Audi South Africa Expands EV Charging Network Including First 200 kW Ultra-Fast Charger

Audi South Africa in partnership with Rubicon has introduced 43 more electric powered vehicle (EV) charging stations on the web across the region.

Really should they all be used at the same time, it would mean a whole of 57 EVs would be equipped to leading up their batteries at the exact same time.

The most recent rollout incorporates the incredibly very first DC 200kW extremely-quick charger in South Africa, which is installed at the spectacular Mall of Africa. The EV battery of an e-tron GT can be recharged in just 15 minutes. The solar photovoltaic (PV) method put in at Shopping mall of Africa is just one of the largest of its form in the Southern hemisphere, earning this set up a progressive assertion in the direction of sustainable charging.

The rest of this second phase of infrastructure expense contains 4 100kW (DC), 8 60kW (DC), 5 25kW (DC) and 20-five 22kW (AC) rapidly EV charger installations at convenient locations throughout the place to provide all EV consumers.

If you merge the to start with and 2nd phases of charging infrastructure installation, that usually means that Audi and partners GridCars and Rubicon, have set up 76 quickly and ultra-fast EV chargers across South Africa, representing about 28% of community charging stations in the place.

“The rollout of our second period of EV charging stations is the upcoming step in realising our vision of sustainable mobility and living our mantra that the ‘Future is an Attitude’,” says Sascha Sauer, Head of Audi South Africa. “EVs are the upcoming of mobility and we’re investing not just in components infrastructure, but in generating electric mobility more simple and additional broadly obtainable for South Africans, hence enabling the area EV market place to develop. By fulfilling our promise from early 2022, we’re demonstrating our determination to serving to acquire SA into the long term of mobility”.

“While load shedding is a reality to which South Africans have develop into accustomed, it is worth pointing out that our charging community also capitalises on photo voltaic installations, the place probable, to continue to keep the charging stations optimally operational,” claims Sauer. “With a range concerning 350 and 480km the Audi e-tron styles typically do not involve a charge just about every day, so based on driving fashion and daily commuting distances, house owners will be capable to find their closest charging station and demand their vehicles on a regular basis, with ease”.