To charge your electric vehicle, you will require a recharging station, a charging cable, and a charging card.

Only the charging station and charging card can be included in the monthly rent, and other services (eg consultation, inspection and installation) depend on the contractor.

Fast chargers are quite like standard rechargers. As the name suggests, it is a faster way to recharge. One main difference is the use of direct currents. With direct currents, the vehicle's transducer is not used but rather the battery is directly charged by the recharging terminal. This allows for much higher charging speeds than with alternating currents.

The main differences:

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  Charge to 80% within half an hour
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  Cable is attached to the recharging terminal, so you're not using your own
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  Charging with direct currents rather than alternating currents

This depends on several factors: the type of car, how empty the battery is, how fast your car can charge and at which charging point you will charge. If you charge your car at a regular power socket, you should be able to count on 24 hours. At a public charge point this is about 4 to 8 hours. If you are going to charge your car with a quick charger (you will find this mainly along the motorway), your battery will be 80% charged in 30 minutes. Keep in mind that charging at such a quick charger is more expensive than at a normal charging point.

At home you can charge your car in 2 ways:

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  at a home charging station: the plugs are specially designed for charging electric vehicles, allowing for larger currents and thus charging the car faster.
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  at a regular socket: to ensure that the socket is correctly protected, a safety device has been built into the charging cable. One condition, however, is that the socket must be equipped with a compliant earthing system.

On the road, you have the following options:

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  public charging point that you can find in the charging app.
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  Fast charger: this can be found mainly along the motorway. They allow you in certain cases to charge the battery up to 80% within about 30 minutes.

You connect the electric car to the charging station via the charging cable. With your charging card you can log in and start charging. The costs of charging will be charged periodically by the provider of the charging card.

The smart cable is included in the lease contract. It's an accessory that must be returned with the car.

If the charging cable is attached to a charging station, follow these instructions:

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  Wait a moment and start again
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  Use the emergency release button in the car. The location of this button is described in the car manual.
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  Search for an emergency release button on the station (only a few station models have this button)
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  If all the above steps do not solve the problem, call the charging station operator. You can find the hotline number at the charging station or in our app. Please note that we do not own or operate any charging stations and that we do not have external access to these stations. Only the operator has remote access to the station.

Charging costs at the home charging station can be invoiced directly to your employer, according to the consumption determined via the charging card.