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SMATRICS EnBW
Press release
Erstellungsdatum: 09.10.2024

Record expansion: SMATRICS EnBW builds 64 more fast-charging points in Austria

At the end of September 2024, a total of 324 HPC fast-charging points will be available in the SMATRICS EnBW charging network in Austria, 148 more than at the beginning of the year.

“The third quarter was the strongest in terms of expansion for SMATRICS EnBW this year. Over the summer, we put 64 new fast-charging points into operation, further advancing the mobility transition in Austria,” says SMATRICS EnBW CEO Thomas Landsbek.

In addition to expanding the charging infrastructure at retail partners, SMATRICS EnBW is also focusing on large fast-charging parks. These have at least eight charging points and enable e-mobilists to charge particularly quickly on highly frequented routes and at strategically favorable charging locations.

 

First charging park opened in Carinthia

The first SMATRICS EnBW charging park in Carinthia was opened in September 2024. It is located in Poggersdorf in the immediate vicinity of the Grafenstein exit on the A2 in the business park. Drivers have 16 state-of-the-art charging points with an output of up to 400 kW at their disposal.

“Thanks to high-speed charging points, charging is now fast and takes us a long way. In Poggersdorf, e-mobilists can charge up to 400 km in just 15 minutes. That's enough to get as far as Munich or Venice, for example,” explains Hauke Hinrichs, COO of SMATRICS EnBW.

The charging capacity of high-power chargers, i.e. charging points with at least 150 kW, has more than doubled in Carinthia since 2023. With the charging park in Poggersdorf, SMATRICS EnBW has now also installed a total of 40 ultra-fast chargers in this province.

Charging parks are an important lever for accelerating the ramp-up of the e-charging infrastructure. A first in Carinthia was that the site was built on an open space without existing infrastructure. This offers more flexibility in terms of the number and arrangement of charging points and capacities and is particularly suitable for newly developed traffic routes without existing buildings.

 

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