Too bad there’s only one.
Porsche just unveiled what might be your dream EV charging park — if you happen to be swinging through eastern Germany, anyway. The automaker has opened Europe’s most powerful fast-charging park in Leipzig, giving visitors a dozen 350kW stations to rapidly charge your Taycan (or any compatible EV, thankfully) and another four delivering 22kW to those who just need a small top-up. There’s 7MW of total power, and all of it comes from renewable energy.
The company is using the charging downtime as an opportunity to hawk its wares. You can visit a customer center (including a car museum and shop) and book track time at the Leipzig circuit.
This is partly about bragging rights, and underscores part of the problem with EV ownership in 2020. While it’s great that there’s a powerful EV charging park, this is just one — Porsche would need many more if it wanted a comprehensive network that could keep cars going on long trips. All the same, this could be considered a peek at a future where Porsche and other companies give Tesla a run for its money when building sprawling, high-powered charging parks.
