The commitment to sustainability is strengthened by Kia: the Korean company has announced its intention to use a road charging network in Europe that guarantees the input of energy coming only and exclusively from renewable sources after the electric cars have filled up with energy. From this point of view, the partnership with Ionity already guarantees access to green charging stations on European motorways but the new agreement with Digital Charging Solutions (DCS) will also allow Kia customers to drive a zero-emission vehicle and be confident that the energy used will be restored exclusively with energy from renewable sources.
Through the Kia Charge service, the amount of energy consumed will be determined (in compliance with data protection regulations) allowing the equivalent purchase in megawatt hours (MWh) certified with “Guarantee of origin” (GO). All the energy supplied by Kia will therefore be from wind and DCS will use the GOs to supply the grid exclusively with energy from sustainable sources. Currently, all the energy, both green and gray, available in the network is not distinguished according to the source of origin. Users of Kia electric vehicles can recharge at any station but it is impossible to check the source of the energy used. Kia’s goal with DCS is to increase the amount of green energy available on the road charging network, committing to restore every megawatt-hour of energy purchased with energy from 100% renewable sources. This project will be jointly developed by the European teams of the Cross-Carline and E-Mobility division of Hyundai Motor Europe and the Business Strategy and Electrification division of Kia Europe.
“By increasing the share of green energy in the grid, we will improve the level of the energy mix in favor of more sustainable sources” – said Jason Jeong, President of Kia Europe – “In the future we look forward to joining a larger network capable of working directly with renewable energy producers, with 100% ecological charging facilities. This step is a fundamental step until there is the total elimination of the gray energy on the grid ”.
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