Kostal - DC Wallbox

KOSTAL is a partner in the `Bidirectional charging management - BDL’ research project. At the heart of this project lies the joint development of technological solutions for making electric mobility more convenient and more cost-effective for users and reducing emissions. KOSTAL is involved in developing, producing and providing wallboxes. Since 2021, KOSTAL has been testing the innovative bidirectional charging technology under real conditions using 50 BMW i3 electric vehicles.

The BDL research project will run for three years and is being funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy under the responsibility of the German Aerospace Centre. The project aims to promote using renewable energy as extensively as possible and to improve security of energy supplies, which it is hoped will be achieved by fully linking up vehicles, charging infrastructure and power grids.

KOSTAL Charging Solutions is part of the KOSTAL group of companies, which has a total annual turnover of approximately € 2.8 billion and employs 18,500 people worldwide. Founded in 1912, the company is both an innovation driver in the automotive sector and a specialist in the development and production of grid-connected power electronics (e.g. inverters and wallboxes), which communicate via networks. Learn more