ENGIE and AUDI join forces in an electric car project
ENGIE, the Brazilian energy industry’s private-sector leader, active in electric energy generation, energy transmission, energy solutions and gas transportation, has partnered with Audi to install electric car charging centers in Brazil. The project calls for 200 charging points installed until 2022.
“In this moment of electric mobility development, ENGIE celebrates its custom partnership with Audi, showing that we are partners for electric mobility projects in Brazil,” said Mauricio Bähr, CEO of ENGIE Brasil.
The CEO and Chairman of the Board of Audi do Brasil, Johannes Roscheck, confirmed the local arrival of the Audi e-tron, the company’s 100% electric SUV, in the first half of April. “In several surveys that we held on electric vehicles, the recharging infrastructure always emerges as one of the main concerns of potential consumers. This investment is in line with the goal of increasing charging options for the arrival of the Audi e-tron, the brand’s first 100% electric SUV, which will see its first customer deliveries in the first two weeks of April,” the executive stated.
The selected charger model is rated 22 kW, and fire-, shock- and weather-proof. The time needed to fully charge a vehicle’s battery may vary depending on the remaining charge and the vehicle’s AC-mode charging capacity.”
A PROMISING MARKET
There are 7.5 thousand hybrid and electric cars in Brazil at present. The country is expected to have 212 thousand vehicles of this type by 2030, along with 24 thousand chargers in public areas. For Mauricio Bähr, the data indicates that this is a very promising market. “We had a head start by offering a range of products and services for urban mobility, including electric mobility. We are bringing in all of our international experience to better serve our customers whether they may be companies like Audi, airports, shopping malls, or cities that wish to implement electric-car charging systems”.
ENGIE is present in 70 countries and has the world’s largest electric chargers network, with 75 thousand charging states in Europe and the Americas. The Group aims to reach 1 million units worldwide by 2025, contributing to the decarbonization of urban transit.
In the urban mobility area, ENGIE is a partner of the city of Santiago, Chile, where it leases 100 electric buses and installs and maintains the electric charging infrastructure, which is supplied with 100%-certified renewable energy.
According to Bähr, similar alternatives may be used in several cities in Brazil that face goals involving emissions reduction and increased use of electric buses. The Climate Change Law of São Paulo (2018) requires public transport to reach zero emissions by 2037. In Rio de Janeiro, replacement of the fleet with “clean” vehicles will begin in 2025.
Still on the mobility front, ENGIE has partnered with the Niterói city hall, where it has implemented a traffic management system that relies on smart traffic lights at the main crossroads, reducing emissions and improving vehicular flow.
OTHER SOLUTIONS
In addition, ENGIE has a range of solutions involving energy efficiency, energy management, consultancy and monitoring, efficient (LED-based) public lighting, and more. The Company’s products and services aim to rationalize the use of energy and enable the decarbonization of productive processes and distributed solar generation projects.
To illustrate, ENGIE already has over 2,500 distributed solar generation units. The Company also invests in solar communities of up to 5 MW for those lacking rook-space to use solar energy – manufacturers, retailers, and even residential consumers.
ABOUT ENGIE
ENGIE is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services. With its 97,000 employees, its customers, partners and stakeholders, the Group is committed to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral world, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions. Inspired by its purpose (“raison d’être”), ENGIE reconciles economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet, building on its key businesses (gas, renewable energy, services) to offer competitive solutions to its customers. Turnover in 2022: 82.6 billion Euros.
In Brazil, ENGIE, leader in 100% renewable power generation in the country, operates in generation, commercialization and transmission of electric power, gas transport and energy solutions. The Company
has in the country an installed capacity of 12,5 GW, originated from renewable sources and with low GHG emissions, such as hydro, solar and biomass power plants, and windfarms.
With the acquisition of Transportadora Associada de Gás – TAG, ENGIE now also owns the largest natural gas transportation network in the country, at 4,500 km and transecting 10 states and 191 cities.
The Group has a complete portfolio of integrated solutions focused on reducing costs and improving the infrastructure for companies and cities, such as energy efficiency, public lighting, energy monitoring and management.
With 2,800 employees, ENGIE’s turnover in Brazil in 2023 was of R$ 11.7 billion. ENGIE trades on the B3 through its energy generation and trading company, ENGIE Brasil Energia, under the ticker EGIE3. In addition to being a B3 Novo Mercado component, the Company is one of the very few companies that have been listed in the Business Sustainability Index since its creation in 2005. In 2021, ENGIE Brasil Energia was included in the Carbon-Efficient Index (ICO2), made up of IBrX 100 companies that are most transparent in terms of GHG emissions reporting and how they are preparing for a low-carbon economy.
The company also received in May 2024 the certification Great Place to Work, a recognition which validates the continuous commitment of the company to create a positive and inclusive work environment for all.
The Group is listed on the Paris and Brussels stock exchanges (ENGI) and is represented in the main financial indices (CAC 40, Euronext 100, FTSE Euro 100, MSCI Europe) and non-financial indices (DJSI World, Euronext Vigeo Eiris – Europe 120/France 20, MSCI EMU ESG screened, MSCI EUROPE ESG Universal Select, Stoxx Europe 600 ESG-X).