- Three way partnership by seven main automakers receives approval from regulatory companies
- IONNA plans to deploy a minimal of 30,000 chargers with the primary charging stations anticipated to open within the U.S. in 2024, adopted by Canada
- Seth Cutler, previously of EV Join, appointed as Chief Government Officer, efficient February 1
Introduced in July 2023, IONNA, the three way partnership to construct a high-powered EV charging community throughout North America, has acquired approval from regulatory authorities, and is now formally commencing operations. IONNA is a three way partnership of seven of the world’s foremost automakers: BMW, Normal Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, and Stellantis. With Seth Cutler, newly appointed because the Chief Government Officer, IONNA targets to develop into one of the accessible and dependable high-powered charging networks in North America with plans to deploy at the least 30,000 chargers.
Seth Cutler to steer IONNA
Cutler brings a wealth of expertise in electrical mobility and charging to form the three way partnership proper from the beginning. In his function as Senior Vice President of Technical Operations at EV Join, Cutler drastically expanded the community of charging station producers. Most just lately serving because the President and Chief Operations Officer, he began a number of initiatives to rework the corporate from a ‘start-up’ to a ‘scale-up’ part. Earlier than becoming a member of EV Join, Cutler took the lead in engineering, orchestrating the event and implementation of a high-powered charging community as Chief Engineer within the early part of Electrify America. He began his profession at Normal Electrical (GE), the place his versatile roles included that of Normal Supervisor of EV infrastructure. On this capability, he centered on the event, manufacturing, and deployment of charging stations, contributing considerably to GE’s footprint within the electrical mobility sector.
“I’m honored to steer IONNA and work alongside these esteemed automakers in shaping the way forward for electrical mobility. Our shared dedication to creating an in depth, high-powered charging community displays our dedication to revolutionizing all the EV charging expertise and serving to to drive widespread EV adoption” mentioned Seth Cutler, CEO IONNA.
Elevating the Buyer Expertise
IONNA’s charging community can be accessible to all electrical automobiles with NACS or CCS connectors and goals to supply a seamless, vehicle-integrated, best-in-class charging expertise. This can be realized by offering varied facilities, comparable to restrooms, meals service, and retail operations close by or throughout the similar complicated, digital integration and interesting areas. Clients can count on handy areas that may include canopies wherever doable to even additional give attention to unprecedented buyer consolation and charging ease. The community’s capabilities and companies will facilitate seamless integration with collaborating automakers’ in-vehicle and in-app experiences, encompassing reservations, clever route planning and navigation, cost purposes, clear power administration, and extra options.
IONNA’s charging stations are meant to be powered by renewable power, and backed by the mixed high quality, reliability, and sources of the world’s main automakers. IONNA targets to ascertain a minimal of 30,000 high-powered charging stations strategically positioned all through North America. The three way partnership anticipates opening its first charging stations in the USA in 2024, with plans for enlargement into Canada at a later stage. Every website will characteristic a number of high-powered chargers to facilitate long-distance journeys, aligning with the sustainability methods of all seven automakers.
