Schrack technology

Technological progress in the development of e-mobility has led to an enormous increase in the number of electric vehicles on our roads in recent years, and with it a nationwide expansion of the infrastructure in the form of charging stations.

With the i-CHARGE CION line, the Schrack Technik Group, headquartered in Vienna, has developed an intelligent charging system that offers suitable solutions for all available electric vehicles. Simple operation combined with intelligent charging logic enables problem-free, fast and safe charging. The CION charging stations have been in use in Austria and the European subsidiaries of the Schrack Technik Group since summer 2020 and can be found not only in public buildings, parking garages, shopping centers, hotels and airports, but also in private households.

For integration into the i-CHARGE CION charging stations, blue-zone GmbH has developed an electronic module that reads ID-based cards via an NFC interface and communicates with the charging station. The module can be equipped with a display for user interaction and an RGB LED lighting panel for displaying dynamic light patterns. The charging station uses the NFC interface to recognize the authenticated RFID/NFC contactless card and thus enables either only a certain group of people to use the charging station or - in public areas - secure billing of charging processes thanks to the integrated MID meter with viewing window. The RFID card is used to transmit the so-called "CDR" (charge detail record), which contains the RFID tag (customer affiliation), charging duration and energy quantity. Thanks to the online connection, the operator of the charging station can then bill the customer for the charge.