Four giants join forces to launch European electric vehicle charging station network plan

Auto companies such as BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen, and Ford are launching ambitious plans to build a high-performance electric vehicle charging network in Europe to challenge Tesla. The construction of this European electric vehicle charging network is expected to begin in 2017.

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The companies said they will build 400 charging stations. These charging stations will be built alongside major roads to provide ultra-fast charging for electric vehicles. But Tesla's electric cars can't use these charging stations because they belong to different systems. This charging station network will be designed with a variety of charging system standard technologies, and the owner can use a 350 kW charging socket, which is faster than the fastest charger on the market today.

BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen, and Ford issued a joint statement saying that their goal is to quickly build a large number of charging stations to support the long-distance travel of electric car owners. Ben Lane, an executive at Zap-Map, who can help electric car owners find a charging station in the UK, said: "This is definitely exciting news, and it is what the current automotive industry needs. With The battery capacity is getting bigger and bigger and it takes longer to charge. For this reason, it is good to build more fast charging stations on the roadside."

Analysts believe that if you don't have a gas station, would you still buy a gasoline-powered car? Of course not, obviously this is a stupid question. But this is exactly what automakers are currently facing, and they are trying to push electric cars into the mainstream market. Simply put, the fast and easy-to-charge infrastructure required for electric cars is still scarce, which is very annoying for those who plan to drive electric cars for long trips.

This is a question of whether there is a chicken or an egg first. Before the charging infrastructure was perfect, no one wanted to replace their traditional cars with electric cars. But when electric cars have not yet become mainstream, no one is willing to work hard to build expensive charging networks. In fact, BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen are very logical. They are all investing in resources to build charging networks because they are used by themselves. When the charging infrastructure is built and put into use, more people will buy electric cars.

The four automakers are investing heavily in the development of electric vehicles because they face a double threat, increasingly strict emissions regulation, and the increasingly tight competition of Silicon Valley giants. But can electric cars be as practical as traditional cars? Tesla has proven that its super charging station network is available with a fast charging service. Now, the Tesla charging station can charge the Model S 80% in 40 minutes. Tesla is further reducing the charging time and may only need to charge for 5 to 10 minutes in the future.

If the four major automakers can achieve similar goals and provide a large enough charging network, then electric vehicles will become "normal cars" like traditional cars, driving millions of kilometers.

Ford is working hard to push its driverless cars out of the morning and plans to start testing its driverless cars in Europe in 2017. Ford said they will start testing driverless cars first at the engineering center in Essex, England, and will also be tested at the Research and Advanced Engineering Center in Cologne and Aachen, Germany. In addition, the company will share more European test plans in the future.

Chip giant Intel has entered into a partnership with Mobileye and Delphi to jointly develop more automated driverless technology. Now, the company has created a new team to focus on the driverless solution, which is known as the Automated Drive Team (ADG). The new team will be headed by Intel veteran Doug Davis, who was previously responsible for the IoT team, former Intel senior vice president and strategic leader, who has retired but was hired back.

The formation of ADG is part of Intel's management restructuring plan, but the introduction of a team focused on automated driving may be Intel's most significant change. Intel recently announced that it will invest $250 million in unmanned technology through its venture capital firm Intel Capital. Intel will also offer the Core i7 processor to the Delphi/Mobileye platform and make its debut at the CES Auto Show in January. Automated driving is only part of the focus of ADG's attention. They will also focus on driver assistance technology, which means that Intel will continue to research chips, including many automakers such as BMW, Daimler, Hyundai, Toyota and Tesla. Both are using Intel chips.

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