🇳🇱🇫🇷 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝟮𝗚 𝗘𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿-𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 : 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿, 𝗠𝘆𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁
We are delighted to announce the signing of a Letter of Intent yesterday, at the residence of Ambassador Jan Versteeg, by Renault Group, We Drive Solar, MyWheels and the City of Utrecht who have joined forces to launch Europe's first large-scale car-sharing service utilizing Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology ⚡.
Renault Group will supply 🚗 500 Renault 5 and Renault 4 E-Tech equipped with V2G (Vehicle to the Grid) technology. We Drive Solar will provide bidirectional charging technology and MyWheels, the leading car-sharing platform in the Netherlands, will operate the fleet.
The city of Utrecht is taking a bold step towards more sustainable mobility with this groundbreaking French-Dutch 🤝 collaboration. This initiative aims to facilitate the large scale availability of electric shared mobility while offering an innovative way to balance the city’s electric grid through bi-directional charging technology.
The Netherlands has become a world leader in the roll-out of solar and wind energy, causing challenges on the electricity grid.
Utrecht is one of the most advanced European cities in using renewable energy ♻️, with already 35% of all rooftops covered with solar panels.
As part of the agreement signed yesterday, the partners will deploy the fleet of 500 Renault electric vehicles in Utrecht.
This marks the first time this technology is used to benefit public infrastructure. 500 bidirectional cars can provide 10% of the needed flexibility in Utrecht Region to balance solar- and wind energy for usage during peak-hours.
This collaboration demonstrates the power of public-private partnerships in driving the transition to more sustainable and efficient urban mobility solutions.
Renault Group, Mobilize, We Drive Solar, and MyWheels are committed to making Utrecht a model city for sustainable transportation ✅
#sustainablemobility #NLFR #V2G #V2Gtechnology #carsharing #energytransition #innovation #gridbalancing #NLFRtoujoursproches
Mobilize, Ampere, We Drive Solar, MyWheels, Stedin, ElaadNL
Gemeente Utrecht, Innovatie Attaché Netwerk / IA (Netherlands Innovation Network), Enedis, VEDECOM, Trialog
Han ten Broeke, Baerte De Brey, Robin Berg, Anouk Poelmann, Matthieu Tenenbaum, Angela Hulst, Eva Oosters, Stefan Koreneef, Mariëtte van Empel, Lucienne Vaartjes, Anaïs Vassallo, Sophie Courbois, Martijn Adelaar, Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat, Ministry of Economic Affairs
