A major European utility, Vattenfall has announced plans to switch its entire car fleet over to electric vehicles.

Over the next five years, starting from this past January, Vattenfall will purchase more than 3,500 plug-ins. Certainly a major commitment to the new technology, and one we would like to see repeated often by other major corporations.

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The passenger and light commercial vehicles bought by Vattenfall (put in service as technical support vehicles and maintenance vans) are to be used in Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany.

Here are the estimated breakdowns by region:

Sweden - 1.700

Germany - 1.100

Netherlands - 750

"Vattenfall offers charging solutions to both retail and business customers and operates close to 6.000 electric vehicle charging points in Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands. The electricity supplied to electric vehicles equalled 45 million zero-emission kilometres in 2016, or 998 times around the earth. Vattenfall is operating both normal and fast charging stations, and is a front runner in developing new solutions for wireless charging, smart charging and bus charging." "With this important step Vattenfall takes a great leap forward towards its sustainable ambitions to be climate neutral by 2050. Vattenfall has been active in E-mobility since 2009 and has invested heavily in electric transport because of its enormous potential to contribute to the energy transition and the reduction of CO2-emissions." "EU Member States and the EU Parliament have already agreed that transport emissions should be reduced with 60% by 2050. Vattenfall supports the move towards zero emission transport, but emphasizes that steps have to be taken to turn the EU-strategy into concrete policies and actions."

According to Vattenfall, the company has been engaged with plug-in technology since 2009, and already operates(including fast chargers).

Martijn Hagens, Head of Customers and Solutions Vattenfall and responsible for E-mobility said: