Homeowners of electrical automobiles in North America can look ahead to a brand new charging community opening in 2024, one backed by seven main automakers.

The community, plans for which had been first introduced final summer season, will go by the title Ionna. It will likely be rolled out throughout the U.S. and Canada, and ultimately have at the least 30,000 chargers at an undisclosed variety of stations.

The stations will likely be situated each in city and freeway places, although Ionna hasn’t offered particular places for any of the deliberate websites. Every station can have a number of DC fast-chargers, in addition to entry to close by facilities reminiscent of restrooms, meals companies, and retail operations.

The place doable, the stations will depend on renewable vitality and have pricing similar to present networks, Ionna stated.

The community will likely be accessible to all electrical automobiles fitted with both a NACS or CCS connector. Nonetheless, automobiles made by the founding automakers will function seamless integration together with the flexibility to put reservations, plug-and-charge, and automatic billing. The community can even seem within the respective apps of the automakers concerned, which is able to allow full navigation and route planning features together with vitality administration.

The automakers behind Ionna embody BMW, Basic Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, and Stellantis. A few of these automakers are additionally establishing their personal charging networks, both independently or with companions.

The community appears to share many similarities with Europe’s Ionity, which was established in 2017, additionally by a consortium of automakers. Preliminary companions included BMW, Ford, Mercedes, and Volkswagen Group, with Hyundai and Kia later becoming a member of.