{"id":182605,"date":"2024-02-13T05:27:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T11:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/automaker-backed-ionna-charging-network-to-challenge-supercharger-dominance"},"modified":"2024-02-13T05:27:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T11:27:15","slug":"automaker-backed-ionna-charging-network-to-challenge-supercharger-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/automaker-backed-ionna-charging-network-to-challenge-supercharger-dominance","title":{"rendered":"Automaker-backed Ionna charging network to challenge Supercharger dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tesla<\/a>\u2019s Supercharger network might be good enough to push other automakers to join the standard, but that hasn\u2019t stopped several companies from banding together to build their own Tesla-rivaling charging network. Ionna is a joint venture<\/a> between seven automakers that promises to bring tens of thousands of chargers<\/a> to North America \u2014 along with food and restrooms.<\/p>\n

BMW<\/a>, GM<\/a>, Honda<\/a>, Hyundai<\/a>, Kia<\/a>, Mercedes-Benz<\/a>, and Stellantis are working together on the project with the slogan \u201cWe charge North America.\u201d The group announced that it had gained regulatory approval and was officially starting work last Friday.<\/p>\n

Ionna aims to build a network of 30,000 fast chargers to facilitate long-distance driving<\/a> across the continent. The company said it is targeting 2030 to build the network and promised charging locations in urban areas and along highways. The first chargers will open this year, and the focus will be on an \u201celevated customer experience\u201d that includes 350kW fast chargers, food, retail stores, and other amenities within the charging complex. Electrify America, created using money from VW<\/a>\u2019s Dieselgate settlement, also recently announced a shift to a more upscale charging experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tesla\u2019s Supercharger network might be good enough to push other automakers to join the standard, but that hasn\u2019t stopped several companies from banding together to build their own Tesla-rivaling charging network. Ionna is a joint venture between seven automakers that promises to bring tens of thousands of chargers to North America \u2014 along with food [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}