22.5.2019. A festive occasion at the Rasthof Köschinger forest East on the A9: Tank & Rast and IONITY together with the AUDI AG, the first High-Power Charging (HPC) of the charging Park on the highway in Bavaria in operation.
Köschinger forest East is a location of the HPC network would like to extend IONITY up to the year 2020 to around 400 locations throughout Europe. Tank & Rast built in cooperation with IONITY in Germany to around 80 petrol stations and rest areas HPC-stations with a charging power of up to 350 kW. The AUDI AG is a co-founder of IONITY, a joint venture of BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and the Volkswagen group with Audi and Porsche.
Tank & Rast has already today several hundred fast-charging stations over the largest 50 kW fast-charging network in Germany and pressing ahead with the Expansion of the network with additional and more powerful Ladsäulen more. The company offers its customers a reliable charging infrastructure with attractive Services. With the Partner IONITY, Tank & Rast wants to load its existing network of fast-charging stations in many locations, with the most modern Generation of ultra-fast station with up to 350 kW complement.
“With our great commitment to the Expansion of the charging infrastructure, we also make a significant contribution to the growing acceptance of electric mobility in Germany and beyond. Our customers can be confident that you are on the German motorways, reliable and fast E-cars can charge“ Andreas Rehm, General Manager of Tank & Rast.
“With our Partner-Tank & Rast in Germany, as well as our co-founder Audi we network on behalf of all of our shareholders, Europe’s most important transport corridors in order to make electric mobility suitable for long distances suitable,” says Dr. Michael Hajesch, CEO at IONITY.
“Electric mobility is more than just a battery and an electric Motor in a car. In the sense of a holistic approach of the Volkswagen group is involved in a Joint Venture IONITY. In addition, Audi established with the charging service, the e-tron Charging Service a Europe-load the service-wide and thus creates trust in a boundless world of electric mobility. Already in 2025, every third new Audi is sold is to have an electrified drive,“ says Dr. Stefan Nobody, head of electrification at Audi.
As all other HPC-charging stations by IONITY, have Köschinger forest East and West on each of the four load points with state of the art charging technology, with the European charging standard Combined Charging System (CCS2) compatible. The charging points are designed to handle up to 350 kW and allow for accordingly, vehicle-side interpretation significantly shorter load times. The cooperation partners provide for a technologically future-proof charging infrastructure.
Audi e-tron at the official commissioning of the first High Power Charging station at the service area Köschinger forestry (A9) (photo: AUDI AG)
