Nissan and BMW have agreed to jointly build a national grid of public charging stations in South Africa. The stations will feature DC fast chargers compatible with both the CCS2 standard used by BMW’s plug-in models and the CHAdeMO standard used by the Nissan LEAF. Some stations will also include Level 2 chargers.

“Our introduction of the LEAF in 2013 was part of Nissan’s global drive to advance sustainable mobility and to grow the market for zero-emission vehicles,” says Mike Whitfield, Managing Director of Nissan South Africa. “With this in mind, we believe our partnership with BMW SA is a sound investment to create a future-proof automobile industry.”

“A key imperative of our strategy is to ensure that the necessary infrastructure is rolled out to help increase consumer confidence in the viability of electric vehicles,” said Tim Abbott, Managing Director of BMW South Africa. “We therefore believe that in order for the introduction and expansion of electric vehicles as well as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to be successful in this market, we need to work together.”

Source: Nissan