Audi opens a new charging station in Munich

The charging infrastructure for electric cars is one of the weak points of electric mobility. However, considerable progress is being made in this area. In Spain we are still lagging behind Europe on this issue, but in other countries progress is being made quickly and efficiently. Audi wanted to contribute to the installation of chargers in Germany with the opening of a new charging hub to offer a complete service with several features.

The new charging hub will be located on Zielstattstrasse, in the Obersendling district of Munich. It has four fast-charging units, which can be reserved by users and which deliver charging powers of up to 320 kW. This keeps occupation times to a minimum and ensures a high turnover of vehicles at the stations.

This is the fifth charging hub of Audi in Germany, following the openings in Nuremberg, Zurich, Berlin and Salzburg. This new charging point is not only connected to the electricity grid, but also offers a large amount of energy storage thanks to development vehicle batteries that have already completed their service in vehicles and have become charging modules for other applications. One of them is precisely the one that powers this charging point.

Thanks to these lithium-ion batteries, which enjoy a second useful life, a energy capacity of up to 1.05 MW can be achieved. This would allow up to 60 vehicles to be charged without interruption before the charging power begins to gradually decrease.

The charging point is open to all brands and is located in an important commercial area of the city, so that it is very accessible. However, as a Audi charger, the brand’s cars have a special price compared with those of other brands. Thus, a Audi car has a rate of 0.35 euros per kWh, while cars of other brands will be charged 0.50 €/kWh.

One of the savings plans offered by Audi is the possibility of obtaining free charges by rating the app &Charge, where users can score the ease of use, the cleanliness and the overall impression the charging point gives.

In addition, the Nuremberg charging station offers a pilot programme, run together with Vodafone, that brings virtual reality into the car charging process. Among the things this application shows, the presence of a Audi e-tron GT stands out, demonstrating how the lithium batteries that power the facilities work.