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.

First E.ON Deutschlandnetz charging stations in Bavaria go into operation
E.ON is putting the first two fast-charging stations in its Deutschlandnetz charging network into operation. The new charging stations in Bad Königshofen (Lower Franconia) and Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Central Franconia) Represent a further milestone for the rapidly growing fast-charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Germany.

The Deutschlandnetz continues to grow: Mer Germany opens charging park with PV roof in Künzelsau
Mer Germany is continuing to expand its Deutschlandnetz and is opening another charging park in Künzelsau, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The location has an environmentally friendly wooden roof, offers a range of practical services and features an integrated photovoltaic system that feeds surplus solar energy directly into the local power grid.

Fast charging in front of Neuschwanstein: BayWa Mobility Solutions opens fast-charging park in Schwangau
BayWa Mobility Solutions GmbH today opened the first fast-charging park in Schwangau. Four fast-charging stations with a total capacity of 1,600 kW (200 kW per charging point) are now available to e-drivers right at the castle brewery (Gipsmühlweg 5). The new charging park is part of the Deutschlandnetz put out to tender by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV).

Fastned opens its second fast-charging station as part of the Deutschlandnetz
Fastned, the European fast-charging company, has today opened its second fast-charging station as part of the Deutschlandnetz in Bad Driburg, North-Rhine Westphalia. The fast-charging station, located directly on the B64 federal highway, provides electric drivers with a total of eight charging points, each with a charging capacity of 400 kW in the middle of the Teutoburg forest.
