The Stellantis group has just announced the extension of its network of charging stations in France. In partnership with the operator Atlante, the car giant announces a hundred fast and ultra-fast stations to come in France in the coming months.
This Thursday, March 23, 2023, the operator Atlante, the reference network of the Stellantis automotive group, is continuing the development of its fleet with the opening of its 4th charging station. Located in Châlons-en-Champagne (in the Marne), it includes 8 fast charging points, with a maximum power of 150 kW and a kWh price set at €0.58.
As the auto giant explains, this is just the beginning. Over the next 18 months, Atlante plans to open a hundred stations additional charging stations on French motorways. That is a little over 800 terminals available to motorists.
Preferential rates to come for group vehicles
These facilities will be located mainly in the south of the country, where competition is less fierce (the Ionity and Fastned networks are well established in the north of France).
Once the charging offer is sufficiently developed, Stellantis intends to offer preferential rates to customers of its brandssuch as Fiat, Peugeot, Opel, Alfa Romeo, Citroën, DS Automobiles or even Lancia and Chrysler.
Atlante wants to become the No. 1 in charging in southern Europe
With its Atlantean network, the group already has great ambitions. Already the market leader in Portugal, the operator is eyeing the place of number 1 in charging in Mediterranean Europewith a target of 3,000 terminals by the end of 2023 (and 35,000 by 2030).
To do this, Atlante will implement a simple strategy: settle mainly in high traffic areassuch as the national ones, the motorways without forgetting the car parks of the commercial zones.
As a reminder, this announcement comes as the French government recently reiterated its commitment to exceed the milestone of 100,000 terminals in France by the summer of 2023.
This measure echoes the promise made by Emmanuel Macron two years ago. At the time, the President of the Republic had promised to reach this number by the end of 2021… Nevertheless, the country is on track to meet its objective, with already more than 83,000 terminals installed. As Avere France pointed out, it now remains to reinforce the quality and speed of the network. In effect, 90% of the existing fleet only offers slow chargingunder the 22 kW of power.
Source : BFM
