Interview with EWE Go CEO Ilker Akkaya: There are no hidden costs with us!

EWE Go won the latest comparison of the cheapest charging tariffs and can even score with extremely low tariffs for Ionity DC charging. How do you achieve that?

Ilker Akkaya: Our tariff model is based on fairness and transparency: With us, there are no hidden costs, but simply a fixed price for EWE Go charging stations and partner stations, differentiated by AC and DC charging. Even when charging in our partner network, no one runs the risk of falling into a cost trap. In the test you mentioned, different driving profiles with average charging costs were compared over a longer period – and it shows that the clear unit price simply pays off for e-mobilists in the long run.

And right afterwards, of course, we want to know: Why and how can EWE Go waive a basic fee?

Ilker Akkaya (smiling): Here too, we stick to the point of fairness: We want to give our customers the freedom to choose us without being tied down by a basic fee. In other words: those who opt for EWE Go need not fear any disadvantage. But your question naturally aims at the profitability of this model for EWE Go: We believe that this way, we can convince more people and make them our long-term customers. However, that is a long-term perspective, partly because we are still at the very beginning of the ramp-up of e-mobility in the passenger car sector.

More and more charging technology providers are at least offering active participation in the electricity market for home charging to actively reduce electricity costs. Could this be conceivable for providers like EWE Go, even if these tariffs naturally change by the minute?

Ilker Akkaya: These offers are particularly attractive for e-car owners with their own homes and an important contribution to the energy transition. We at EWE Go have committed ourselves to building public charging infrastructure. In order not to lose momentum here, we want to focus on this core business, which is why private charging and corresponding tariffs are currently not a topic for us.