Vattenfall and South-Korean carmaker Hyundai has finalised a new partnership to offer Dutch customers to purchase a charging point and charge card from the Swedish utility, so that drivers can charge their Kona or Ioniq electric vehicles (EVs) with high charging speeds.
The charging box - a complete all-in-one package - is installed at the customer’s home or at business premises. With the charge card supplied by Vattenfall, the driver of an electric Hyundai can also charge on the go at public InCharge charging stations.
Vattenfall operates 16,000 charge points and said it is, together with partners, building InCharge, one of the largest charging networks in Northern Europe, with charging points in the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Norway.
“By partnering with one of the largest electric vehicle suppliers in the Netherlands, together we can make a real impact on the energy transition,” said Pieter van Ommeren, director of Vattenfall InCharge Netherlands.
“Charging an electric car with a charging box is not only safer than via a regular socket, but also faster. We have the ambition to place about a thousand charging boxes for Hyundai in 2020.”
The Netherlands have one of the world's highest rates of EV penetration, with plug-in vehicles making up 15% of Dutch car sales last year, according to the Cleantechnica analysis website.
Hyundai over the next five years has earmarked to invest €87bn ($94bn) in new electric models and new mobility solutions.
Berend Jan Hoekman, general manager of Hyundai Motor Nederland, said: “We were looking for a reliable and professional supplier who has a vision for the future and is willing to invest in infrastructure.
“In Vattenfall, we found all these qualities, and together we can completely unburden customers willing to switch to e-mobility, so that electric driving will be as simple as driving a petrol and diesel car.”
