Audi is as soon as once more making use of its mobility and charging options to help the annual assembly in Davos to fulfill its sustainability targets. Among different fashions, the fleet consists of the Audi e-tron GT quattro, the Audi This fall Sportback e-tron quattro, and the Audi e-tron quattro, making it one hundred pc electrical for the first time. The cellular charging containers that we developed with 96 charging factors, present the automobiles solely with inexperienced energy in the parking space of the Jakobshorn valley station.
High energy chargers at two giant 30’ containers can cost as much as 16 electrical fashions at the identical time, with none connection to the energy grid and may totally cost automobiles in round 45 minutes. Up to 4 electrical fashions can cost at the identical time at every of 5 smaller 10’ containers. Four further charging trailers may also be a part of the charging park. All the charging containers embody processed Audi e-tron batteries taken from improvement autos. This is a sustainable, second-life utility that capabilities as buffer storage on-site and permits for a a lot larger charging capability than the native electrical grid. These batteries have a complete storage capability of about 5 MWh. The charging containers can enhance grid energy by greater than an element of seven: they will flip 350 kW of grid energy right into a charging capability of round 2,600 kW.
“We’re looking forward to discussions with other forward-thinking people in Davos – people who, just like Audi, have a consistent commitment to sustainability,” says Hildegard Wortmann, Member of the Board of Management for Sales and Marketing at AUDI AG. “From our electric models to our premium fast charging products to our contribution to a sustainable battery supply chain, we’ve shown that we have the courage to make lasting change at Audi and we will continue on that path.”
Audi units up one other charging hub in Zürich
Audi is already engaged in intensive testing on a premium charging answer for city areas. The firm launched the first Audi charging hub in late 2021 at the fairgrounds in Nuremberg. People who personal electrical automobiles however can not cost them at house can reserve one in every of six high-power charging factors with as much as 320 kW of charging capability at the hub.
The Audi charging hub is meant to fulfill peak charging demand in city environments in the future. Soon we might be increasing this pilot mission: in the second half of the yr, Audi might be establishing one other charging hub in Zürich.
Sustainable battery provide chain: Audi is co-developing a “Battery Pass”
Audi can also be a part of an initiative to help electrical mobility that’s ecological, climate-friendly, and socially accountable. To promote uniform requirements, Audi has joined a consortium of German international market leaders and individuals from the industrial and scientific worlds. Together, we’re methodically creating specs for a digital product cross for batteries often known as the “EU Battery Pass.” This mission is supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
Additionally, Audi has been a member of the Global Battery Alliance since 2017. That initiative happened by way of the WEF in Davos and consists of companions in the private and non-private sectors all through the complete battery provide chain. The alliance seeks to make sure social and ecological sustainability in the worth chain for the uncooked supplies that go into batteries. Among different issues, it additionally offers with the situations below which uncooked supplies are mined and sustainable recycling ideas in the spirit of a round economy. It focuses on improvements that contribute to battery sustainability.
