Centrica, UK and Volkswagen announce EV enablement partnership in UK

On March 4, Centrica and Volkswagen announced a three-year partnership to provide home charging hardware solutions for new EV owners. Centrica, exclusively through the British Gas brand, selected to install home charging stations and provide aftersales services to Volkswagen Group customers across UK.
The deal will see Elli, the central provider of charging hardware and related services for the main Volkswagen Group, work exclusively with British Gas to deliver a package of home charging installations, aftersales services and preparatory electrical upgrades across the UK.
This will help customers to transition to EV smoothly and cost effectively, initially across the Volkswagen, SEAT, Skoda and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles with plans for Audi to join later this year.
Partnership supports the rollout of Volkswagen Group’s 80 electric and plug-in hybrid models and sales of up to 3 million all-electric cars a year globaly by 2025.
(Centrica press release on March 4, 2020)