Mobility: Wil is the first purely electric city
ALWAYS READY For the first time, Mobility is placing exclusively electric cars in a Swiss city: In Wil, a total of eight e-vehicles are waiting for customers around the clock at the train station, Waagplatz and Speerstrasse.
Mobility has set itself the goal of electrifying all vehicles in its fleet by 2030 at the latest. The car-sharing provider in Wil has already achieved this goal: users now have access exclusively to e-models.
With the Seat Mi, the VW ID.3 and the Renault Zoe, six are placed at the train station, and one each at Speerstrasse and Waagplatz.
Mobility built the charging infrastructure together with partners and was supported by the city of Wil.
Optimization possibilities of the loading times
Spokeswoman Sybille Theiler: "Both Wil and Mobility want to become climate-neutral. That's why the decision to cooperate was easy for us. For us, Wil is a playground where we can rethink and test mobility. We are curious to see how the e-cars will be received and whether there is room for optimization in terms of charging times."
Subscription costs are borne by the Technische Betriebe
The pilot project in Wil is part of the Monamo program (models of sustainable mobility) in municipalities, which is co-sponsored by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.
Since mid-September 2021, for example, all residents of Wiler have been able to benefit from free Mobility annual season tickets. Since then, the number of customers has risen from 350 to 560. The subscription costs are borne by Technische Betriebe Wil TBW. This example should set a precedent.
