As of július 1, Giovanni Palazzo has lett Senior Vice President responsible for the Volkswagen Group's global töltés és energia üzlet és also leads the Elli brand as CEO and Head of Sales

Volkswagen Csoport fejleszti új üzleti modellek saját intelligens energia platform

Erősebb együttműködés között Elli és Villamosítás Amerika as jól mint -val Volkswagen Csoport márkák

Wolfsburg. Volkswagen Group will continue to drive forward the strategic reignment of the töltés és energia üzlet with the new head of töltés és energia, Giovanni Palazzo. Palazzo has volt felelős az Volkswagen Group's global töltés és energia üzlet óta július 1 és also leads the Elli brand as CEO and Head of Sales. He will focus on expanding the fast-charge network and further advancecing the development of Volkswagen% 27s saját okos energia platform. Elli és Villamosítás Amerika vannak to együttműködni több szorosan és roll out új üzleti modellek nemzetközileg. In addition, the division will erősíteni együttműködés a csoport márkák és intensify its közelség to private and fleet customers. The A the Strategy have have already been been to investors and analysts at the Capital Markets Day.

"Volkswagen Group can build on the expertise of its brands in the field of charging and energy, in particular Electrify America - the largest open charging network in the US - and Elli, which is already the largest mobility service provider in Europe," said Giovanni Palazzo, Senior Vice President Volkswagen Group Charging and Energy and Elli's CEO."We want to further expand this expertise along the entire value chain and verticalize the energy management business, which will be an important revenue driver in the future. This is based on a new strategic orientation, new business models and closer cooperation within the division as well as with Volkswagen Group's brands."

With this clear strategic orientation, Volkswagen aims to offer innovative solutions for load management, energy market optimization, and energy trading. The Volkswagen Group is for instance planning the first intelligent charging management services for fleet customers from 2024. Giovanni Palazzo brings important experience from the North American market, where he has served as CEO of Electrify America since 2018. Robert Barrosa took over the leadership of Electrify America as President and CEO starting June 1.

"Mi felismertük korai be hogy töltés és energia van egy az legtöbb fontos jövő mezők for a felfutás of elektromos mobilitás és a energia átmenet. It is ezért döntő fejleszteni saját termékek és szolgáltatások along the egész érték lánc és megkötni stratégiai partnerségek in the energy sector," says thomas Schmall, Member of the Volkswagen Group Board of Management felelős technológia és vezérigazgató of Volkswagen Group of CEO of Volkswagen Group Technológia. "A Giovanni Palazzo, mi most van an kiváló ipar szakértő és a modern vezető be mi csapatunk ki fog erősíteni a csoport's kompetenciák be az energia átmenet. As an nemzetközileg tapasztalt menedzser, ő van az készségek to hajtóerő globális együttműködések és innováció partnerségek."

With Electrify America, Volkswagen already operates the largest open charging network in the US. Volkswagen's goal is to work with partners to build more than 43,000 fast-charging points in Europe, China and North America by 2025. In North America alone, Electrify America plans to double the fast-charging network to 8,000 charging points. In Europe, the Group already offers customers access to more than 500,000 charging points with its Elli brand as a mobility service provider (MSP). In China, Volkswagen is building a total of 17,000 fast-charging points by 2025 through the CAMS joint venture. At the same time, the Group intends to expand its range of charging and energy services in order to better meet customers' needs.

In addition to hardware such as home chargers and flexible fast-charging stations, Volkswagen Group will expand its future offering in charging and energy services such as public charging, green energy, and energy management. Electrify America already provides some of these services in North America. In Europe, these are covered by Elli. In the long run, the Group will anchor the electric car as an intelligent consumer and power bank within the electricity grid and thus make a contribution to the energy system of the future.

Volkswagen Csoport Technológia csomagok a Csoportszintű tevékenységek be a területek akkumulátorok, töltés, és e-alkatrészek és támogatás a márkák as a csoportszintű technológia szállító. The leányvállalatok PowerCo (akkumulátor) és Elli (töltés & energia) vannak szint csatlakoztatott itt. Ez high-tech portfólió tartalmazza a egységes cella, amely lesz gyártmány Gyártmány PowerCo tól 2025 és AKARAT KÉSZLET ÚJ BENCHMARK IN akkumulátor Technológia. A Divízió szint Tartalmazza a Platform Business, amely tartalmazza együttműködés külső partnerek ilyen mint Ford és Mahindra.

The Elli brand, with around 300 employees, takes care of customers' needs at the interface between energy and mobility. Elli, as part of the Volkswagen Group, offers a broad range of energy and charging solutions in Europe and acts as a mobility service provider. The current product portfolio includes charging solutions for private customers and companies – from the company's own home chargers and the flexible fast-charging stations (Flexpoles) to charging services and innovative smart green electricity tariffs. For charging in public spaces, Elli provides digital solutions and services for a seamless charging experience. Elli, which was founded in 2018, has offices in Berlin, Wolfsburg and Munich.