Viennese owners of electric cars can look forward to more ways to recharge their batteries. Because Vienna energy is commissioned by the city of Vienna , the number of charging stations to expand strongly in the federal capital. If there were 250 charging stations by theend of 2018, another 1000 charging stations in the public sector should be added by 2020. Then no point in the city will be further than 400 meters from an e-gas station. According to WienEnergie, the project costs seven million euros.
By 2019 alone, Wien Energie will be building 550 new charging stations in and around the city. Of these, 400 are for public space and 150 are for semi-public space, such as supermarkets or underground garages. In addition, other providers also set up charging stations : Smatrics , a cooperation between Verbund, OMV and Siemens, currently operates 69 charging stations under its own name in Vienna , and charging stations for corporate customers such as ÖBB or Swiss Post are being built. Companies are increasingly seeing the added value of charging solutions, according to Smatrics.
"Boom" in electric cars
Michael Strebl , Managing Director of Wien Energie, expects "a veritable electric car boom" in the coming years, which is why Wien Energie will increase its charging points. According to a study by the Vienna University of Technologyon behalf of Wien Energie, in the year 2030, with the active support and expansion of the charging station network, more than 80,000 electric cars will be in Viennagive. Support for this development is also likely to be provided by EU environmental targets for the auto industry. From 2021, the limit for CO2 fleet emissions per automaker can only be 95 grams per kilometer. A few weeks ago, the EU states have agreed on a 37.5 percent lower CO2 emissions from 2030 compared to today.
Figures from Statistics Austria showthat interest in e-cars has eased recently: registrations rose by 42 percent in 2017, compared to around 24 percent in 2018. In Vienna , 928 electric cars were registered in the previous year.
Legal problems with multi-party houses
However, nine out of ten electric car owners do not charge their vehicles on the road, but at home, as it says in a report of the Ö1 morning journal on 14 January. There is no problem if the corresponding socket is in a detached house - but it is more problematic when in a multi-party house several owners share a garage. Because at present, a single apartment owner can prevent by objection that his neighbor in the garage built a charging station, it says in the radio report. The government is planning amendments to the housing law, in the Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Justice to be discussed, there should be a similar decision in 2019.
By Vienna energy is added that Member States are obliged to improvements in the regulatory framework for the Ladinfrastrukturausbau with the new EU Buildings Directive. A change in home ownership would be such an improvement, it says from the company. Furthermore, the EU Buildings Directive stipulates that cable infrastructure must be available on each parking space in residential garages. Without an adjustment of the residential property right, however, this obligation could not be fulfilled in Austria .
It is also possible that the building code of the counties is changed in such a way that supermarkets and shopping centers are obliged to set up charging stations in their parking lots. According to Birgit Wildburger, press spokeswoman for Smatrics, the building code in Lower Austria stipulates that new parking spaces with a size of 50 or more parking spaces must be equipped with a charging infrastructure for electric cars. "We demand that this be rolled out to other states," says Wildburger in the morning journal.
Challenges in payment
In addition, the payment is not yet regulated uniformly, each provider relies on a separate payment solution. A common customer card would make charging for customers easier, as Roland Ziegler, spokesman for the Federal Association for Electromobility , says in the morning journal: This could be used with a contract different providers in Austria and neighboring countries. "That will certainly happen in the course of the year," says Ziegler.
In the solution of Wien Energie, however, caused displeasure that the amount to be paid when loading the car is not apparent and will be charged only with the quarterly statement - under certain circumstances, this can lead to nasty surprises. Wien Energie states that the loading time is already visible in the accompanying app. In the next step, the charged amount will be displayed in kilowatt hours. The phased implementation has technical reasons. "Even legal regulations, which are not in our area, still need to be adjusted. Here we can not anticipate the authorities, "says Wien Energie. The tariffs can already be accessed online, A solution, the price in addition to the Internet in the app, is planned. There are technical reasons for this, and legal hurdles surrounding the measurement and calibration law must also be taken. On the part of the company it is said that here too they work intensively on solutions.
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