Energy supplier Wien Energie has procured 48 Kia e-Niro electric cars for its sales staff. This means that a total of around 70 e-cars are now on the road for Wien Energie, and with it the majority of the around 100 car fleet.
For the significantly enlarged e-fleet, the supplier has installed almost 70 chargers in its company garage that only emit green electricity. Meanwhile, the major acquisition should only remain an intermediate stage. Wien Energie has already announced that it intends to gradually increase the proportion of electric vehicles in its fleet.
“Electromobility is an important building block for more climate protection in the city. Wien Energie is focusing intensively on expanding the charging infrastructure and now operates the densest charging network in Vienna. Converting our own fleet is therefore a logical step, “says Michael Strebl, Managing Director of Wien Energie. “Well over 90 percent of car journeys are shorter than 50 kilometers. The average electric car can easily cover this distance five to six times per full charge. ”Strebl emphasizes that they also want to send a signal to other companies to switch in the interests of climate protection.
As is well known, Wien Energie is responsible for expanding the public charging infrastructure in Vienna. In a major project started at the beginning of 2018, the supplier is building a total of 1,000 public charging points in the Austrian capital. The project should now have been completed. Wien Energie also operates hundreds of charging points in the semi-public area in the greater Vienna area – for example in underground garages, in supermarket parking lots or at train stations. In the course of its own fleet electrification, the company also emphasizes that it also has special charging solutions for businesses in its portfolio.
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