MAN Truck & Bus and FC Bayern Munich officially launched start of a charging park at the Allianz Arena in Munich. High-power and megawatt charging points are to be built in three planned expansion stages on the southern bus car park of the Allianz Arena. A total of 30 charging points are planned. This will allow up to 500 electric buses and lorries to be charged every day.
Large football stadiums such as the Allianz Arena have a very powerful electricity grid due to their high electricity requirements for floodlights, catering operations and other consumers, which is only fully utilised on match days. FC Bayern Munich and MAN Truck & Bus found the ideal conditions for setting up a commercial vehicle charging park and agreed on a corresponding project. Especially as the 100 per cent use of green electricity in the Allianz Arena makes the project even more climate-friendly. According to estimates by the European manufacturers' association ACEA, around 50,000 high-performance and megawatt charging points will be needed along the most important long-distance transport routes across Europe by 2030. One of these is being built at the Allianz Arena. In future, electric lorries and buses will be able to charge their batteries here. The vehicles are now ready for the market. There are already 2,000 order enquiries and orders for the new e-truck from MAN. MAN was the market leader for electric city buses in Europe in 2023. In 2025, the first e-coach is to go into test operation and be handed over to FC Bayern as a long-standing partner in the 2025/26 season. "We will only
achieve the Paris climate targets if we consistently decarbonise our vehicle fleets. Half of the trucks we produce each year should be electric by 2030. The charging infrastructure is the key to this. As a manufacturer, we are leading the way ourselves by setting up a public charging network in Europe at our service locations together with E.ON. The charging park at the Allianz Arena will be a flagship project", explains Alexander Vlaskamp, CEO of MAN Truck & Bus. The Allianz Arena is located directly at the busy Munich North motorway junction with its own motorway access: Up to 10,000 lorries a day pass through this important junction for European road freight traffic. An ideal location for the charging park. And FC Bayern will also need charging infrastructure for its own fleet in the future: MAN will deliver the first all-electric coach to FC Bayern as a team bus in the 2025/26 season. The new MAN eTruck will offer a daily range of 600 to 800 kilometres. Megawatt charging technology (MCS), makes it possible with the battery of up to 534 kWh to charge it enough during the driver's break for another 300 to 400 kilometres range.