alpitronic, Europe’s leading manufacturer of high-performance charging stations (DC), and Diebold Nixdorf, a global leader in connected commerce, today announced a partnership to improve the availability of their charging stations. Diebold Nixdorf will provide managed services for alpitronic’s flagship product, the Hypercharger. The partnership will help alpitronic meet its own high-performance standards in this fast-growing market and ensure that retailers can offer their customers an always-available, fast charging experience. The collaboration started with 2,600 HPC sites in Germany and will expand to more than 10,000 charging points across Europe this year.
Short charging times and high power make fast-charging stations attractive to electric car drivers. They are often installed at motorway service stations across Europe, but the demand for superfast charging solutions is growing due to advanced electric car technology and many additional usage scenarios.
hypercharger is the market-leading brand of fast-charging stations in Europe, notable for its reliability, compactness, advanced design, and ability to deliver a charge of up to 300 kW. Since its market entry in 2017, alpitronic has experienced exponential growth. In addition to developing, manufacturing, and distributing fast-charging stations for electric vehicles worldwide, the manufacturer was looking for a reliable service partner that could provide a powerful service experience and the ability to scale quickly when needed. The company engaged Diebold Nixdorf to provide service desk, logistics, and on-site services for the European Hypercharger fleet, with an initial focus on Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, the UK, and Scandinavia. Over the next year, alpitronic and Diebold Nixdorf will expand their partnership to the whole world.
Philipp Senoner, co-founder and managing director, alpitronic Srl. said: “With the development of our hypercharger, we set European standards in the field of fast-charging technology. We are pleased to collaborate with a strong partner like Diebold Nixdorf, as this represents an important step towards maintaining our quality standards also in the service part of our business. It is our goal that customers will benefit from high performance across the entire lifecycle of our products.”
Dr. Ulrich Naeher, Diebold Nixdorf’s executive vice president, chief commercial officer said: “High-performance charging is attractive for all-electric vehicle drivers who want to be on the road again quickly, but only if ‘performance’ also means high-availability, including an always-on approach. Our DN AllConnect ServicesSM organization is able to help partners like alpitronic keep pace in this fast-growing market as we have the experience, global scale, and capabilities to support EV charging projects with high-performance services.”
