Drivers of other car brands can locate the charging station in navigation apps by searching for “Audi charging hub Nuremberg”. The booking function is, however, a premium service reserved exclusively for Audi customers. What could be more convenient than selecting the Audi charging hub in Nuremberg via the my Audi app, booking the preferred time slot and then spending the short wait time in an inspiring lounge setting? Since the Audi charging hub is part of the public charging infrastructure, anyone can make use of free, unreserved charging points. “While waiting for their vehicles to charge, we want our customers to enjoy a premium experience – which means spending some quality time,” says Hollmig. Looking ahead, Audi customers will be able to book a slot that fits in with their daily schedule rather than hunting for a charging station that happens to be available.
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Ralph Hollmig, Project Lead for the Audi charging hub, explains: “The basic idea behind the Audi charging hub is to provide for such peaks in demand by means of a reservation function that lets Audi customers book slots in advance.” At present, it’s the luck of the draw in snagging a free station. This is exactly what the brand with the Four Rings intends to change with the Audi charging hub – a new concept for powering electric cars. What’s more, the fast-charging facilities with higher output that are a familiar sight on motorways are practically unheard of in built-up areas. Finding an available charging station in urban areas can prove to be a serious challenge. The only thing to do is park once again and hope for better luck later.įor people in cities, the fact that charging infrastructure is not keeping pace with the number of newly registered electric vehicles is a harsh daily reality. Someone else beat me to it and, yet again, there’s nothing free. I race back to the car, drive to the charging point before turning away in annoyance. Thirty minutes later, I check the charging app and – hooray – a station is free. So I have to settle for a conventional parking spot. Now, whenever I make a snap decision to stop by a charging station in the early evening, it’s only to find that all four are once again occupied. A good six months ago, I was able to find a free charging station whenever I needed one. About 300 metres away, there are four public charging points that form part of the Munich municipal utilities company’s network. But my apartment block doesn’t have basement parking or its own charging station. I drive an all-electric car and live just 1.6 kilometres from Marienplatz square in the city centre. As more and more people join the daily commute, parking spots are becoming ever harder to find and unoccupied public charging points are increasingly thin on the ground. The number of vehicles in European cities just keeps rising.
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