Means, a lot of electric cars are going to hit the roads soon. So it is the right time for hotels to step forward and attract potential customers with the new amenity - EV Charging Station! A study conducted by Deloitte mentions that 95% of the business travellers say that hotels should be investing in 'green initiatives.' Yes, EV charging station adds to the reputation when guests witness the hotel's commitment to green. Affluent guests can easily afford to your hotel's first-class accommodations and services. But imagine, an affluent guest arrives in a Volkswagen e-Golf and looks for a Volkswagen e-Golf EV charging station, and your hotel doesn't have that. Do you think, your guest will appreciate your services? Let's assume - your hotel offers Hyundai Ioniq EV charging station, and a guest of yours benefited from it recently. He is likely to visit your hotel again at least for the sake of using the EV charging station.
It doesn't stop here, in case, if your hotel belongs to the branded hotel chains, the guest is more prone to visit your chain of hotels, rather than visiting other hotels. The price of the charging station and the infrastructure needed to support the station is getting cheap every day. It doesn't stop here, there are many automakers who are offering programs that make the addition of EV charging stations at very less cost for hotels. Specially to mention, Tesla offers a destination charging program, where it partners with hotels to install Tesla EV charging station in exchange for free or discounted wall connectors for the Tesla users. EV charging stations have become the need of the hour, as many Electric Vehicles have hit the road recently and is said to boom in the near future. For hotels who think in advance, this is the time to adapt for the future.
The GTI has finally graced the Indian shores. The first GTI to be brought here is the Volkswagen GTI, a souped-up 3-door version of the Volkswagen Polo. We all know that when a Volkswagen gets the GTI badge, it is focussed and fast. Now that the famed GTI badge is officially here after 40 years since its inception, the hot hatch enthusiasts will be grinning ear to ear. It is the Polo GTI which is being imported as a CBU. The headlamp shape remains the same but get integrated LED DRLs. It gets the signature GTI mesh grille and gets a new sharper bumper that sports a wide mesh air-dam with integrated fog lamps. While the profile remains same, the front doors are longer as the rear doors have been ditched. The tail is the same except for the twin pod tail pipe that stands out. The GTI will be based on the top-spec Highline variant of the Polo.
