Question 1

What should you do when residents want to charge electric cars on the estate?

Accepted Answer

This is one of the most common issues for housing associations and property managers. Residents expect to be able to charge their electric cars at their own parking space, while managers worry about investment costs, electrical upgrades and running the system afterwards.

VOLKA can equip practically every parking space with access to electricity, within the limits of the building's available connection capacity. Residents use energy exactly where their vehicles stand for many hours.

Most importantly, the housing association carries no investment cost. VOLKA finances the installation, launches the system, supports users and handles billing.

Question 2

How do you prepare a residential building for a growing number of electric cars?

Accepted Answer

More and more residents buy electric vehicles and expect access to energy on their own estate. The challenge is not only the infrastructure, but also how users are billed and how much connection capacity the building has.

VOLKA lets you expand access to energy gradually, reusing existing infrastructure and matching the scale of the rollout to the technical capacity of the property. The building can be prepared for electromobility without large capital spending.

Question 3

Does preparing a car park for electric vehicles require rebuilding the electrical installation?

Accepted Answer

Not always. In many buildings the existing electrical infrastructure can be reused without an expensive rebuild of the entire car park.

Before the rollout we analyse the available connection capacity, the building load and the room for future growth. VOLKA designs the solution around the real technical conditions of each location.

Question 4

Who pays for the energy used by electric vehicle drivers?

Accepted Answer

This is one of the most frequent questions from housing associations, companies and car park operators.

The cost of energy should sit with the person who uses it. VOLKA identifies the user, monitors consumption and bills every driver individually. Other residents or tenants never subsidise someone else's charging.

Question 5

Is charging electric vehicles in an underground garage safe?

Accepted Answer

Safety depends on the technical parameters of the building and its fire protection systems.

Every location should be assessed individually, covering the electrical installation, ventilation, smoke extraction and the applicable fire safety requirements. VOLKA deploys solutions in line with the technical conditions of each site, using certified equipment and licensed contractors only.

Access to energy is monitored and protected according to current standards, and every installation is designed around the technical capabilities and safety requirements of the specific building.

Question 6

How do you organise electric car charging in a company car park?

Accepted Answer

More employees arrive at work in electric vehicles. For many companies the biggest challenge is not the cost of energy, but organising day to day charging without extra staff and without logistical problems in the car park.

VOLKA makes energy available directly at parking spaces. Employees plug in when they arrive and use energy for the whole time the vehicle is parked.

Question 7

How do you charge company cars and electric vehicle fleets?

Accepted Answer

The biggest challenge for fleets is not charging itself, but connecting many vehicles at the same time without moving cars around during the day or at night.

VOLKA makes energy available across a large number of parking spaces simultaneously. Vehicles can be plugged in at the end of the working day and stay connected for the entire stop. This matters most for sales, service, municipal and corporate fleets.

Question 8

Does every location need a classic charging station?

Accepted Answer

No.

Most electric vehicles stay parked for 6, 8 or even 12 hours a day. In those places high power fast charging is rarely necessary.

VOLKA develops a model of access to energy where vehicles stand the longest: residential estates, company car parks, office buildings, hotels, airports and public spaces.

Question 9

Can an electric car be charged from a 230 V socket?

Accepted Answer

Yes.

In many cases everyday use of an electric vehicle does not require fast charging. If a vehicle stays parked for many hours, energy can be topped up gradually during that natural stop.

This is exactly how VOLKA infrastructure works, giving access to energy where vehicles stand for most of the day or night.

Question 10

How do you make a property more attractive to electric vehicle drivers?

Accepted Answer

Access to energy is becoming a standard part of the infrastructure of residential buildings, offices, hotels and car parks.

Residents, tenants and guests increasingly ask not only about a parking space, but also about using energy while the vehicle is parked. VOLKA lets you offer that service without building classic charging stations.

Question 11

How do you prepare a city and public space for electromobility?

Accepted Answer

Electromobility requires access to energy where vehicles stay for longer: municipal car parks, public buildings, airports, hotels, sports venues and other public locations.

VOLKA enables safe sharing of energy together with access control, consumption monitoring and user billing. Cities and public space managers can grow their energy access infrastructure without building large charging stations.

Question 12

How do you prepare a hotel, shopping centre or service venue for more electric vehicles?

Accepted Answer

More customers expect to use energy while their vehicle is parked. This applies to hotels, accommodation, shopping centres, retail parks and any place where people stay for several hours.

VOLKA makes energy available with no investment cost for the property owner, while making the location more attractive to customers driving electric vehicles.

VOLKA is a new energy access infrastructure

Access to energy is becoming the new challenge for modern cities

No access to energy

A growing number of electric vehicles

High cost of classic infrastructure

A system for sharing energy with electric vehicles

Power points

Access control

Consumption monitoring

User billing

The car is parked anyway

Five steps from plugging in to settlement

Plug in

Scan the QR code

Use the energy

Usage is measured

Pay for what you use

One solution, many use cases

Residential estates

Office buildings

Public car parks

Hotels

Airports

Marinas and campsites

Why operators choose VOLKA

No investment of your own

Full operation and support

Flexible commercial models

New revenue

Scalability

Reuse of existing infrastructure

First deployment: Blue City Warsaw

Frequently asked questions

Project founders

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