Škoda to install nearly 7,000 EV charging points at its Czech factories

By 2025, Škoda Auto will have provided around €32 million ($36.16
million) for the construction of an internal charging infrastructure
with almost 7,000 charging points at and around the three Czech
factories in Mladá Boleslav, Kvasiny and Vrchlabí. The charging stations will be available for use mainly by the Czech car manufacturer's employees.

Škoda Auto is preparing itself and its immediate surroundings for the requirements of e-mobility. In 2018, the Czech car manufacturer invested €3.4 million ($3.84 million) in the expansion of its internal electrical infrastructure at the company headquarters in Mladá Boleslav. More than 300 charging points are already being used in test mode.

Škoda Auto CEO Bernhard Maier emphasises: “Škoda's future is electric. By the end of 2022, we will have launched more than ten electrified models. We are starting in 2019 with the Superb with plug-in hybrid drive and the all-electric Citigo. At the same time, Škoda is also investing in infrastructure: in the coming years, we will be establishing up to 7,000 charging points on the factory premises and in employee parking spaces.”

Michael Oeljeklaus, Škoda Auto Board Member for Production and Logistics, adds: “Preparations throughout production are in full swing. We have already trained over 11,000 employees in the field of e-mobility. We are also investing in the infrastructure of our plants and their surroundings.”

The Technical Development, Quality Assurance, Sales and Production departments are already testing the charging infrastructure at the Škoda plant in Mladá Boleslav. The manufacturer invested a total of around €3.4 million in expanding the charging infrastructure at the plant last year: €1.65 million ($1.87 million) went into modernising and expanding the power grid. Škoda Auto spent a further €1.75 million ($1.98 million) on installing more than 300 charging points, including more than 220 alternating current (AC) and more than 80 modern direct current (DC) charging stations.

Škoda Auto plans to increase the number of charging locations to almost 7,000 by 2025 and invest around 32 million euros in this area. In addition to the more than 3,600 charging points at the plants, another 3,100 charging stations will be installed in their surroundings and made available to all ŠKODA employees.

In partnership with energy company Ško-Energo - Škoda Auto's energy provider of over 20 years - and the local authority, the manufacturer intends to turn