ChargePoint EV network wins prestigious UN climate award
ChargePoint, the world’s largest electric vehicle charging network, has won the United Nations’ Momentum for Change climate award
ChargePoint, the world’s largest electric vehicle charging network, has won the United Nations’ Momentum for Change climate award.
The California-based company is one of 16 international firms to receive the award and they will be given at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris next month.
The prestigious UN award is recognition for ChargePoint transforming the transport industry by providing easier access to electric vehicle chargers.
The company operates more than 25,000 charging spots around the world and has partnered with car manufacturers including BMW to develop fast charging corridors along the most heavily populated regions with the most traffic on the east and west coasts of the United States.
According to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) who are running the COP21 Paris negotiations, the express charging corridors are promoting widespread EV adoption.
The Momentum for Change Award is an initiative launched by the UN Climate Change Secretariat to recognise innovative and transformative solutions that address climate change as well as wider economic, social and environmental challenges.
ChargePoint CEO, Pasquale Romano, said: “We are honored to be receiving this esteemed award,” stated. At a time when states and industries across the country are working to reduce carbon emissions, ChargePoint is proud to help create innovative strategies that are getting people out of gasoline-powered cars and into zero-emission vehicles.
Romano added: “Given the already rapid trajectory of our EV charging infrastructure, the success of our business model, and the scalability of the Express Charging Corridors program, ChargePoint will continue to be one of the private sector leaders in combating climate change.”
