End of the successful “Hamburg model” planned. Providers of electrical charging current are to help finance the expansion of the charging infrastructure from 2022
October 08, 2021
With approximately 2.6 percent registered e-vehicles in the entire vehicle population, Hamburg is Germany’s frontrunner in terms of electromobility. One reason for this: In order to establish the technology of the future, the Hanseatic city has so far made its public charging infrastructure available to providers of electrical charging power free of charge with government support. Within the framework of the “Hamburg model“Sell your charging power to end consumers without having to pay fees for using the charging stations. As the city has now announced, this should change from the beginning of 2022. Electric mobility providers should then – as is common nationwide – be obliged to pay a fee for the use of the charging stations and thus help to finance the increasing expansion of the public charging infrastructure.
Electromobility: Startup through Hamburg model successfully completed
The Hamburg model could be used as a blueprint for the successful establishment of e-mobility, affirmed State Councilor Andreas Rieckhof. The ramp-up of the technology in the Elbe metropolis was successful. Currently there is just over in Hamburg 1,400 publicly accessible charging pointsoperated by the municipal companies Stromnetz Hamburg and Hamburg Energie. “Now we are taking the next step, the introduction of a customary usage price that is uniform for all providers, towards a cost-covering operation of the public charging infrastructure.”
Hamburg continues to expand public charging infrastructure
In order to defend its leading position in e-mobility, Hamburg wants the public Charging infrastructure with the help of co-financing from the providers, continue to expand steadily in the future. It is expected that in the future 80 percent of all charging processes will take place at home or at work; Nevertheless, the expansion remains an important component for the attractiveness of the use and thus for an increasing share of electric vehicles in Hamburg. A further 1,000 charging points are planned to be set up by 2025, especially at highly sought-after locations in the city. The first ultra-fast charging stations are also to be built in public spaces this year.
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