At the end of February, Wien Energie announced its complete acquisition of Ella GmbH & Co KG, a domestic charging infrastructure operator based in Lower Austria. For Wien Energie, integrating this infrastructure expands its own charging network by around 20 per cent. From now on, Austria’s largest regional energy service provider offers more than 3,000 of its own publicly accessible charging points, as well as 24,000 partner charging points across Austria.
Wien Energie is pursuing a dual-track growth strategy. In addition to organic growth, such as the addition of 1,000 new charging points in Vienna, also announced in February 2026, the expansion is also being driven inorganically through acquisitions. The Ella acquisition falls under this growth track, providing Wien Energie with 500 charging points outside the Austrian capital in one fell swoop.
The financial details of the complete takeover by Wien Energie remain undisclosed. At the time of the announcement, it was only confirmed that: “The seven-member Ella team and the charging infrastructure, comprising around 500 publicly accessible charging points in Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Burgenland, will be fully taken over and integrated after a multi-month transition phase.”
Wien Energie’s ‘Tanke’ charging network has, until now, been primarily concentrated in the greater Vienna area. This is now changing with the expansion of the network across the country. All charging points can be used via Wien Energie’s offerings under the ‘Tanke’ tariff conditions – or via roaming under the conditions of the roaming provider. Under the ‘Tanke kWh Go’ tariff, which has no monthly basic fee, the cost per kilowatt-hour at ‘Tanke’ charging points is €0.43 (AC and DC). For the ‘Tanke kWh Smart’ tariff (€5.90 per month), the rate is €0.40/kWh, and for ‘Tanke kWh Pro’ (€29.90 per month), it is €0.36/kWh – the conditions at partner charging points via roaming differ from these.
wienenergie.at (DE)
