MUNICH: The BMW Group and E.ON have agreed on the first pan-European cooperation for intelligent charging at home.
BMW AG management board member Frank Weber, responsible for development, says: “This will bring more balance to the private energy ecosystem, with lower costs and an improved carbon footprint, and will enable smart integration into the energy market in the future.”
Patrick Lammers, member of the Board of Management of E.ON SE, responsible for the customer solutions business, adds: “We will jointly set the standard for electrified vehicles to become part of the energy market in the future and support the energy transition.”
The cooperation will focus on at-home charging.
The BMW Group will be responsible for the vehicles and charging hardware and will manage the interface with the customer.
In addition to providing installation, electrical and connectivity services at customers’ homes, E.ON will also be responsible for ensuring sustainable energy tariffs and access to the energy market.
The first customer offering of “Connected Home Charging” will be available in several European countries from the mid-second half of 2023.
The BMW Group operates one of Germany’s largest company charging networks, which E.ON has built up since 2019.
It now comprises more than 5,500 charging points at eight German locations.
More than 1,600 of these are eRoaming-capable and therefore publicly accessible.
Expansion will continue in 2023 and 2024: BMW branches in Germany will also be connected to the company charging network, which will then include more than 6,000 charging points.
All charging points are powered entirely by renewable energies.
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