Berlin shopping centre becomes a fast charging hub

A Tesla fast-charging is being built in the APCOA multi-storey car park at Berlin`s ALEXA shopping centre: (L-R) Oliver Hanna, centre manager, Malte Kendel, manager charging, Tesla, Philippe Op de Beeck, CEO, APCOA, Niels Christ, group director for urban hubs, APCOA and Martin Sölle, senior project manager innovation, Berlin Agency for Electromobility (eMO)

A shopping centre car park in the centre of Berlin has become a fast-charging hub for electric vehicles.

ALEXA on Berlin's Alexanderplatz attracts to 15 million visitors a year, making one of the most frequented shopping centres in Germany.

Visitors will no longer have to search for an electric parking space on the street but can conveniently check in advance whether an e-charging parking space is available in the centre's APCOA car park.

Oliver Hanna, centre manager at ALEXA, said: “I am...