Electromobility

The Electromobility Act (EmoG) introduced in 2015 gives municipalities the option of giving electric vehicles priority in road traffic. The city of Erlangen is therefore promoting the development of a public charging station network. Further measures for the preferential treatment of electric vehicles, such as the use of bus lanes, free parking, etc., are not planned in Erlangen.

Electromobility is currently a much-discussed technology that has once again gained relevance in recent months against the backdrop of the discussion about diesel scandals and driving bans in inner cities. In terms of transport policy, it fundamentally offers a number of advantages through the reduction of emissions (noise, CO₂ emissions). The goal of the city of Erlangen is therefore to anchor electromobility more firmly in the city.  

However, the possibilities of electromobility are not unlimited from a traffic planning and ecological point of view. While the promotion of electromobility can contribute to the reduction of noise and air pollutants in individual traffic, the land consumption (stationary and moving traffic) emanating from motorized individual traffic remains. Further, while electromobility is not primarily dependent on fossil fuels, it is more dependent on electricity and metals. Compared to other modes of transport, the CO₂ footprint of electromobility is therefore still relatively large (production of vehicle and battery, operation, disposal) and the overall climate protection effect of strengthening cycling as well as public transport is significantly higher. The solution to Erlangen's traffic problems therefore does not lie primarily in promoting electromobility. Instead, the administration is focusing on promoting public transport, cycling and walking, particularly in the inner city area. Against this background, the city of Erlangen is working on and shaping electromobility in a differentiated and targeted manner in cooperation with the ESTW and third parties.

Electromobility Act (EmoG): https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/emog/

Contact for private wall charging stations (Wallbox) and charging columns:

The ESTW supports private and commercial interested parties in the production of charging infrastructure on private land. In cooperation with Ladeverbund+, ESTW offers interested parties support in the electrification of parking facilities (individual parking spaces as well as, for example, garage yards).
https://www.estw.de/wallbox

Information on funding opportunities for electromobility on the part of the Free State of Bavaria and the federal government can be found on the following pages:

Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy
https://www.stmwi.bayern.de/wirtschaft-standort/industrie/elektromobilitaet/

Overview of funding priorities at the federal level:
https://www.foerderinfo.bund.de/elektromobilitaet

Together with the Erlanger Stadtwerke (ESTW), the city of Erlangen is building a citywide electric charging station network, which is being continuously expanded.

An overview of the charging stations operated by the ESTW in the city area can be found at: https://www.ladeverbundplus.de/ladesaeulenfinder.html

All stations generally have two charging points, each with a Type2 socket and an output of 22 kilowatts (kW). To enable as many users* as possible to charge their e-vehicles, charging is limited to five hours in the period from 8:00-20:00. Outside this period, longer charging (e.g. overnight charging) is also possible.

The ESTW are a member of the Ladeverbund+ and thus a uniform system is available in the Nuremberg metropolitan region.

Another overview of public charging stations is also provided by the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy's Ladeatlas Bayern: https://ladeatlas.elektromobilitaet-bayern.de/

Further information from ESTW on the subject of electric filling stations: https://www.estw.de/elektrotankstellen