Harthof information evening on whether switching to electric vehicles pays off

Residents of Harthof, in the north of Munich, were invited to a free information evening on electric mobility on Tuesday 20 October, from 6pm to 7.30pm, in the parish hall of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Reconciliation (Versöhnungskirche) at Hugo-Wolf-Straße 18.

The event was aimed particularly at people who rent their homes and have no charging point of their own, for whom it is unclear how practical a switch to electric vehicles would be. It promised concrete answers to local residents' questions: whether buying an electric vehicle is worthwhile, what solutions exist for blocks of flats, and how running costs compare with those of a petrol or diesel car. The programme consisted of short talks followed by an open discussion.

The venue is accessible to people with disabilities. Organisers asked those attending to register in advance at https://ascend-muenchen.de/veranstaltung/emobilitaet-im-harthof.html. The evening was also promoted as part of Munich Climate Week.

It was organised as part of ASCEND (Accelerate Positive Clean Energy Districts), a project funded under the EU's Horizon Europe programme and backed by a decision of Munich City Council. Munich and Lyon are the two lead cities in a European consortium of 39 partners from research, business and public administration. The project aims to give as many neighbourhoods as possible a positive energy balance by the end of 2027, and Munich has chosen Harthof as its project area. The other participating cities are Porto, Charleroi, Prague, Stockholm, Alba Iulia and Budapest.

The city's project team is led by the Department of Labour and Economic Affairs and includes the Department of Climate and Environmental Protection, the Department of Urban Planning and Building Regulation, the Mobility Department, the IT Department and the Municipal Department. Munich partners besides the city are Avancis, Isarwatt, Stattauto, TUM, Uniccorn, UnternehmerTUM, SWM, Münchner Wohnen and MGS. Further information is available at www.ascend-muenchen.de.