Emis­sion-free and rene­wable energy cli­mate-neut­ral trans­port is a key factor in making our cities better places to live. But lowth­res­hold entry to e-mobi­lity requ­ires a clo­sely meshed, easily acces­sible net­work of char­ging sta­ti­ons. But in the inner cities in par­ti­cu­lar, not ever­yone has a fixed par­king spot with vehicle char­ging faci­li­ties. What could be more obvi­ous than to use an exis­ting nati­onal supply net­work – street ligh­ting – to build a public char­ging inf­rast­ruc­ture?

Using exis­ting net­works intel­li­gently
The integ­ra­tion of e-mobile char­ging sta­ti­ons in exte­rior lumi­na­ires is a simple and smart con­cept with a whole raft of bene­fits com­pa­red with addi­ti­onally ins­tal­ling sepa­rate char­ging columns: it saves valu­able space in the city and redu­ces the visual comp­le­xity of the envi­ron­ment. Imp­le­men­ting new cost-inten­sive underg­ro­und inf­rast­ruc­tu­res is now unne­ces­sary.

The char­ging sta­tion: fle­xible, aest­he­tic and space-saving
The Selux char­ging sta­tion rep­re­sents the inter­face bet­ween exte­rior ligh­ting and e-mobi­lity. It is ins­tal­led directly on the lumi­na­ire pole. Its slim, redu­ced design dove­ta­ils natu­rally with most varied of envi­ron­ments and sup­ports a har­mo­ni­ous, calm image of the urban envi­ron­ment. Cities are able to res­pond fle­xibly to chan­ging needs since the char­ging sta­ti­ons are easily dis­mant­led and re ins­tal­led else­w­here – which is inte­res­ting not just on new build pro­jects, but also with res­pect to the moder­ni­sa­tion or reno­va­tion of street ligh­ting. Pilot pro­jects are alre­ady unde­r­way in cities such as Bott­rop, Aachen, Hano­ver and Cologne, in Brus­sels, Herten and on the island of Usedom.