"Filling Station of the Future"

Cooperation Between RWE and APCOA, Europe's Largest Car Park Operator

ESSEN, Germany, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The RWE Group and APCOA
Autoparking GmbH are entering into a partnership in the area of electric
mobility. The two companies are launching a joint roll-out of charging points
for electric cars in publicly accessible parking areas. This will make it
possible for drivers to recharge their electric vehicles very conveniently,
for example while they do the shopping.
Initially, RWE charging points will be set up at 20 APCOA parking
facilities in central locations in Berlin, e.g. at Alexanderplatz or at the
Brandenburg Gate.
The next step will then be to expand the RWE charging point
infrastructure to car parks in other large cities such as Hamburg,
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich.
Thomas Veith, Managing Director of APCOA Autoparking GmbH said, "electric
vehicles will play an important role in mobility in the future. APCOA is
purposefully investing in the filling station of the future and is offering
its customers pioneering services."
With this strategic partnership, RWE AG has taken one step further
towards its objective of developing a full nationwide network of filling
stations for electric vehicles. "We are delighted to have Europe's market
leader in car park operations as a partner in setting up the necessary
infrastructure for our charging points. Together, we want to demonstrate to
consumers that it will soon be a very simple thing for the general public to
recharge their vehicles," said Carolin Reichert, responsible for electric
mobility at RWE.
The charging points are being set up in Berlin by RWE and Daimler's joint
pilot project for e-mobility. RWE AG is installing 500 charging points and is
using 100 electric Smart cars to test how the public charging infrastructure
works, as well as examining the driving behaviour of the users. Until 2012,
the largest such project in the world will be finding out how e-mobility can
be brought onto the street.
Information on APCOA
APCOA is the largest European car park operator and offers facility
owners a full service package for parking. This includes operating parking
facilities based on leasing or management agreements. The APCOA Group
currently manages some 1.2 million individual parking spaces at more than
5,400 locations in 18 European countries.
Information on RWE
The RWE Group is one of the five leading energy utilities in Europe. RWE
supplies more than 14 million customers with electricity and 6 million with
natural gas. In 2008 the company generated turnover of EUR49 billion.
E-mobility is a strategic area of innovation for RWE. Presscontact:

APCOA Parking Holdings GmbH
Tilman Kube Group
Marketing Communications
Flughafenstr. 34+36
70624 Stuttgart-Airport
Germany
Tel.: +49-711-94791-913
E-Mail: Tilman.Kube@apcoa.eu

RWE AG
Press Relations
Harald Fletcher
Opernplatz 1
45138 Essen
Germany
Tel.: +49-201-12-15247
E-Mail: Harald.Fletcher@rwe.com

RWE AG
Group External Communications
Jan-Peter Schwartz
Opernplatz 1
45138 Essen
Tel.: +49-201-12-15023
E-Mail: jan-peter.schwartz@rwe.com

SOURCE RWE AG

APCOA Parking Holdings GmbH, Tilman Kube Group, Marketing Communications,
Flughafenstr. 34+36, 70624 Stuttgart-Airport, Germany, Tel.:
+49-711-94791-913, E-Mail: Tilman.Kube@apcoa.eu; RWE AG, Press Relations,
Harald Fletcher, Opernplatz 1, 45138 Essen, Germany, Tel.: +49-201-12-15247,
E-Mail: Harald.Fletcher@rwe.com; RWE AG, Group External Communications,
Jan-Peter Schwartz, Opernplatz 1, 45138 Essen, Tel.: +49-201-12-15023, E-Mail:
jan-peter.schwartz@rwe.com