On September 22, NaaS (NASDAQ:NAAS) established a strategic partnership with Hubei Provincial Communications Investment Industrial Development Co., Ltd. (CIID). NaaS will fully leverage its capability in one-stop construction and operation of public charging infrastructure, integrated PV-storage-charging service and digital and intelligent application of new energy. By combining its services with CIID’s expressway network and energy supply stations, NaaS contributes to the construction of expressway service areas and energy supply infrastructure, thus accelerating the establishment of a comprehensive energy supply network for expressways.
At the signing ceremony, CIID officially released the new brand named “Chu Dao Yi Neng” , which will carry the new energy business sector of CIID, working collaboratively with partners to empower the construction of Hubei expressways charging infrastructure system.
According to the contract, NaaS will provide services for gas stations and charging stations under CIID’s 48 expressway service areas. This include connected refueling and charging services as well as mobile charging device deployment and operation services during public holidays.
Such services will cover Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway, Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway, Hangzhou-Ruili Expressway, Fuzhou-Yinchuan Expressway, Macheng-Yangxin Expressway, Zaoyang-Shishou Expressway, Shashi-Gong’an Expressway and other national expressways and provincial arterial highways. In the future, NaaS will also join hands with CIID to build comprehensive energy supply station integrating oil, natural gas and hydrogen refueling, charging and battery swapping, and promote integrated source-grid-load-storage and PV-storage-charging-swapping projects to meet various energy supply needs for long-distance traveling and contribute to the upgrade of public services in expressway service areas.
