Starting in 2025, only taxis with emission-free drive systems will be permitted in Austria, which is seeing Vienna and Graz increasingly shifting to eTaxis. To support this, automated conductive charging technology is being rolled out to make charging more efficient.
Within the eTaxi Austria project in Vienna and Graz, a total of 10 taxi stands and 66 vehicles will be retrofitted with Matrix Charging, the automated conductive charging technology developed by Easelink, over the next two years.
Instead of plugging an electric car into the charging point with a cable, these vehicles are equipped with a connector on the underbody can be connected to a charging plate at the taxi stand with the push of a button. The taxis are automatically charged, without the driver even having to leave the vehicle.
eTaxi Austria is the largest eTaxi project to date for automated charging directly at the taxi stands and the first to one with the application of a highly efficient conductive charging technology in eTaxi operations. The two vehicle types being used in the project support charging at 11 kW AC, which is being implemented as part of the eTaxi Austria project. Matrix Charging will subsequently support up to 22 kW AC and 100 kW DC at 800 volts.