Volkswagen Is Rapidly Expanding Its Charging Infrastucture In Germany

Volkswagen is focused on rapidly expanding its charging infrastructure, planning to add a total of 750 new charging points in Germany in 2021.

So far, the German carmaker has established more than 1,200 charging points across VW’s ten sites in Germany and aims to have around 2,000 chargers in operation by the end of 2021. A large share of those chargers are publicly accessible and can be used by EV drivers who don’t work for Volkswagen.

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VW’s biggest charging park can be found in Wolfsburg and includes around 500 charging points. The rest of the charging parks are installed in locations like Hanover, Brunswick, Salzgitter, Kassel, Emden, Osnabrück, Zwickau, Chemnitz, and Dresden. The electric power for those parks comes exclusively from renewable energy sources according to the carmaker.

By 2025, VW will have established around 4,000 charging points at their sites while their German dealers have committed to providing at least one AC charger with 11kW of power and one DC charger with 22 kW of power.

Volkswagen is also engaged in setting up a worldwide network of chargers – through Ionity in Europe, Electrify America in the USA, and CAMS in China.

“We need significantly more charging points in Germany and Europe if electric vehicles are to establish themselves quickly,” said Thomas Ulbrich, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Brand. “For that reason, all players from the fields of politics and industry must continue their efforts in the coming year.”

The carmaker also offers wall boxes, charging services, and green power tariffs via its subsidiary Elli. Thanks in part to Germany’s relevant incentive program, the home charging business is booming. In the last three months alone, private wall box deliveries by Elli ran at a five-digit figure. VW currently offers two charger models eligible for Germany’s 900 euro bonus: The ID. Charger Connect, at 599 euros, and the ID. Charger Pro, at 849 euros.