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Qwello wins North Holland contract for up to 1,000 charge points
Park&Charge by Qwello secures Dutch regional tender to install and operate up to 1,000 EV charging points across eight municipalities. The chargers will be set up in public parking facilities. Charge point operator Park&Charge has won a landmark public tender from the Province of North Holland to deploy and operate up to 1,000 EV charge…
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In the United Kingdom and Portugal, they are already installing slow charging points for cars on streetlights, but in Spain, they clash with legislation
Experts suggest looking at the Netherlands’ model, where cities install opportunity charging points throughout urban areas when several citizens request them. (…) Carlos Carmona, who in 2021 worked at Etra—the company managing public lighting in Valencia—points out: “City councils are very protective of how they manage street lighting, which is not designed to be associated…
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Democratizing electric vehicle charging: the pending issue in a Spain where 70% of cars are parked on the street
“Either we can provide a charging solution to 70% of the population, or they will continue to be excluded,” says Carlos Vázquez, general manager of Qwello España, a company that has already installed thousands of charging points. Carlos Vázquez works for a company that aims to democratize access to car chargers and lower the cost of…
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Qwello to install AC charging network in Ille-et-Vilaine
Qwello has won a public tender in France for 150 AC charging points in Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany, France. The locations will be spread across three dozen municipalities, including the city of Rennes. At the end of 2024, Qwello announced that it would soon reach the mark of 100 installed charging points in France. The company…
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Park&Charge and Qwello Revitalize EV Chargers with LF Energy EVerest
The Challenge When the province of Gelderland’s concession for 191 EV chargers expired in early 2024, the region faced a dilemma. These chargers, initially installed in 2013, were outdated and increasingly unreliable due to the manufacturer, EVBOX, ceasing support. Traditionally, such infrastructure is replaced entirely at the end of its lifecycle, leading to significant waste,…
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Qwello takes over joint venture in Spain
Munich-based European charging infrastructure operator Qwello has taken over the Spanish joint venture previously operated together with Acciona Energía.
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Hamburg Plans Significant Expansion of Charging Points for Electric Vehicles
The city of Hamburg aims to accelerate the expansion of charging points for electric vehicles. By 2030, there are expected to be 10,000 such stations.
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Qwello closes €65m debt financing to support charge point growth
Pan-European charge point operator Qwello has closed a €65m (£55m) financing facility with ABN AMRO and Investec.
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Qwello actively screening acquisition opportunities in Europe
Qwello, a Germany-headquartered electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure specialist, is actively screening European markets for acquisition opportunities, Managing Director and founder Henrik Thiele told Mergermarket.
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A cleaner city is more important than parking for fossil fuel cars
The climate is one of the great issues of our time. It requires politicians, businesses and citizens to step up and find ways to reduce emissions. Making room for non-fossil fuel vehicles is part of that.
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How to crack the economics of EV charging
“In the land grab for EV charging infrastructure, there will be winners and losers as the market sorts out ideal venue, adoption rate and charging speed,” says Emil Henry, founder and CEO of Tiger Infrastructure, which backs Qwello.
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Qwello takes over Dutch Charging Provider Park & Charge
The combined company will manage more than 12,000 chargingpoints in almost 300 municipalities in seven European countries.
