PRESS RELEASE
LeasePlan and Allego accelerate transition to zero emission mobility with new home-to-office charging service
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, July 5 2018 - LeasePlan, a global leader in Car-as-a-Service, and charging solution provider Allego, today announce a new partnership to provide LeasePlan electric vehicle (EV) customers with access to personal charge points at home and at work, accelerating the transition to zero emission mobility. The charge points can be used for all EVs, enable load-balancing and offer automatic reimbursement.
Under the agreement, LeasePlan`s EV drivers will also receive a charge card giving them access to more than 65,000 charging points across Europe, helping to address driver `range anxiety` - one of the key factors holding back the zero emission mobility revolution.
The scheme will initially be rolled out in in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Sweden. Allego will install charge points at both the driver`s home and office, as well as handling the ongoing management and maintenance. LeasePlan customers will also be able to access Allego`s EV Cloud Services Platform, which provides access to billing, monitoring and analytics services.
Tex Gunning, CEO LeasePlan: "Starting electric is one of the simplest things we can all do to help tackle climate change. Through our partnership with Allego, we can now offer our customers not just electric cars but a comprehensive EV solution, making the transition to electric mobility hassle free. It can be done with the stroke of a pen."
Anja van Niersen, CEO Allego: "We`re proud to be a partner of LeasePlan. With our new partnership, we will not only enable LeasePlan to provide branded charging solutions to their customers, but also provide their EV drivers with access to more than 65,000 charging stations across Europe. From now on, LeasePlan`s EV drivers will only need one card to experience true cross-border mobility."
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LeasePlan is taking a leadership role in the transition from the internal combustion engine to alternative power trains, targeting net zero emissions by 2030. We will also transition our employee fleet to electric vehicles by 2021
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Key elements in LeasePlan`s net zero emission roadmap include:
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Educating customers on what`s next in low-emission vehicles
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Facilitating the uptake of low-emission vehicles with attractive customer propositions
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Transitioning LeasePlan`s own employee fleet to an electric vehicle fleet by 2021
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LeasePlan is founding partner of EV100, a global business initiative designed to fast-track the uptake of electric vehicles and infrastructure, launched by The Climate Group around the UN General Assembly in September 2017. This is the only initiative of its kind to encourage global business commitments on electric transport, with members committing to transition their petrol and diesel fleets to electric vehicle fleets by 2030