Volkswagen Signatures For Agreements To Accelerate Electric Vehicle Integration To Electrical Systems

Elli, Elia Group, and re-aligned MoU cooperation (photo: Elia Group)

JAKARTA - Volkswagen through its subsidiary, Elli has signed an MoU with startup re.alto and Elia Group in Berlin, on Friday, September 23. The three companies agreed to combine group activities to highlight their shared vision of EV integration into the power grid.

"The rapid growth in electric vehicles amplifies the need for cooperation between the electricity sector and mobility. We want to allow an increase in the number of EV users to fill out their EVs while maintaining the balance of the electricity system," said Elia Group CEO Chrisbankers in a press release on its Elia Group website.

⚡ #Elli & #EliaGroup will integrate e-cars into the electric-system.➡️#batteries of #eCars create value by giving power to the grid! ➡️ #VWGroup pushes transition to sustainable #mobility & Elia’s vision of customer-centric electricity system. #NEWAUTO pic.twitter.com/wBR4c2G4HB

— Volkswagen Group (@VWGroup) September 23, 2022

costers added that this car battery will also be usable in such a way that it will contribute to the overall level of energy comfort experienced by end users. Each partner will contribute certain fields of expertise to the activities they will develop.

Elia Group will contribute its expertise to the knowledge of the challenges and opportunities that will be faced by the energy transition coming to the electricity system.

Then the re.alto which was founded by 2019 has good knowledge about digital markets and connects energy data and digital products together through application programming interfaces.

Meanwhile, Elli, which is part of Volkswagen and was founded in 2018, will bring his experience as a provider of charging infrastructure, mobility services, flexibility and electricity into partnerships.

Elke Temme, CEO of Volkswagen Group Charging GmbH (Elli) and Senior Vice President Charging & Energy Volkswagen Group Technology said that using electric vehicle batteries as driving power banks provides at least three benefits, namely:

The signing of the MoU will also strengthen and expand relations between 50 Hertz (a subsidiary of Elli Group in Germany) and Elli, who have been working together since 2020 on projects related to reserve market balances.