E.ON’s direct-current charging equipment, with a charging capacity of about 50kW, enables electric cars to recharge within 20 to 30 minutes.
The new charging stations support the CHAdeMO protocol, a charging standard which allows EVs already available in Germany to be repowered.
The company’s own hydroelectric projects will deliver the electricity used in the EV charging stations.
E.ON plans to further develop public charging stations and deliver an even faster solution, with recharging taking only a few minutes instead of several hours.
E.ON E-mobility projects manager Ruth Werhahn said commuters are able to recharge them in their own garage overnight and during the day do not need more than the currently available vehicle range of just over 100km.
"Fast charging stations make it possible to cope well with greater distances of 150km to 200km," Werhahn.
