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Akbank T.A.Ş. was established in Adana on January 30, 1948 as a privately-owned commercial bank to provide resources and support to the local cotton producers, with the purpose of carrying out all kinds of banking transactions and performing any kind of economic, financial and commercial attempts and activities that are...

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26/06/2024 Banking Innovation
Voltla is the one of the first spin-offs of Akbank's Venture Builder Program: Akbank+. Voltla is the only platform where electric vehicle users can see all brand charging stations, make charging and payment transactions safely from a single point.
Innovation details
Country
Turkey
Category
Social, Sustainable & Responsible Banking
Keyword
HR & New ways of working, Beyond financial services & ecosystems, ESG & Sustainability, Mobility

Innovation presentation

Voltla is a single mobile platform where users can access all charging stations of all brands (charging networks) in Turkey from a single point, see socket prices and socket occupancy status from a single point, charge their cars at all integrated charging stations and pay safely from a single point.

Voltla is positioned as a marketplace that brings together all companies serving the electric vehicle market and electric vehicle users. Voltla is on its way to becoming not only a charging and payment platform, but also a marketplace where electric vehicle users can purchase insurance, charging cables, tires, AC/DC chargers and send installation requests for their vehicles. In fact, if users do not have an electric vehicle, they will be able to rent the electric vehicle they want through the marketplace on Voltla. Thus, Voltla users not only can charge their vehicles, but also eliminate carbon emissions by not using petroleum products such as gasoline and diesel. As a result, users are able to make a great contribution to sustainability and nature by supporting carbon neutrality targets. Voltla will continue to ensure that great steps are taken towards zeroing out carbon emissions (carbon neutrality) and sustainability.

Voltla started its journey with 1,000 users in May 2023 and reached 20,000 active users in February 2024 and more than 50,000 active electric vehicle users in June 2024 with more than 2-fold user increase. By the end of 2024, the aim is to continue this journey with more than 100,000 active users.

Although Voltla started with the charging stations in Turkey, charging stations in Greece, Bulgaria and Italy will be available on Voltla in the coming days. After expanding into Europe, the objective is to expand services to different markets. Thus, Voltla will continue to rapidly grow the contribution in the field of sustainability.

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