Allego
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Allego is the operator of a fast charging network for electric cars based in the Netherlands.
History
The company was founded in September 2013 under the name Alliander Mobility Services as a subsidiary of Alliander NV from Arnhem, a utility company, and renamed to Allego in June 2014..{{cite web|url=https://www.alliander.com/nl/media/nieuws/alliander-mobility-services-wordt-allego|title=Alliander Mobility Services wordt Allego|language=nl|date=2014-06-12|author=Alliander|archive-date=2016-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103111321/https://www.alliander.com/nl/media/nieuws/alliander-mobility-services-wordt-allego}} The parent company had been active in Berlin since 2006 with its Stadtlicht GmbH. Through this mainstay, Allego won a tender from the state of Berlin to operate the EV charging stations in January 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.uni-muenster.de/NiederlandeNet/aktuelles/archiv/2015/januar/0114alliander.html |title=Niederländer bauen Elektrotankstellen-Netz in Berlin aus |author=Angelika Fliegner |work=NiederlandeNet, Münster |publisher=Universität Münster |date=January 2015 |access-date=2016-01-03 }} The corresponding contracts with Allego GmbH were extended in 2019.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
In autumn 2015, Allego began building a network of fast-charging stations along German motorways.{{cite web|url=http://www.electrive.net/2015/11/17/interview-marcus-kroll/ | archive-date=2016-01-03| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103102340/http://www.electrive.net/2015/11/17/interview-marcus-kroll/ | title=Interview mit Marcus Kroll, Geschäftsleiter Deutschland von allego|date=2015-11-17}} In 2016, Allego took over the construction of 40 fast chargers with 50 kW in the "Fast-E" project with funding from the EU. In January 2018, Allego presented the "Mega-E" project, again using EU funding, to build an HPC charging network with 322 locations and 27 e-charging hubs. A total of 1,300 HPC charging points with up to 350 kW were to be built by 2025.{{cite web |author=Peter Schwierz |title=MEGA-E: Allego & Fortum bauen 322 HPC-Standorte auf |language=de |date=2018-01-22 |publisher=electrive |url=https://www.electrive.net/2018/01/22/mega-e-allego-fortum-bauen-322-hpc-ladestationen-auf/}} From 2021, Allego also began converting the "Fast-E" locations to HPC charging stations. However, the sites had already been prepared for 350 kW.{{cite web|url=https://www.electrive.net/2021/02/09/allego-ruestet-40-fast-e-standorte-von-50-auf-150-kw-auf/|title=Allego rüstet 40 Fast-E-Standorte von 50 auf 150 kW auf|publisher=electrive|author=Von Cora Werwitzke|date=2021-02-09}} In July 2022, Allego exercised a purchase option on the 100 locations with 770 fast chargers that had already been built.{{cite web |author=Carrie Hempel |title=Allego purchases European charging network Mega-E |language=en |date=2022-07-14 |publisher=electrive |url=https://www.electrive.com/2022/07/14/allego-purchases-european-charging-network-mega-e/}}
Allego was sold to a French infrastructure fund, Meridiam, on May 31, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.allego.eu/de/meridiam-ist-neuer-teilhaber-von-allego/|title=Meridiam ist neuer Teilhaber von Allego}}{{cite web|url=https://www.electrive.net/2018/05/31/pariser-infrastruktur-spezialist-meridiam-kauft-allego/|title=Pariser Infrastruktur-Spezialist Meridiam übernimmt Allego|publisher=electrive}} In April 2020, it was announced that every second job at Allego would be cut.{{cite web|url=https://www.electrive.net/2020/04/27/stellenabbau-bei-allego-die-haelfte-muss-gehen|title=Stellenabbau bei Allego: Die Hälfte muss gehen|publisher=electrive|date=2020-04-27}} Since then, it has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) through a merger with a SPAC.{{cite web|url=https://www.electrive.com/2021/07/29/allego-to-ipo-via-merger-with-spartan/|title=Allego to IPO via merger with Spartan|publisher=electrive.com|date=2024-01-30}}