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To simplify the adoption of sustainable electric vehicles

itachi America, Ltd. (Hitachi) and
REE Automotive (REE) announced
Htoday a newly formed strategic
agreement to ease and accelerate the
adoption of electric vehicles (EV) across
the entire EV value chain, including
enabling EV manufacturing at scale,
delivering commercial vehicle charging
infrastructure and energy management,
and providing comprehensive digital
fleet management and operations for full
visibility across EV fleets as organisations
transition over the next decade.
Hitachi and REE will accelerate “Hitachi is deeply committed to sustainability, and with our long history of innovation in
the development of advanced digital energy, mobility, manufacturing and digital, together with REE’s transformative, innovative
solutions for REE customers by co- approach to EV and autonomous vehicles (AV), we are well positioned to accelerate and ease
creating a highly scalable Data-as-a- the transition to zero-emission commercial vehicles at scale, a mission that we both share.”
Service (DaaS) and Analytics-as-a-Service Through this partnership, Hitachi and REE are committed to bring data-driven, scalable,
(AaaS) platform, which will enable sustainable electric vehicle, commercial mobility solutions to market that deliver value while
next-generation connected commercial helping to achieve carbon emissions goals and which will enable a complete, connected
EVs. Leveraging Hitachi’s Lumada data ecosystem of services for commercial mobility and transportation.
platform and REE’s platform modularity “This alliance with Hitachi comes at an ideal time for REE as we value their best-in-class
and horizontal business strategy, the innovation and experience in data science and analytics, enabling us to provide a complete
companies aim to bring to market a truly solution to our customers,” said REE Co-founder and CEO Daniel Barel. “With Hitachi’s
modular, smart EV solution to serve all innovation and invaluable expertise in EV and digital technologies, REE is primed to build on
segments, including delivery, logistics and our early leadership position as the leading e-Mobility platform across the globe. In addition,
mobility-as-a-service. Hitachi is a well-known and respected player in the automotive, energy and digital industry
“We are excited to partner with REE which can drive customer orders, and we are looking forward to benefiting from their
to help accelerate the transition to EVs extensive sales network and relationships.”
globally,” said Hicham Abdessamad,
Chairman and CEO, Hitachi America, Ltd. Contact Roxana Moolla, roxana.moolla@hal.hitachi.com

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