Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) and ENGIE – through its subsidiary ENGIE Vianeo – are creating a new jointly-owned company to finance, design, connect, install and operate fast and ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.
This collaboration, focused on the provision of green electricity, reflects both companies’ commitment to reducing their carbon footprint and promoting sustainable mobility.
As part of this partnership, 50 and 400 kilowatts (kW) charging points will be installed at 12 of URW’s shopping centres across France.
Installation work will begin in summer 2025, with the first stations expected to go live from September 2025.
Fast charging (average charging time of around 1 hour 30 minutes) and ultra-fast charging (average charging time of 20 to 30 minutes) will cater to different usage scenarios: a quick top-up during a short stop at the shopping centre, or a more complete charge during a longer shopping visit.
12 shopping centres equipped with charging stations
Each shopping centre will have a station with approximately 15 chargers compatible with all vehicles, comprising a total of 134 ultra-fast charging points and 242 fast charging points, located in both outdoor and multi-storey car parks.
- Île-de-France: Westfield Forum des Halles, Westfield Rosny 2, Westfield Parly 2, Westfield Vélizy 2, Westfield Carré Sénart, Aéroville, Ulis 2, Les Ateliers Gaîté
- Lyon: Westfield La Part-Dieu, Confluence
- Rennes: Alma
- Dijon: La Toison d’Or
Didier Liautaud, Managing Director France at ENGIE Vianeo, says: “For over six years, URW and ENGIE have worked together on projects promoting low-carbon energy solutions across Europe. Extending this partnership to electric mobility will help democratise electric vehicle travel thanks to ENGIE Vianeo’s charging stations at URW’s premium shopping centres.”
Bruno Donjon de Saint Martin, Chief Operating Officer Southern Europe at URW, states: “Strengthening sustainable mobility is at the heart of our Better Places roadmap. I am very proud of this partnership with ENGIE, which will offer an additional high-quality service to our customers and, by making it easier to use electric vehicles, will help us achieve our goal of reducing visitor transport-related greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030.”
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