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As announced by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, a corresponding purchase agreement has been signed with EnBW. Financial terms and further details of the agreement are not clear from the communication. Just so much: Sales of the public AC charging station from Heidelberg should start in mid-2022.
EnBW had developed the AC charging stations internally and received the calibration law certificate for two models (LS 3.2-ER and LS 4.0) in August 2019 . The 22 kW models are barrier-free - if set up appropriately - and each have two AC charging ports. Since Heidelberg states in the communication that the column offers “a 10-inch plain text display†and “convenient and simple menu navigation for the charging process†for the end user, this is obviously primarily about the LS 4.0.
In January 2021 , EnBW sales manager Timo Sillober stated at his appearance at the online conference "electrive.net LIVE" that the energy supplier would concentrate on high-performance charging "after detailed analyzes" and not set up any new public AC charging points. So a separation - or closure - of the AC charging station business was only a matter of time.
The Karlsruhe energy supplier has found a buyer in Heidelberg. "We are expanding our portfolio step by step in the booming electromobility market," says Rainer Hundsdörfer, CEO of Heidelberg. “With the range of intelligent charging stations, we are opening up a new market segment for our future field. This will enable us to further increase sales and profitability in this area. "
Heidelberg recently entered into a strategic collaboration with SAP on their eMobility cloud. The SAP software should be able to operate and monitor charging stations and bill the charging processes. With the previous Heidelberg portfolio (up to 16 wallboxes in load management), billing would only have been necessary in a few cases. With the entry into semi-public and public charging, the need for a holistic software solution has of course changed.
heidelberg.com