Charging service connected to the grid one year ago: Number of charging points and countries has doubled

• 
  Audi
  customers receive special rates for charging from IONITY at 31 cents
  per kilowatt hour
  
• Around
  135,000 charging points in 24 countries make e-mobility suitable for
  everyday use
  

Ingolstadt,
January 27, 2019 – One year after launching its own charging
service, Audi is introducing a kWh-based price to the e-tron Charging
Service that allows customers to charge their cars with quick-charge
service provider IONITY. Here, e-tron customers benefit
from heavily discounted rates with the transit rate at 31 cents per
kilowatt hour used. Everyday usability is underlined by the fact that
the number of countries and charging points connected has doubled
since the market launch. With a contract, the premium charging
service makes around 135,000 public charging points in 24 countries
accessible. When driving abroad, customers can charge their cars
according to the local purchasing conditions without any extra costs.

The e-tron Charging
Service is part of a broad-based offering for charging from Audi and
currently provides access to the public charging infrastructure in 24
European countries. Audi’s proprietary charging card brings
together more than 135,000 charging points operated by more than 400
different international providers. Along the highway, Audi’s
proprietary charging card allows e-tron customers to charge
their cars at the High Power Charging terminals of the IONITY network
at special rates with the transit rate. There, the customer will pay
only for the amount of energy actually drawn in future. The price of
31 cents per kilowatt hour corresponds to the average cost level for
a charging process at a private home. At the same time, the energy
comes from renewable sources, which is a key component of sustainable
and environmentally friendly mobility. Additional High Power Charging
(HPC) points operated by other providers round off
the e-tron Charging Service for long-distance journeys.

Freedom
to choose: Two rates

To
cover individual charging needs, the e-tron Charging
Service offers two different rates. The city rate is aimed primarily
at urban commuters and is available for a basic fee of €4.95 per
month. For each charging process, customers then pay €7.95 for AC
charging (up to 22 kW) and €9.95 for DC charging (up to
150 kW), regardless of the charging duration and how much energy
is drawn. Due to a high number of existing charging terminals that do
not yet enable consumption-based billing in compliance with
calibration laws, this session price guarantees that customers can
use a large number of charging points at transparent prices. 

For
drivers who regularly travel long-distance, Audi recommends the
transit rate. This costs €17.95 per month, although a one-year
waiver of the basic fee is granted for owners of a new Audi e-tron**.
With the transit rate at 31 cents per kWh, customers benefit not only
from better access conditions with IONITY but above all from higher
charging capacities and short charging durations. There, the
Audi e-tron charges with an output of up to 150 kW and is
therefore ready for the next leg of its long-distance trip in around
half an hour.

*Prices
valid for the German market; minimum term: 12 months.

Freedom
to travel: Standardized prices abroad too

Standardized,
country-specific prices mean that you can travel freely and easily
without having to constantly compare prices. Customers can also
charge their cars abroad in – to date – 24 European
countries with a contract. Audi customers will always pay the
standard price (based on charging speed) in whatever country they are
in – and without any extra roaming costs. Thus, a customer
traveling in a foreign country can charge their car at exactly the
same price as a local user. 

myAudi
app: Easy to use

The
myAudi app or Audi navigation system can help you to locate the
nearest charging station. In addition to planning your route and
activating the charging points that it finds, the myAudi app can also
tell you whether or not the charging terminal is currently available
for use. You can start the charging process using your Audi charging
card or the myAudi app. Identification and billing are performed
automatically in the background. The app also displays the current
charge status of your car.

Contract:
Easy and transparent

To
use the e-tron Charging Service, customers need to register
once on the myAudi portal and conclude an individual charging
contract. If necessary, your local Audi partner can help you to
activate your contract. All charging processes are automatically
billed together at the end of the month. You can use the myAudi
portal or myAudi app to view your charging history and bills as well
as manage your contract arrangements. 

The
network coverage of the e-tron Charging Service is
constantly growing. For more information about the network and
country-specific market prices, visit

https://e-tron.charging-service.audi/web/audi-gb

**
The collective fuel consumption values of all models named and
available on the German market can be found in the list provided
at the end of this MediaInfo.

Fuel
consumption of the models listed
(Information
on fuel/power consumption and CO2 emissions
in ranges depending on the chosen equipment level of the car.)

Audi e-tron 
Combined
electric power consumption in kWh/100 km (62.1 mi): 26.6 – 22.4
(WLTP); 24.3 – 21.0 (NEFZ); Combined CO2emissions
in g/km: 0