Audi unveils the Audi charging hub quick-charging concept

Audi has unveiled its first Audi charging hub in Nuremberg, Germany.

Said to be the only charging concept of its kind in the world, the Audi charging hub will open for customers come 23 December 2021.

Designed for electric car owners that don't have access to charging at home, the Audi charging hub is designed to serve future peak demand for charging in urban locations. A connected lounge area meanwhile, will offer those waiting a premium experience.

The charging hub is assembled from flexible container cubes, allowing easy assembly and disassembly. Two fast-charging stations are offered with each unit and multiple units can be combined in various combinations.

These units also utilise second-life batteries from dismantled development vehicles to store charge, making the building of high-voltage power lines and expensive transformers unnecessary at an Audi charging hub.

Instead, the charging stations at Nuremberg only need a 200kW power supply from a low-voltage network to continually fill its storage modules, while solar panels on the roof additionally provide up to 30kW of green energy.

Audi states that this continuous supply and the use of the storage modules is enough to allow customers to charge their electric cars with up to 320kW of power at six charging points. A total of about 80 vehicles can also be charged here per day without reaching the limits of the energy storage system's capacity combined with the hub's 200kW power input.