Free power for EVs
Volvo is planning to make recharging one of its EVs free to buyers in Sweden with the perk set to coincide with the arrival its EX60.
Starting in February, the marque will cover up to 5,150 kilowatt hours of at-home recharges for one year. That comes in at about 25,00km of driving and has an approximate value of 7,500 kronas, which converts to some NZ$1,400.
There is no cap on the number of private customers who can take part in the programme with the power costs for charging the car calculated and deducted from monthly bills.
“This is really about making it super-easy for customers to go electric,” says Alejandro Castro Perez, Volvo’s vice-president of energy solutions.
During the first nine months of this year, 46.8 per cent of Volvo’s sales in the Netherlands were BEVs, in Sweden it was 35.9 per cent and 15.7 per cent in Germany. Its largest market in Europe is the UK, with a nine-month volume of 51,839, followed by Germany at 44,946 and Sweden with 35,998.
