Siemens and OMV Bring Megawatt-Scale Truck Charging to the Brenner Corridor

Heavy-duty freight along one of Europe’s busiest Alpine crossings is getting a serious jolt of charging capacity. Siemens eMobility and fuel-and-energy group OMV have joined forces to install high-power charging hardware at OMV’s station in Kufstein, Austria, a location perched directly on the Brenner Route that links Germany with Italy. The site marks the first real-world deployment of Siemens’ SICHARGE FLEX system, which the manufacturer first showed off in October 2025, with OMV acting as the pilot customer for the rollout.

What sets SICHARGE FLEX apart is its distributed architecture, a design aimed at both logistics depots and public charging plazas. The platform can scale from 480 kW up to 1.68 MW, allowing a single installation to serve everything from everyday passenger cars to long-haul electric trucks. At Kufstein today, drivers can use four passenger-car charge points alongside two truck bays, each rated at up to 400 kW. Siemens has confirmed that a second construction phase will add four more truck-specific MCS charge points, pushing output into the 600 kW to 1,200 kW range. A dynamic power-sharing system automatically redistributes available capacity among connected vehicles, so a truck drawing peak power doesn’t strand a car waiting on the same hardware.

Choosing Kufstein as the launch site was no accident. The Brenner corridor carries a heavy share of transalpine freight traffic, which makes reliable fast-charging a prerequisite for any fleet operator considering a switch to battery-electric tractors. The station has also been outfitted with facilities tailored to professional drivers, including showers, restaurants and laundry machines, reflecting the reality that truck charging stops are often longer and demand more than a coffee and a restroom.

“The electrification of freight transport is a key pillar of a sustainable transportation system,” said Markus Mildner, CEO of Siemens eMobility, framing SICHARGE FLEX as a scalable solution that customers can configure for anything from a private logistics yard to a public multi-vehicle hub. Peter Vysny, VP of International Operations & eMobility at OMV, echoed that logic, noting that heavy-duty electric vehicles need powerful charging options along major transportation routes and that Kufstein’s position on the Brenner corridor made it an obvious candidate.

The project lands as European regulators and fleet operators push to decarbonize road freight, a segment where range, payload and charging downtime have long been the hardest obstacles to overcome. By pairing a modular megawatt-capable charging platform with a corridor location that sees constant commercial traffic, Siemens and OMV are testing whether the economics of electric trucking can pencil out on one of the continent’s most demanding routes. OMV already operates public charging networks across Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania, giving the partnership a platform to expand the concept if the Kufstein pilot performs as hoped.