VW is installing ultra-fast 320 kW chargers in California as part of its $2 billion EV infrastructure plan

VW is installing ultra-fast 320 kW chargers in California as part of its $2 billion EV infrastructure plan

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Electrek

As part of its court settlement with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the DieselGate scandal, Volkswagen agreed to invest $2 billion in electric vehicle infrastructure in the US.

They released highlights of their plan for how to spend that money last month, but now they released the first detailed version of the plan for California, where they need to spend $800 million of the total settlement. We embedded the full plan below, but we also highlight the main points, like the fact that they want to install high-power 320 kW charging stations for electric vehicles, which is probably the biggest news.

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