantis Group brand vehicles will receive preferential rates at these terminals. Atlante currently offers refills at 0.58 EUR/kWhwhich is quite acceptable considering the prices of other distributors, such as Ionity, which charges €0.79/kWh without a subscription.
Development in Southern Europe
Atlante does not intend to immediately step on the toes of Ionity, Tesla, Fastned and TotalEnergies, which share Northern Europe. The company will focus primarily on Southern Europe with 3,000 terminals by the end of 2023 and 35,000 terminals by 2030.
It already has charging stations in Italy, Spain, Portugal and France, which should eventually become its biggest market.
Source: Auto Plus
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