With the Deutschlandnetz, the federal government is ensuring a comprehensive, needs-based and user-friendly fast-charging network throughout Germany. More than 1,000 locations with around 9,000 fast-charging points are closing the remaining ‘white spots’ on the charging map. The Deutschlandnetz ensures that the nearest fast charging point can be reached anywhere in Germany within a few minutes.

In order to make electric mobility suitable for everyday use and user-friendly throughout Germany, a comprehensive and needs-based charging infrastructure is required that is available to all users without major detours or waiting times. The Fast Charging Act (SchnellLG) assigned the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV) the task of ensuring the comprehensive and needs-based provision of fast charging infrastructure.

To enable this, the BMV and Autobahn GmbH have awarded 900 regional and 200 motorway locations for the construction and operation of HPC (High Power Charging) fast charging infrastructure. After the contracts for the regional lots were awarded in September 2023 and for the motorway lots in February 2024, a total of around 9,000 HPC fast charging points will be created by the end of 2026 at over 1,000 locations – in urban, suburban and rural areas as well as at unmanaged rest areas.

Further information on the Deutschlandnetz can also be found here: https://www.deutschlandnetz.de/

The map is updated monthly and shows the new locations of the Deutschlandnetz.

900 regional locations: Only minutes to the nearest fast charging location from anywhere in Germany

The regional locations are being built in rural, suburban and urban areas and are spread across 23 regional lots in a total of six regions (north-west, north-east, central Germany, south-east, south-west and west). These search areas specify a certain area, e.g. around a transport hub. In each search area, a fast charging location with at least 4 (S location) and up to 16 fast charging points (XL location) will be created.

Toll Collect GmbH is the contract manager for the implementation of the regional locations. Further information can also be found here: Deutschlandnetz: Charging infrastructure for electric cars

200 motorway locations: Charging facilities every 15 to 30 km along the motorways

The 200 locations are divided into six nationwide lots, each with 32 to 34 locations. Each location comprises 4, 6 or 8 fast charging points. This will result in a total of around 1,000 new HPC charging points. The motorway locations of the Deutschlandnetz are a necessary addition to the charging infrastructure already in place or planned at managed service areas and truck stops.

An interactive map of the Deutschlandnetz locations can be found at www.standorttool.de.

The tenders for the Deutschlandnetz:

The tenders for the Deutschlandnetz ensure the provision of basic fast-charging infrastructure in the regions and on motorways.

With the tender, the federal government has deliberately chosen an instrument that sensibly expands and supplements the possibilities of the privately funded charging infrastructure expansion that has received public funding to date. The location of the more than 1,000 sites was based on a comprehensive traffic planning needs analysis by the National Centre for Charging Infrastructure, which takes into account the existing infrastructure.

The locations of the Deutschlandnetz will be attractively designed. All offers must meet defined standards in terms of user-friendliness and customer comfort. For example, the selected operators must guarantee high availability of the charging facilities. Users will also benefit from very high charging power. Each charging point in the Deutschlandnetz must be technically capable of delivering a maximum charging capacity of at least 300 kW. In addition, each charging point must be able to provide a nominal charging capacity of at least 200 kW.