Czech power company is setting up charging network for electric cars

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - State-owned electricity producer ČEZ plans to install 50 recharging points for electric cars at various locations across the Czech Republic this year and 200 by 2013. ČEZ also announced that it will provide the electricity with large subsidies to limit costs for consumers.

“A transition period lies ahead before we get used to electric cars. Initially there will be no miraculous business model, but rather it will be subsidized,” Martin Roman, head of ČEZ said in a press release. “In the first phase we will sell the electricity for a very symbolic price,” Roman added.

Peugeot has pledged to provide 65 iOn model electric cars for the pilot project called elektromobility. Partners from other sectors will help provide infrastructure and locations for the recharging points. These include: ECE – Arkády, the districts of Dolní Břežany—a municipality next to Prague—, Radotín in Prague 16, Group AIG/Lincoln, Inter IKEA Center Group, Kaufland, McDonald´s, the developer ORCO, shopping center development and management company Ségécé, Tesco, TNT Express, and car park operator Vinci Park.

Source: ceskapozice.cz