Mineral oil importers promote electric mobility
Mineral oil importers and petrol station operators united in AVIA want to promote sustainable mobility. To this end, they have founded AVIA VOLT Suisse AG, based in Lucerne. The first step is to equip Swiss AVIA filling stations with fast-charging stations.
Member companies of the Swiss AVIA Association of Independent Swiss Importers and Suppliers of Energy are committed to sustainable electromobility. To this end, they founded AVIA VOLT Suisse AG, headquartered in Lucerne, on 29 June, the newly founded company informs in a press release. The aim of AVIA VOLT Suisse is to promote electromobility, electricity production and energy optimisation in buildings.
“By founding AVIA VOLT Suisse AG, we are doing the only right thing for the development of electromobility: we are joining forces and investing jointly in the future,” Martin Osterwalder, Chairman of the Board of Directors of AVIA VOLT Suisse AG, is quoted as saying in the press release. In a first step, AVIA shop filling stations will be equipped with fast-charging stations for electric vehicles. At a later stage, charging stations are planned at other AVIA filling stations as well as at partner companies and customers.
“With AVIA VOLT Suisse AG, we are providing a broad and reliable range of services for e-mobility throughout Switzerland,” explains Alexander Streitzig, Managing Director of AVIA VOLT Suisse AG. “This is an important step towards CO2-reduced mobility of the future.” In addition to promoting electromobility, the new foundation also wants to get involved in the expansion of solar and wind power plants. Member companies of the AVIA association are also active in the production and distribution of green hydrogen.