50,000 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Europe Will Offer Crypto Payments in the Future

On June 25, according to foreign media reports, Irish e-commerce and mobile payment solutions company HIPS Payment Group Ltd and Swedish company Vourity are cooperating to launch encrypted payments at 50,000 electric vehicle charging stations in Europe.

Vourity, a company specializing in unattended payment facilities such as electric vehicle charging stations, said that starting in November this year, the integration of crypto payments with charging stations will be realized within the next three years. Vourity CEO Hans Nottehed said: "We are currently evaluating which cryptocurrencies we will support. We will be able to convert them into fiat currencies." However, Vourity released a picture of a payment terminal with the ETH logo, strongly suggesting that Ethereum may be one of the first cryptocurrencies to be supported.

Crypto payments will be connected to the blockchain via the Hips Merchant Protocol’s native protocol token, the Merchant Token, allowing integration with Vourity’s electric vehicle charging stations.

Electric cars and cryptocurrencies have always seemed to be inseparable. Tesla's attitude towards Bitcoin payments has been hot and cold, and the issue of cleanliness has always been an unavoidable topic. Other electric car companies are also seeking ways to innovate through "clean" cryptocurrency mining and adoption.

Earlier, Volkswagen Group Innovation, the research arm of Volkswagen, announced a partnership with Energy Web to study ways to use blockchain to integrate electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations as part of the power grid. Earlier this month, Canadian light electric vehicle manufacturer Daymak announced an electric vehicle, set to be launched in 2023, equipped with a cryptocurrency mining device that can mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies while charging or parked.