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The FAMOUS funding project puts the concept of sharing charging infrastructure into practice. Cities and municipalities play a central role in this effort—not least because they often own well-located properties with parking spaces and charging points that are suitable for shared use. The checklist developed as part of the project helps state-owned properties independently assess the potential at their locations and guides them through the initial steps of implementation.
In reality, sharing charging infrastructure on state-owned properties has so far been the exception rather than the rule. While more and more municipal companies and agencies are equipping their sites with charging infrastructure, these facilities are currently used primarily—and almost exclusively—by their own corporate fleets or administrative vehicles. The goal is to make charging points on state-owned properties accessible to other user groups in the future—such as employees, guests, residents, neighboring businesses, or mobility service providers like car-sharing or taxi services—during defined time slots, in order to promote efficient use and a dense charging network.
Many questions regarding the opening of charging infrastructure to third parties still appear unresolved: Is my charging infrastructure even suitable for sharing? Who could be potential additional user groups? How do I bill for charging sessions in compliance with the law? What about liability and insurance? The FAMOUS project consortium is addressing these questions and developing practical tools to support the sharing of charging infrastructure. One of these tools is the checklist developed for sharing charging infrastructure on state-owned properties. In ten structured steps, it guides those responsiblethrough the key topics that must be clarified before opening up the charging infrastructure. The checklist helps them assess the potential at their own location.
First, with regard to the property’s infrastructure, it must be determined whether the technical and logistical requirements for sharing charging infrastructure at the site are in place. What type of charging infrastructure is installed (or is planned to be installed) at the site, and do the models comply with calibration regulations? Only then can charging sessions be billed on a kWh basis.
Defining eligible user groups and the available time slots during which the charging infrastructure can be (partially) opened is another set of issues that must be addressed using key questions. In addition to partial opening for restricted user groups, for some particularly well-located sites, fully opening the charging point to an unrestricted user group might also make sense.
As a final area of consideration, it should be determined on a site-specific basis whether there are access restrictions for external user groups, how these can be lifted for the predefined time slots and target groups if necessary, and whether operational procedures and processes would need to be adjusted in this context.
You can download the complete checklist for self-evaluation of state-owned properties here. For further details or if you have any questions regarding the use of the checklist, please feel free to contact our colleagues Galya Vladova and Marvin Coböken.