This Is The Craziest Electric Vehicle Charging Station In The World!

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You join Kyle at the Sortimo Innovationspark in Zusmarshausen, Germany between Munich and Stuttgart! This is one insane DC Fast Charging installation and in this video Kyle takes you on a full tour of it.
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@kevin3434343434 Год назад

One BIG thing you missed @7:30 is a playground! I cannot tell you how valuable that would be for charging on a road trip with my kids! So envious! Imagine getting lunch, bathroom stop and then playground, then get back on the roadtrip. This is the future.

@djerniet350 Год назад

And dog park. With enforcement for owners to clean up the poop.

@SimenRingstad Год назад

With 150+ kW charging, nobody got time for that! Whenever we eat lunch while charging the car is at 90+ percent before we are able to finish the meal.

@andrewt9204 Год назад

Good way to tire out kids before continuing the journey, maybe then they'll nap for some of the way!

@joemartino6976 Год назад

Sure beats the scenery in your typical US Wal-mart parking lot. Good stuff Kyle. Thank you.

@kens97sto171 Год назад

Well before the pandemic.. Most Walmarts were 24Hrs. So you had acces to walking around, shopping for just about anything, and food choices.. Not great ones.. But you could go in get stuff to make sandwiches.. etc during normal hours most have McDonalds or Dunkin or other food choices. Why would you just hang out in the parking lot? Now.. though most Walmarts close at 11PM which defiantly sucks. But this amazing place.. also just has a small area and vending machines after hours... so not that much better.

@homomorphic Год назад

EA isn't profitable even being in Walmart parking lots. This facility is a white elephant.

@kens97sto171 Год назад

@@homomorphic Neither is any other EV charging station company. Tesla also supports their charging Network costs to a degree. They're not cost-effective nor profitable independently. Maybe in California or places where there are lots of cars.. Walmart makes a lot of sense as a place to put charging stations. You've got some place to go that used to be open 24 hours they have food and products available. And it's an easy way to blow 30 or 40 minutes just walking around inside the store in a climate controlled environment. After the pandemic this practicality has been somewhat reduced because Walmarts are no longer open 24 hours. VW did not build this network because they thought it would be profitable. They built it in lieu of paying massive fines for diesel gate. Hoping that in the future perhaps it might make them some money back.

@homomorphic Год назад

@@kens97sto171 it will have to become profitable at some point otherwise it will disappear.

@kens97sto171 Год назад

@@homomorphic I totally agree with you. Tesla built out a massive national network long before there were enough Teslas on the road to take advantage of it. Return on investment could be long. But Volkswagen had to spend the money regardless either directly to the government as a fine or to build out this network. At least the second option holds the possibility for future income. Ultimately there are going to be far more electric vehicles that use the CCS standard then Tesla supercharger standard. That's already true in Europe where Tesla has both connectors on their cars. My fear is that ultimately there won't be enough CCS chargers for long distance road trips. EA only has four chargers at most of their locations. For now that's not really a problem but it will be eventually.

@MKBorn2000 Год назад

11:34 the little sticker says the charging stations are financially supported by the German Department of Transportation (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur (BMVI), it has since been renamed to Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr(BMDV))

@lynyrd65YT Год назад

What a fantastic idea with the immediate slow charging. I hope all our providers in the US take note! I feel like this could seriously help with reliability.

@rsdwall466 Год назад

Yup. I really wish that even 50% scaled down version is implement every 100 miles if interstate highways.

@rsdwall466 Год назад

Gridserve in South uk also had similar facility

@mfk8316 Год назад

what a great idea with the slow charging system, i hope the uk providers would follow with these charging systems

@moralsandvaluables8473 Год назад

idiot will trade his freedom for safety

@felixklusener5530 Год назад

17:45 Another great charging location is Seed&Greet in Hilden (North Rhine-Westphalia). The concept is a little different from Sortimo but it's definitely one of the best places to charge your car, because of the different charge point operators with different charging speeds available there and the nice bakery that the founder of the charging hub runs. Every saturday at around 10 am EV enthusiasts from all over Germany meet there to talk about their experiences with EVs and sometimes rare prototypes show up.

@scotty1928 Год назад

i can only second this. And do not forget to talk to Roland Schüren, he's pretty likely to tell his story if you ask him.

@robh5409 Год назад

This is like the Bucees of EV Charging. We need something like this in the US. Maybe not as many stations depending on location and demand of course. I can see something like this in a major market near 2 major interstates.

@rsdwall466 Год назад

I saw a very basic version of this on Florida turnpike restarea. There was. A nice food court and 8 Supercharger stalls.

@erikstallman6397 Год назад

@robert Henry Bucees here in Central Texas got a supercharger set up, hoping the ccs/chademo is not far behind

@pin65371 10 месяцев назад

The casinos on the reserves should build out stuff like this. Especially if there is tourism stuff in the area. They can be the spot for EVs to stop before going home or to stop and stay the night.

@marccracchiolo4935 6 месяцев назад

We need to put this near rest areas and truck stops on our interstate. These look impressive combined with longer range batteries EVs would be on par with ice cars .

@victorseal9047 Год назад

Gridserve is another company with similar charging stations starting to operate all over Britain. 36 fast chargers, 22- 350 KWh chargers, a number of AC chargers and 8 Tesla super chargers, plus shops, a café, meeting rooms, toilets etc.

@joshmatlock1020 Год назад

California needs a bunch of these...especially in apartment/condo heavier areas like LA, SF, and San Diego.

@mrpogi23 Год назад

i guarantee its going to happen eventually when more EVs are on the road, this is also another great business opportunity to be creative and have charging stops. If you people are going to get coffee/donuts/snacks/food/some sort of entertainment anyway. Hubs are nice to have in cities.

@davidmccarthy6061 Год назад

I'll bet PG&E is working on it right now :)

@joenohs1 Год назад

Hey Kyle, nice to inspire you of this charging hub! The DC chargers are load share but not as common known as they are all DC on one input they basically "share" about 3MW input DC to all this points with focus on first come first serve. If you are the 40th and wanna DC charge you could probably only get less than the first who came. But as you just pay several fees in kind of categories you can only choose a lower charging speed at this time not effecting all the others, who are already charging. In real world I guess even no one ever has this situation 😅

@Kulric Год назад

Scanning the QR code at 14:47 gave a summary of 9.9 kWh for charger S303. Seems like a nice alternative to having the app installed especially in a situation where you do not have an app for the car either. Would allow remote monitoring of the SOC.

@abh2188 Год назад

This is so cool, the world needs to learn from Germany!

@sko1beer Год назад

Yep we would be if the usa and uk never got in the way

@liamarnold2373 Год назад

it's not just insane, it's magnificent

@murbella7 Год назад

Your video is not only very informing it is also very important and for a few reasons. 1: It shows the rest of the world how it can be done. 2: It shows visitors how to use a 'foreign' station and 3: it shows that there is no need for panic, cussing and all those expressions that might come forth because you think all you can get is a loust bfew amps of charging. This is a very smart charging station and I hope other companies follow the pattern. Thanks.

@tabletopresearch201 Год назад

Out of Spec: fun video! Kyle you mention the hassle of localized app stores, and that you are getting new devices. For what it’s worth: I country hop a lot, so here’s a tip: in iOS, you can easily sign-out of the App Store for a country, create an Apple account for the local country, and sign-in to that profile, download an app for that locale, then sign-back in to your US account. My primary Apple account is US, but I also have Canadian and UK Apple accounts to do just what you talk about here. In iOS, go to settings, tap your profile, then tap “media and purchases”, and sign out of your US account. It doesn’t sign you out of anything else (eg iCloud for auto backups), you can use two different Apple accounts on the device at once (one for iCloud, and a different one for App Store). Super handy. But, man, welcome to the Globalist club. Before someone taught me how to do this, I couldn’t order pizza when I went to Toronto!

@phatcowboy76 Год назад

That is really cool. It looks so Euro. I grew up in Germany (Berlin) way back in the day. So it brings back memories of when I was a little kid.

@sharonb.9128 Год назад

That charging station is AMAZING! I really hope America will take the responsible route and not allow greed or apathy turn charging into a trashy system. When Bjorn went home to Thailand (?) it was a collective nightmare of charging. Some were single chargers located in desolate areas, dozens if not hundreds of different companies charging different rates and ALL requiring you download an app to your phone, give them personal information and credit card info. It reminded me of a few years back when 711’s, gas stations, grocery stores and strip malls had shady ATM machines everywhere. I hope America gets this right.

@Charlie-UK Год назад

Great video Kyle, thats some huge investment in money & massive grid connection. Good to see the forthought in action...

@old-wise-one4473 Год назад

Please do more of these vids on charging stations! This one is just over the top. Do you think we'll see something like this on our highways in the states? I'd love to see what is also done in the denser cities where there is no open space for accessible setups like this.

@majklson15 Год назад

I love it. No app/registration needed same prices for everybody. This is how it should be.

@woodshop2300 Год назад

I like the ability to pick a speed based on cost and how much time i'm willing to wait. its great for things like this example where you know your going to be gone for 30 minutes vs an hour vs going to beach all afternoon or whatever. Requires a huge amount of infrastructure though.

@abo3mmar87 Год назад

Thank you Kyle for the amazing review.

@brandenflasch Год назад

Glad you talked about the issue that many seem to overlook - international roaming.

@StormBringer- Год назад

Dude I don’t have an EV yet but this is what’s needed in America’s rest areas across the nation. They even have a small kids playground by AC charger.

@SamuraiTacos1 Год назад

yep i drive a 2019 nissan leaf

@thatdude123 Год назад

@@SamuraiTacos1 Had a 2022 Nissan Leaf and did a drive from California and Arizona. We didn't know that particular car couldn't handle going across state and that the chargers for the charging stations cost a lot just for one full hour charge.

@thatdude123 Год назад

That's why you get a Tesla because they have more chargers than any Ev currently in the USA.

@SamuraiTacos1 Год назад

@@thatdude123 yep

@SamuraiTacos1 Год назад

@@thatdude123 yeah its slow i have a 40 Kwh Battery it only gets 50 chadmo fast charging which i don't get why nissan doesnt switch to ccs in the us models of the car i mainly just use it to drive to work and maybe a 30 minute drive

@loriallen67 Год назад

Super cool. Would love to see these along the interstates and in cities along major arteries.

@rud Год назад

Coming from Denmark driving down to Italy, I can tell you that even within Europe, there are apps from Germany, Italy og Spain, that refused to install because my app store are from the "wrong country",stations where the plug surfing app said it would work and it didn't. Well, Just just use the Tesla superchargers now, there are so many of them popped up since last year.

@menthe885 Год назад

Dude, that's just amazing! You couldn't have a better location than this. :)

@nicklas6438 Год назад

I needed to watch this video again cause this place is just so cool!

@rml695 Год назад

I’m loving that place. Especially the post-initiation variable charging rate. I think that’s terrific. The architecture and the way they built in the chargers makes it look like something from a science fiction movie or something. :) I also like the U5. I know you haven’t yet done your full video, but just from looking at it I have to wonder how it would work out for the states as a compact crossover?

@robj3857 Год назад

Awesome, I’m doing an Out of Spec road trip to just past there in a month from England in my P90D, will definitely stop there for a charge on the way.

@d7mysterio7 Год назад

Yep I’m all in for that kind of partnership for Out Of Spec channel. I’ll even be willing to donate each month toward that project. I think it’s a great way to promote EV and it’s growing technology. Exceptional video. I love it.

@christooma Год назад

What a great experience - that lobby terminal seems really well thought out!

@ExperienceCN Год назад

You can also pay at the register in the shop.

@Neojhun Год назад

The entire charing system ergonomics is just fantastic. The compact simple charging post that are soft flexible is a great detail. But I think the game changer when it comes to charging was the Trickle Charge before paying activation. That would prevent a massive headache when it comes Borked charger and you trying to pay for it. This expensive setup would need to be scaled up in production to make it more viable elsewhere.

@rickpaul9858 Год назад

We need some versions of this in the US. At a few key choke points. And enough land/infrastructure to expand. Bottom of the grapevine in I-5 in California comes to mind!

@FrankTaylorLieder Год назад

Looks amazing. Come to the U.K. and see the Gridserve charging hubs. Not as big, but they plan to roll out a lot of them.

@ashton9699 Год назад

Some engineer probably really aimed for the oddly specific 420kW and went "ayyyy"

@jeffbrooker5183 Год назад

What an amazing facility. I would love to see a network of such facilities across the US. No more range worries and great rest and recharge (forgive the pun) place.

@martinkjr3278 Год назад

if you are going north, way north 😉 through Denmark, make sure to stop at the new large Clever charging station just outside Odense. It quite good looking and has 28 charging spots.

@danielbakamendez Год назад

When you pointed out the "promotional stuff" it was actually the Tagesschau, the biggest german news show by Das Erste, the First German State TV program😂

@edvilla9355 Год назад

Thanks for sharing

@louiswright5811 Год назад

Brilliant form and magnificent place! And concerning your comment on starting an OOS charging network in the States, go for it! Lotta federal $$ to be had. And we certainly need more chargers in Alabama! Kyle, if there's money to be made you might even get some investors from the subscribers here.

Год назад

I want charging stations like this literally everywhere! This is amazing.

@doggyppants9846 11 месяцев назад

That complex looks like it costs $15m - $30million dollars.

@franzandreas3578 Год назад

Cool that you have been here - I live nearby. Really as you said the craziest charging station. Especially in the night :-) Cheers!

@Alfredosolotravels Год назад

It looks futuristic 😃

@Mr.Ro8ot Год назад

5:47 freeze frame and look at the signs you’re parked in handicap spots

@eletrohitsbr Год назад

@Chris Barnes don't be a Karen

@MrDgt66 Год назад

Wow, good catch.

@terryfleming7084 Год назад

That is so awesome. We need those here in the USA.

@PaulRademaker Год назад

I have pictures taken during the building of this facility. Amazing construction.

@Danimal25 Год назад

That is definitely an impressive site. Not only the number of spots. But, the charging speeds, cost plans, flexibility, and other basics are all well thought out. I was thinking it was just hyperbole until you go through everything and the greatness is in the details. To adapt a phrase.

@toxicslix Год назад

That's so awesome!!

@nora1172 Год назад

Wow amazing didn't know we have a super charger station so closed :-) :-) greets from Augsburg, Germany

@nondesperado Год назад

I just saw on ‘NextNews’ (NextMove channel) that NIO is building a battery swapping station in Zusmarshausen at this charging facility.

@olbi4157 Год назад

Nice to see you are happy with the Sortimo Park in Zusmarshausen ;-) Nice video and impressions. What do you think about charging infrastructure in Germany or Europe? Is it compareable with US? Have a good time here in good old germany. 👍

@vap57 Год назад

Fantastic. We are so far behind in public charging infrastructure here in Canada.

@almoyes3758 Год назад

I emailed you last year when you were in Europe and recommended that you visit this place.

@Kuchenblech_Mafioso Год назад

5:15 If I remember correctly they aren't load-shared. The whole unit runs on a central AC/DC transformer, which is the limiting factor. But the transformer is so huge that it will never be maxed out. So technically all the plugs are load-shared, but not really

@furTron Год назад

It’s worth to mention, that all lamps are connected to the same DC grid. This building doesn’t have AC there at all.

@raghavmishra1663 Год назад

Nice video man

@AlexanderLaxgang Год назад

Actually the after hours area is (or was) not open 24/7. Got there on my way to the supercharger and was sitting in there with my iPad. I needed to get something quickly from my car and since no one else was there, I left my iPad inside to download some episodes of a series. Came back and the doors didn't open. So I starred at my tablet from the outside much like in a museum haha. Luckily there was a person just closing doors from the shop on the right, who helped me getting inside again. Kinda funny story there, never forget. But also - the *greatest* Charging Park I've ever seen. Kinda nice to see this kind of innovation in Germany and not only from the US or South Korea!

@supertouring1 Год назад

wow, that's crazy nice!

@beautyofgrace3915 Год назад

So cool! Hopefully the US will get there one day

@nomercy4708 Год назад

The first time ive seen my car in a popular youtube video! ive got an aiways aswell and i think they're awesome!

@robert5008 Год назад

That place looks amazing. If Out of Spec could afford the office space I would recommend it. By the way what is the travel distance and time to Norway from there? I'm sure for work you will need to travel for press releases on new cars and trucks.

@seanplace8192 Год назад

Can't wait to start seeing some of these in the US.

@Brian-om2hh Год назад

Save the video, and send it to your Congressman (or woman). Kick up a stink, send the video everywhere.....

@RB-ls2fg Год назад

Stopped by twice last week! It is huge

@stephanyscuracchio3956 Год назад

You should definitely consider having a location in Germany, the videos would be lit

@jlv3x Год назад

I can see this not replacing every gas station but more like tollway stations. If it has restaurants, coffee shop, and some shopping.

@paulnokel3661 Год назад

Nice overview :) Another nice project would be the "Seed and Greet Ladepark Hilden" close to Cologne.

@Foersom_ Год назад

Also there is EnBW Ladepark just south of Kamener Kreuz, lat-lon 51.5673 N, 7.6741 E.

@philhyde983 Год назад

We really need versions of this in the US.

@shahzadiqbal1976 Год назад

Amazing video

@johngiddens8101 Год назад

Love the tree canopy design of the super chargers! Reminds me of the Johnson Wax building by Frank Lloyd Wright.

@tj81164 Год назад

I was thinking that myself!

@petersimms4982 Год назад

Wonderfully astonishing astounding amazing 😊😊😊

@dieserNiko Год назад

The charging park in Hilden in Germany is also very beautiful and awesome. If you are nearby you should definitely take a look at that!

@cbatiau2528 Год назад

It would be nice to see some of the US government infrastructure money be used to build a few stations like this as "show pieces" to get people excited, and place them in the highest-volume BEV areas in America (mainly LA and the Bay area in California, right now, I guess). Build two or three of these and get tons of publicity for them, and companies might sprout up to take off building lots of them, with construction supported by a combination of government and automaker funding. As you say, these stations have lots that most American charging stations do not: covered charging, lots of stations that work and are maintained, a really nice place to eat and pee and work that's not ugly like Walmarts, easy plug-and-charge capability (even if with credit card) without having to look at screens that are blinded by sunlight (and snow), and easy on/off the expressways. This concept is needed to get people into BEVs everywhere, even if many people never use them.

@patrickf3119 Год назад

Very cool!

@colinharvey1049 Год назад

You should check out the Gridserve forecourts at Norwich or Bainburry if you get chance to get over to UK.

@mujjuman Год назад

we need these all over america and these need to take the place of malls in the US

@peterforint2663 Год назад

"As long as we can figure out a business model for this stuff." Hammer strikes nail on head.

@amigajoe Год назад

Such an awesome spot. Sure seems they they are likely to loose money for a few years due to lack of enough cars. Hope they make it thru till volume increases greatly.

@JuiceBoxScott Год назад

I feel like this could work between LA and Vegas or Between LA and San Francisco on I-5. Probably some corridors on the east coast could do it too.

@amigajoe Год назад

Pretty awesome! Tesla’s future mini ‘drive in’ charging location in Santa Monica may be the only place cooler, if/when they build it.

@amitsaini8527 Год назад

Truly insane...state of the art! Optimal utilization of space

@davidhossieni2478 4 месяца назад

fantastic

@TomsManShed Год назад

Great concept and review...Was there only one payment terminal though?...I couldn't see any more...if not how many are there?.....could get a bit busy if there are a few customers queuing at it to pay.

@gnashermedia Год назад

Nice video. Thanks. But there is one big NO NO ... You parked/charged on the disabled parking spots at the beginning. Those are marked with the wheelchair sign and the arrwos show the start and end. This can get very expensive if the police checks it. The sticker on the station shows that the charging station has received funds from the EU to push the charging infrastructure. They are nearly on every charging station. The provider gets money to build the charging point but has to comply some rule slike public access etc.. Happy driving and thanks for your video.

@cbuchner1 Год назад

I’ve used this station with my Model 3 several times while it was still in trial service. 29ct/kWh on the 300kW ports back then! That beat Tesla’s price by 6 cents.

@Dwil9057 Год назад

Nice design. Would fit bus, truck, trailer or whatever

@jetsurfboards 6 месяцев назад

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@douggray169 Год назад

very cool

@stefanvanvuuren3931 Год назад

You can also look at EnBW Charging Station at Kamen Karree 12, 59174 Kamen. Very beautiful, not been there myself yet but worth the visit. I think there should be a similar-looking one close to Munich (I am not sure) so you might need to check that before driving all the way to Dortmund.

@karlgunterwunsch1950 Год назад

You mean the EnBW hub at Rutesheim...

@testi2025 Год назад

With the app, could you use the 140kw for like 10-15 minutes and then switch for the lower rate? Without going to the car? This would be nice with something like ID3.

@SS-yw7vo Год назад

Surely there is a business model for charging stations, food outlets, playground and maybe even accomodation depending on the area

@tjsean0308 Год назад

The out-of-market issues apply to gas too. The Aussies that come do Drag Week always have issues getting fuel cause they don't have a US zip code to enter into the pump.

@Dwil9057 Год назад

Before Netflix went international, all the Aussies put 90210 for the zip code. It's the only one we know :)

@kevincurry4735 Год назад

Neat charging park.

@djburland Год назад

Have you checked out the UKs GRIDSERVE stations, they are much like this?

@doogie120673 Год назад

Welcome to Germany, the Sticker say it was promoted through the goverment. Next thing to know about this park is that a part of the energy comes from the solarpanels over the street from the sortimo industry complex.I drive close this park every day, when i go to work. Funny to see my home area on youtube by an american youtuber :)

@TrulsHJohnsen Год назад

Nice! Welcome to Europe! You should take the trip to the "Ev country nr1" ; Norway, while you're at it! 👍 👍 There are som legacy fuel companies here (Cirkle K, etc) that have stared building ev filling stations. Those are in the southern parts of Norway, closer to our capitol.😜

@matthewburno Год назад

I feel like Target / Starbucks should open specialty charge zone places like this since Target is a very modernized trendy place to go to and so is Starbucks and what they could do is maybe have parts of it 24 hours as a cafe lounge and parts of it as a normal Target with normal hours!

@MrAndrew941 Год назад

We already have a few station that are just as advanced if not a little more advanced than those here in the UK, you guy really should of come over when you were in Europe.

@MsTreker54 Год назад

Love the concept! What would improve the site would be solar panels. Are there battery storage areas in the background at 12:10?

@ziggyyo Год назад

The solar panels are located on other buildings in the neighborhood. Tho whole power distribution of the site is based on DC.

@davidsworld5837 Год назад

like that they have better length cables and a speed option for charging

@nox5555 Год назад

they need to do more stuff with the app. they could ask you for your planned staying time and charge your car in that time. lower charging is better fpr the battery and they could save on equipment if they do it right.