Rheinmetall, the city of Cologne and TankE test loading curbs in public spaces

Charging infrastructure Rheinmetall, the city of Cologne and TankE test loading curbs in public spaces

2025-04-07 Source: Press release | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

Rheinmetall, TankE and the city of Cologne have jointly launched a pilot project in which the loading kerbs developed by Rheinmetall are to be tested and integrated in the urban area. The partners want to validate the acceptance as well as the urban planning and design advantages.

Rheinmetall, the city of Cologne and TankE have launched their pilot project for loading kerbs in public spaces.(Image: Rheinmetall) — Rheinmetall, the city of Cologne and TankE have launched their pilot project for loading kerbs in public spaces.
(Image: Rheinmetall)

After Rheinmetall, TankE and the city of Cologne signed a letter of intent to this effect in May last year, the roll-out has now started on site. The companies are initially testing the loading kerbs in real operation at two locations in the city.

New mobility concepts for Cologne

Climate change and climate protection, mobility, population growth, economic change and digitalization will present Cologne, Germany's fourth-largest city, with the many challenges of a growing metropolis in the coming years. The city wants to actively shape this process and develop forward-looking concepts to overcome them at an early stage. The charging infrastructure plays a key role in the mobility transition through electromobility. The German government's target of 15 million electric cars by 2030 can only be achieved with a corresponding expansion in proportion to the expansion of the electric vehicle fleet, as significantly more people will switch to electric cars in the future, even without their own parking and charging facilities. The demand for public charging infrastructure is estimated at around one million charging points in Germany by 2030.

Alternative to the charging station

The intelligent use of existing urban infrastructure with high charging performance makes the Rheinmetall charging curb a space-saving alternative to a charging station. It thus represents a solution to the problem of the lack of available space in urban areas for the quick, flexibly scalable and cost-effective installation of public charging points. This unique selling point was decisive for the city and the network operator to award the contract. (se)

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