Networking

In our role as National Centre for Charging Infrastructure, we are the hub for charging infrastructure in Germany – and beyond. We network the various interest groups, not least through our advisory board, use a variety of communication formats for the transfer of knowledge, provide impetus and drive relevant topics substantively forward.

The National Centre for Charging Infrastructure Advisory Board advises the Centre on strategic and conceptual issues as well as on the implementation and ongoing evaluation of the Charging Infrastructure Master Plan. It provides a platform for exchange and discussion with the stakeholders of the National Centre for Charging Infrastructure. It serves as a venue for balancing interests and building consensus.

The Advisory Board is composed of high-ranking representatives of the relevant stakeholders in the context of the development of a nationwide charging infrastructure, in particular end customers/users, the automotive and electrical industries, the energy sector, the federal government, the federal states, municipalities, science and environmental associations.

The National Centre for Charging Infrastructure brings together important regional and supra-regional players in the Federal, State and Municipal Network (Netzwerk Bund-Länder-Kommunen). It provides a platform for exchange for the state ministries and agencies, as well as the municipal associations that deal with the topic of charging infrastructure. Only by working together can the federal government, the federal states and the municipalities accelerate, for example, the adaptation of the legal framework with regard to a nationwide, demand-oriented and reliable development of charging infrastructure.

The federal government’s Charging Infrastructure Master Plan II was approved by the federal cabinet on 19 October 2022. The municipalities have a leading role here: They are to be empowered more as key players for the success of the charging infrastructure expansion. With the Master Plan II, the municipalities receive a comprehensive support package for the planning, implementation and financing of charging infrastructure.

This support package includes:

• The development of targeted support measures for more densely populated neighbourhoods, among others (Measure 16)
• An expanded version of StandortTOOL, the central planning tool for the expansion of charging infrastructure for cars and trucks, with dedicated access and local demand forecasts for each municipality (Measure 7)
• Regional charging infrastructure managers to support local public authorities (Measure 25)
• Digital advisory and training tools for municipal staff (Measures 26 and 27)
• Guidelines and templates to optimise planning, approval and tendering processes and for the development of local master plans to coordinate local deployment activities (Measures 24, 28 and 29)
• A standardisation of signage for electric vehicles (Measure 49)
• A request to the federal states to examine an adjustment of the model building code so that, in addition to the charging infrastructure, the construction of the necessary ancillary facilities is also exempted from procedural requirements (Measure 50)
• A best practice guide for the use of charging infrastructure in commercial car parks outside opening hours, e.g., at supermarkets (Measure 52)

The LadeLernTOOL digital learning platform is primarily aimed at administrative staff in the federal states, municipalities and municipal companies. The knowledge imparted is intended to support them in planning the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles and in promoting its development locally. In this way, they can make a decisive contribution to the success of the development of the charging infrastructure and to the success of electric mobility. The municipal employees can expand their knowledge via e-learning by means of modular courses. Each course ends with a test and the acquisition of a certificate. The number of courses is growing continuously.

Click here to go to the LadeLernTOOL.

The National Competence Network for Sustainable Mobility (NaKoMo – Nationales Kompetenznetzwerk für nachhaltige Mobilität) platform was created exclusively for municipalities. The network brings together all those who are committed to sustainable mobility on a local level. The platform offers workshops and discussions, in short: solutions. And all of this with a direct line to ministries, state initiatives and project sponsors. The National Centre for Charging Infrastructure leads exchange groups that deal, among other things, with funding measures, technology, demand planning and locations for charging infrastructure vis the unique FlächenTOOL.

Register particpation at nakomo.de