Mexico City, Mexico - The greater Mexico City region has four new stations to charge electric vehicles thanks to a public-private partnership to promote clean energy.

State-owned electric utility CFE, in collaboration with Walmart, BMW, and Schneider Electric, installed the charging stations, known in Spanish as "electrolineras," at Walmart outlets in the municipalities of Interlomas, Toreo, Perisur, and Taxquena.

"The project begins this day with the simultaneous inauguration of four electrolineras that will help in developing a market in Mexico for electric and hybrid motor vehicles," CFE chief Enrique Ochoa Reza said at a press conference.

"The goal is to replicate this effort across the Metropolitan Area and the whole country," Ochoa Reza said.

The stations are equipped with universal chargers that can be used in all brands of electric and hybrid vehicles currently used in Mexico.

The charging is provided at no cost to motorists to make ownership of electric/hybrid vehicles more affordable, the CFE chief said.

The four newly inaugurated stations are among a total of 30 to become operational this year, according to BMW Mexico's marketing director, Laura Crespo.

Enrique Ostale, CEO of Walmart Mexico and Central America, said the initiative aims "to promote the use of clean energy for new options in sustainable mobility and help reduce carbon emissions."

Schneider's president for Mexico and Central America, Enrique Gonzalez Haas, said transportation currently accounts for 30 percent of total emissions of greenhouse gases.

"It is important to support all initiatives helping to minimize and reduce this pollution," Gonzalez Haas said.

Walmart provided the spaces for the new facilities, BMW contributed the chargers, and Schneider installed them, while CFE covered the construction expenses.