Evaluation report on funding support for climate-friendly commercial vehicles
With the KsNI funding guideline, the BMDV supported companies in purchasing climate-friendly commercial vehicles and charging infrastructure from 2021 to 2024. An external report has now confirmed that the KsNI funding programme resulted in a statistically significant increase in the share of climate-friendly commercial vehicles in all vehicle classes N1 to N3.
National Hydrogen Council: Position papers on the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy
In mid-March 2025, the National Hydrogen Council (NWR – Nationaler Wasserstoffrat) published several position papers dealing with key aspects of the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy in Germany. These address safety-related, technological and economic issues in order to support the strategic development of the sector.
StandortTOOL combines car and truck charging infrastructure with hydrogen refuelling stations
The National Centre for Charging Infrastructure at NOW GmbH has added new data and functions to its StandortTOOL location tool. From now on, users can also display charging infrastructure that is specifically suitable for trucks, as well as hydrogen refuelling station infrastructure. These supplement the already extensive data on passenger car charging infrastructure in Germany. The StandortTOOL thereby combines detailed information on charging and refuelling for electric vehicles on a single platform.
Easy electric car charging for the mass market: Digital conference highlights new charging infrastructure requirements
What does a user-friendly and future-oriented charging infrastructure have to look like to satisfy the requirements of the mass market? Experts met to discuss this question on 18 March 2025 at the digital conference entitled: ‘Easy charging for the mass market’, organised by the National Centre for Charging Infrastructure at NOW GmbH.
New function in FlächenTOOL: Linking public tenders with available sites
Municipalities and other public sector actors can now link their plots directly to a public tender in the FlächenTOOL (plot tool) of the National Centre for Charging Infrastructure. Each plot is automatically allocated to the corresponding tender via a link to the tendering platform.
New, free e-learning course: successfully developing charging infrastructure for e-trucks at depots
The National Centre for Charging Infrastructure has published a new course on ‘Truck charging infrastructure at the depot’ on its e-learning platform: LadeLernTOOL. The course is free and shows how to successfully set up charging infrastructure for heavy-duty battery-electric commercial vehicles in private areas such as depots.
