Thursday, March 3, 2011

Enel and Acea for electric mobility

Acea and Enel have signed an agreement to develop recharging infrastructure for electric cars. The first objective now is to find a common standard for national and European level to be able to "fill up" to zero-emission vehicles, which between 2011 and 2012 will begin to enter the market. For this reason, Acea, which provides power to the municipal city of Rome, aims to launch pilot projects to test and develop this type of mobility in Italy is still in its infancy, focused on creation of posts at strategic points such as shopping centers or large parking.

"The column of charging only for the delivery of energy to electric vehicles will allow access to the network and simplify the procurement operations, working with the same principle of the single charger for mobile phones," said Marco Visconti, Councillor for the Environment the municipality.

To provide the city with a network of columns used to recharge these vehicles will require an investment of tens of millions of euro, which could help the activation of a car-sharing service for travel in the historic center and the encouragement of ' also use the electric at private parties.

Meanwhile, the town is considering some sort of monthly subscription for 25 € which allows an unlimited number of refills. The times? Marco Staderini, CEO of ACEA, said that''by April there will be a more practical level.'' Meanwhile, the''start looking for European funding under the project also 'smart-city'''.

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