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  • Swiss Pension Funds Investing in Rapid Charging Stations

    Swiss Pension Funds Investing in Rapid Charging Stations

    Zurich-based energy transformation specialist EIP is putting the assets of Swiss pension funds into a joint venture for electric mobility. The partners want to set up 100 new domestic charging stations for e-cars.

    Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP), a Zurich-based energy transformation asset manager, signed an agreement with French e-charging station operator Electra on behalf of a group of Swiss pension funds, according to a statement Tuesday.

    EIP manages the Credit Suisse Investment Foundation (CSA), which focuses on investments in Swiss energy infrastructure, for domestic pension funds. EIP will manage 49.9 percent of the new joint venture with Electra on behalf of CSA, and is expected to contribute 200 million euros,in initial capital by 2026.

    The goal of the joint venture is to increase Electra’s installed charging stations in Switzerland and Austria. Plans call for an expansion of 100 fast-charging stations in each country by 2026. In addition to sites already secured in Switzerland, primarily in Geneva and Lausanne, Electra says it has an extensive pipeline of sites currently under review.

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  • Vietnam’s VinFast in deal with PV Oil for electric car charging stations

    Vietnam’s VinFast in deal with PV Oil for electric car charging stations

    VinFast on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with PetroVietnam Oil Corp. to build charging stations for its electric cars and scooters.

    The company, a unit of Vietnam’s largest conglomerate Vingroup JSC, is building a $3.5-billion scooter and automobile complex in northern Vietnam, with its first production electric scooters slated to hit the streets late this year.

    Thursday’s agreement will pave the way for VinFast to deploy charging stations at 20,000 of PV Oil’s existing service stations in Vietnam by 2020, VinGroup said in a statement.

    This is part of VinFast’s plan to launch between 30,000 and 50,000 charging stations nationwide by 2020, it said.

    VinFast customers will be able to charge their vehicles or change their batteries at these stations, it added.

    VinFast Chief Executive Officer Jim Deluca said in an interview earlier this month that the firm would produce 250,000 electric scooters a year alongside 250,000 cars, in an ambitious production target that is set to eventually increase to 1 million units each a year.

    The company has started on the development of a battery electric vehicle with Germany’s EDAG Engineering.

    Vingroup, which has a market value of about $13.2 billion, also has businesses in property, hospitality, entertainment, retail, healthcare, education, agriculture and smart phone production.

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