Stories for car makers.
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No country stands for a premium car experience more than Germany. To untangle the webs hindering the rollout of charge points in the country, Germany’s (relatively) new liberal governing coalition released its revamped Masterplan II in October. The secret sauce? Alliance thinking.
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We have sat down with Plugsurfing Software Engineer Frederik Sonsky to chat about his experience working in the Platform Developer Team. Frederik's background as a commercial pilot has helped him to see things from a different perspective than other IT professionals in the industry.
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Plugsurfing is excited to announce the latest addition to its alliance of carmakers, Chinese EV maker XPENG. XPENG drivers in Norway will get Plugsurfing’s charging solution and a cobranded charge key, which gives them access to public charging across Europe through Plugsurfing’s network of 300,000 charge points.
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Ava Peyrovan Jansson is the product manager responsible for the Developer Platform. Her team recently launched Drive API, a new product for carmakers that takes a step toward more carefree charging. Drive API enables any car maker to integrate Plugsurfing charging information directly into the car dashboard and the app, creating a seamless driver experience tailored to their brand.
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NIO, the pioneering global smart EV company taking the electric car industry by storm, is partnering with Plugsurfing to provide its customers with one of the broadest and most reliable public charging networks.
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To go on a road trip without a plan is the ultimate freedom that people crave from a car. There is a certain charm in jumping in a car without a destination in mind and seeing where the journey will take you.
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In December 2020, Nissan celebrated ten years of the all-electric LEAF, the first mass-market electric vehicle. First available for sale in Japan, Europe, and America, the cars are present in 59 markets. With more than half a million cars sold, LEAF has been considered one of the best-selling EVs of all time.
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In 2012, when Plugsurfing first entered the market, electric cars were few and far between. Public charging was much more fragmented than the way it is now, so going for a trip outside town in an EV required careful planning.