Audi: Electric charging station with second-life batteries 🎥
CHARGING HUB Following Nuremberg, Zurich is now also getting a convenient fast-charging facility in line with Audi standards. The four spaces in the new hub at the trade fair parking garage in Oerlikon provide charging power of up to 320 kW.
Following the commissioning of the first Audi Charging Hub in Nuremberg last December, Zurich has now received the world's second hub: a fast-charging station with four spaces where all electric cars can be supplied with charging power of up to 320 kW.
The storage capacity is 1.05 MWh, which is roughly equivalent to the capacity of eleven Audi e-tron 55s and is enough to supply up to 60 electric vehicles with electricity per day. The hub uses 100 percent electricity from sustainable sources, and its own photovoltaic system on the roof of the cubes provides additional green energy.
Second Life Battery Power Supply
At the heart of the Charging Hub are the charging cubes - modular containers consisting of reconditioned lithium-ion batteries from dismantled Audi development vehicles and a fast-charging infrastructure. However, an infrastructure with a high-voltage grid and transformers is not required to set up the hub. This also made it possible to set up the charging station at the trade fair parking garage in Oerlikon in just over two weeks.
Martin Wosnitza, Project Manager Audi Charging Hub Switzerland: "The second-life batteries serve as buffer storage. The hub is thus able to bring a sustainable fast-charging infrastructure with second-life battery storage to wherever the power grid would not be sufficient for this."
Generous space for loading
Thanks to the large swivel arm with cable, a car can be parked both forwards and backwards for charging - regardless of the position of the charging socket. The operating displays are height-adjustable, and the paths between the charging cube and the vehicle are wheelchair-accessible.
Ralph Hollmig, Head of the Charging Hub project at Audi AG: "The pilot project in Nuremberg has shown that our concept strikes a chord. The urban charging concept is aimed primarily at city drivers and offers them an attractive alternative to the wallbox at home."
While electric car users at the hub in Nuremberg can spend their waiting time in a lounge (see video), customers in Oerlikon drink their coffee in one of the nearby restaurants.
