Shell and BYD will establish a tourism service provider (MSP) partnership in Europe. Shell will provide member services for BYD's personal and commercial customers in the future, covering more than 275,000 charging terminals on its charging roaming network. Shell and BYD will also jointly develop fleet solutions and exclusive charging services for BYD customers in Europe.
Both parties will seek opportunities to provide global customers with comprehensive home energy solutions, such as dynamic electricity price dispatching, photovoltaic integration, home energy storage equipment and vehicle-network interaction (V2G) charging.
The two parties plan to build Shell-BYD Electric Vehicle Service Center in major European markets, so as to provide customers with more opportunities to experience BYD's high-end design, advanced new energy vehicle technology, and smooth charging and digital services jointly developed by the two parties, so as to enhance the user experience.
Shell and BYD will recommend customers to participate in the decarbonization plan of "Shell Accelerates Towards a Net Zero Emissions Future (A2Z)" to help enterprise fleets in European markets achieve zero emissions and net zero emissions.
Globally, Shell will study how to apply advanced technologies and products such as Shell electronic liquid and coolant to help BYD further save costs and improve hardware performance. Shell and BYD are interested in global R&D cooperation in battery performance and industry-leading charging.
Shell and BYD also plan to set up a joint venture to develop an electric vehicle charging network in China. The joint venture company is expected to operate more than10,000 electric vehicle charging terminals in Shenzhen, and plans to expand to other cities in China in the future.
István Kapitány, executive vice president of global retail and travel business of Shell Group, said that Shell has the ambition to further expand its retail and travel business in China, and also aims to support customers around the world to drive more electric vehicles to achieve carbon emission reduction targets. This cooperation with BYD is an important step towards these two goals. We look forward to working with BYD to create an industry-leading, fast, convenient, safe and comfortable charging experience. Both Shell and BYD spare no effort to support innovation in this field. This global strategic cooperation provides an exciting opportunity for us to jointly promote the charging experience of electric vehicle users to a new level.
Wang Chuanfu, chairman and president of BYD, said that the automobile industry is undergoing great changes once in a century, and the development of new energy vehicles is the general trend. Shell is the world's leading energy company with business service outlets all over the world, which has made outstanding contributions to meeting people's growing energy demand. BYD is willing to cooperate sincerely with Shell, seize the historical opportunity of the development of new energy vehicles, provide consumers with charging facilities and quality service experience of new energy vehicle consumption, and create a broad development space.
Huang Zhichang, Chairman of Shell China Group, said that China is a leading country in manufacturing and using electric vehicles in the world. In 20021year, the sales of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles in China exceeded 3.5 million, an increase of about 1.6 times *. China needs to build more electric vehicle charging infrastructure to meet the needs of users. We are very happy to reach this cooperation with BYD to explore the opportunity to expand the charging network of electric vehicles in China and continuously improve the charging experience of electric vehicle users. We also look forward to working with more partners to build an' ecological circle', promote energy transformation and contribute to the realization of China's' 30-60' double carbon goal.
Li Qian, secretary of the board of directors and general manager of the investment department of BYD Group, said that Shell is a century-old shop with a world-renowned reputation, and is committed to providing more and cleaner energy solutions to empower progress; BYD is a global leader in the new energy industry, and continues to satisfy people's longing for a better life with technological innovation. Shell and BYD have similar missions and can complement each other in many fields. The field of charging is the starting point of our cooperation. In the future, I believe that our strong alliance can explore a broader space for cooperation.