It is worth noting that the trend is rising sharply! In 2018, the figure was just under EUR 450,000. Not only customers of roaming partners, but also customers of car manufacturers can use the energy suppliers' charging infrastructure. " We benefit from the fact that our municipal utilities and we have focussed on fair access to ladenetz.de and thus roaming right from the start. This is why the current discussion about subjecting electromobility to balanced grid access is going in completely the wrong direction. This would destroy an existing model that is working better and better in practice. Currently, most of the municipal utilities' competitors and the customers of over 200 municipal utilities can charge at over 80% of all charging points across Germany at their agreed price," says CEO Walcher. There are also other mobility service providers whose customers can also access the systems via app or card. The kick-back process of ladenetz.de is characterised by the fact that all costs associated with the charging process are paid out to the municipal utilities at 100%.
For almost 10 years, smartlab has been bundling other services in addition to the lucrative marketing of charging infrastructure to third parties, such as the conclusion of new roaming partnerships and the transfer of knowledge on business models, calibration law and/or billing.
"The 350% increase in rebates since 2017 is one of the first noticeable steps towards market ramp-up and at the same time confirmation for our municipal utility partners that they have chosen the right partner in smartlab to master the future challenges of electromobility," says Sales Manager Thomas Schümmer.
