An electrified year is underway for the EV industry and we are excited to bring our Property Partners along for the ride! Just last weekend, we saw EVs take the stage at the Superbowl as a record number of electric vehicle commercials (including the one featured below) stole the spotlight from the highly anticipated automaker cameos.
The EV industry is gaining even more momentum as EV sales numbers from 2021 roll in with double the number. Riding this EV wave, we continue to help our Property Partners benefit from this market acceleration, offering a future-proof EV charging solution custom to their site at no cost.
Finally, Volta is excited to announce launch service in Europe, with our unique commerce-centric approach to EV charging. Of course providing the most fuel to the EV surge are the many automakers well on their way to deploying new all-electrified line-ups and Ford, having already set an EV sales record, is no exception. Read about the EV market acceleration trends below.
"Dr. EV-il", General Motors' Super bowl Ad featuring the Austin Powers character, Dr. Evil, trying to take over the world — with an electric car. GM anticipates a lineup of 30 electric models on the horizon by 2025.
EV Market Acceleration
Electric vehicle sales doubled in 2021, with more EVs now sold each week than in all of 2012
The electric vehicle market is soaring, with 130,000 cars sold globally each week, roughly equivalent to sales for the entire year of 2012. Sales of EVs more than doubled in 2021, even with supply chain snarls and pandemic-related shrinking of demand for gas-powered cars. New data, from the influential intergovernmental agency International Energy Agency (IEA), revealed that 6.6 million electric cars were sold last year – twice the number of 2020 – making up 9 percent of the global car market.
Our turn-key white glove service covers all costs relating to charging stations and equipment, engineering, permitting and construction services! Volta also provides ongoing networking, maintenance, monitoring and 24/7 customer support for the lifetime of our relationship.
In our mission to provide seamless, reliable and eye-catching EV charging to our property partners to help them “ride the wave” of new EV drivers, we are pleased to announce collaboration expansion with Walgreens to target installing 1,000 DC (direct current) fast charging stalls at over 500 Walgreens throughout the U.S.! This collaboration will provide Walgreens shoppers with a quick, convenient, and meaningful charge that is tailored to their shopping experience while bringing us another step closer to a clean energy future.
Not only have we been driving clean miles on our home base, but we are thrilled to announce new partnerships with properties and EV drivers abroad in Switzerland, Germany and France! Our expansion comes in step with EV sales rising ahead of schedule in the EU & UK, which are predicted to overtake gasoline vehicles by 2025.
Ford kicks off 2022 with its highest EV sales numbers, seizing the No. 2 spot in EVs behind Tesla
Diverse EV model offerings and investments in charging and telematics have propelled Ford’s transition into an EV powerhouse, per Engadget. Ford has positioned itself to lead the pivot toward electric vehicles ahead of an aggressive government target to make EVs 50% of vehicle sales by 2030.
Ford said it was on track to double its EV manufacturing capacity to 600,000 by 2023.
Customers have already ordered or reserved more than 275,000 all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUVs, F-150 Lightning pickups, and E-Transit commercial vehicles.
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