Shell Germany and Volkswagen are partnering to expand the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Germany and Europe. They have installed an innovative 150 kW Elli Flexpole charging station, which has a unique battery storage system enabling connection to a low-voltage grid, at a Shell service station in Göttingen.
The Flexpole charging stations can be installed easily and flexibly, and the grid expansion can be accelerated, which could help Germany reach its target of having one million charging points available to drivers of electric cars by 2030.
Shell aims to install over 500,000 charging points worldwide by 2025 and 2,500,000 by 2030. Volkswagen aims to become the leading provider of an intelligent charging and energy ecosystem and establish a global network of 45,000 high-power charging points by 2025.
“With VW’s Elli Flexpole charging stations, we can make an important contribution to the necessary expansion of the charging infrastructure. And in locations where it would be otherwise difficult for fast charging. Shell is already one of the largest providers of charging infrastructure at home, at work, at on-street lamp posts and at our service stations. We want to do our part to enable customers to switch to an electric vehicles and thus reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector,” says Tobias Bahnsen, Head of Shell E-Mobility responsible for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Simon Löffler, Chief Commercial Officer at Elli, adds: “The rapid expansion of the charging infrastructure is a prerequisite for the success of e-mobility. We contribute to this journey with our innovations such as the Elli Flexpole. It can be set up almost anywhere without major construction work, making it ideal for quickly setting up fast-charging options. We are pleased to have found a strong partner in Shell who, like us, wants to expand the charging network in Germany and across Europe.”