Volvo aims to become a manufacturer of fully electric cars by 2030 and also intends to become a company climate neutral by 2040. To push the spread of electric cars & egrave; necessary, for & ograve ;, to work to make much more; capillary the charging network . Precisely for this reason, the carmaker, at the beginning of March 2021, had announced the Volvo Recharge Highways project. The goal is to create over 30 stations for fast recharging in Italy at dealerships and in the vicinity of the exits of the main Italian motorways.
Charging points accessible not only to Volvo's electric cars but also to those of other car manufacturers.
STARTING FROM MILAN 
Yesterday & yesterday & inauguration of the first Volvo Recharge ultrafast charging station was held. It is located in Milan and precisely in Porta Nuova. Here & egrave; A Delta UFC200 column was installed with two DC charging sockets that will allow cars to be supplied with energy up to a power of 150 kW . The electricity supplied by the column is produced entirely by the hydroelectric plants of Dolomiti Energia.
The owner of the charging infrastructure is; COIMA while the infrastructure and operating system manager is Duferco Energia. Plugsurfing & egrave; instead the charging service provider. Until November 30, electric users will be able to start the charging session through a Plugsurfing or Duferco account. Subsequently, once the various necessary roaming are activated, the possibility; charging will be; extended to other providers on the market.
For now, reloading will cost & agrave; 0.35 euros per kWh . More come on, owners of a non-Volvo electric will pay a different rate. The column is has been designed to integrate perfectly with street furniture, designed by LAND, a company; international landscape consultancy.
MOBILITY SERVICE? ELECTRICITY 
At the same time as the presentation of the first charging station Volvo Recharge Highways, the manufacturer has announced the new mobility service; ELECTRICity for residents and companies present and active in the Porta Nuova area. It will be provision of a fleet of 15 100% electric Volvo XC40 Recharge. Each car will be able to be rented for a period ranging from one hour to three days. After three and a half hours of use it will apply; the daily rate, which will therefore be more advantageous. Prices have not yet been disclosed. The service will start from April 2022. To rent a car you just need to use a simple smartphone app.
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