BEIJING, March 1,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lately, NaaS Technology
(NASDAQ: NAAS), the first US listed EV charging service company in
China, announced a partnership
with Geely Holding Group Automobile Sales Co., Ltd. (hereinafter
referred to as Geely Auto), whereby the two parties will, through
cooperation in connectivity of charging facilities, station data,
payment service and plug and charge, facilitate Geely Auto to
further improve charging service network and ease charging of Geely
EVs.
As agreed, NaaS and its strategic partner Kuaidian will jointly
give Geely EV owners access to a multitude of charging piles dotted
around the country. This cooperation covers EVs of Yinhe and Lynk
among other brands of Geely. Using "one-click pile searching",
"one-click charging", "one-click payment" and other convenient
features at Geely Auto app, mini program and Kuaidian app, EV
owners can enjoy more efficient charging and service. NaaS has
already worked with ZEEKR, a luxury intelligent BEV brand of Geely
Auto, to provide accessible charging services for millions of car
owners.
Wu Chao, at the helm of Charging
BU at Geely Auto, said, "Green and sustainable development of
transport has become a consensus in the international community.
Teaming up with NaaS, we plan to optimize charging service
experience and strengthen cooperation in charging service industry
chain. By improving energy supply network and innovating charging
service, we take aim at satisfying flexible and diversified
charging demands of car owners and impressing Geely EV owners by
easy and worry-free green mobility experience, thus boosting
high-quality development of EV industry."
Liang Xing, VP of NaaS concurred,
"Charging service experience has a bearing on the quality of
development of the EV industry. By leveraging developed charging
solutions as well as extensive resources and experience built up on
charging service market, NaaS vows to help more automakers like
Geely to make EV charging more accessible, and jointly bring EV
charging service to a new level."
In recent years, Geely Auto has been stepping up new energy and
intelligent transformation, with overall arrangements made in
hybrid, BEV, battery swapping, methanol, and many other
technological paths. With EV models covering all market segments,
Geely cements its preeminence on the EV market. Geely Auto's sales
data in January 2024 shows a
year-on-year increase of 110% and 591% in single-month sales and EV
sales respectively, amounting to 213,000 and 65,800. In 2023, Geely
made solid progress in accelerating new energy transformation on
all fronts, as evidenced by 18% increase and 48% increase of sales
and EV sales respectively to 1.68 million and 487,000 in the
year.
According to Xinhua News Agency, on Feb.
29, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee
pointed out that it is necessary to promote the intelligent
transformation of electrical grid infrastructure and the
construction of smart microgrids, improve electrical grids' ability
to accept, allocate and regulate clean energy, and accelerate the
establishment of charging infrastructure network system to support
the rapid development of EVs.
NaaS, a new energy asset operator, provides one-stop industry
chain service package from charging station siting consultation,
EPC, operation and maintenance, energy storage, PV, to autonomous
charging robot inclusive, and boosts industrial efficiency by dint
of digital technologies and AI. As of September 30, 2023, NaaS connected over 767,000
chargers covering 73,000 charging stations. In the third quarter of
2023, NaaS' charging volume leaped 66% year over year to 1.383
billion kWh, representing 21.8% of the public charging volume in
China.
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