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NOX-Block Lamppost EV Charging

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Under Germany's federal Clean Air programme, Dortmund led the three-city NOX-Block project with Schwerte and Iserlohn: build EV charging into existing streetlights where residents park at the kerb, backed by a federal subsidy of about €10 million (about $11 million). The first lamppost charger went live in December 2019; by late 2022 utility DEW21 and contractor SPIE had 320 points running at up to 11 kilowatts, while TU Dortmund and the University of Wuppertal studied the effects on the grid. The 2021 rollout announcement had spoken of up to 500 points for Dortmund; completion reports count 320 and declare the goals met, without explaining the gap. The chargers still run as ordinary DEW21 infrastructure, and in summer 2025 the utility extended the kerbside idea with charging curbstones on Betenstraße — ten units that logged over 3,000 charging sessions at about 5.5 percent utilisation.

Live 📅 since 2019
Outcome🔄 Ongoing
Evidence🏛️ Officialgrades the sourcing — this entry states no impact figure
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run byDEW21 with SPIE Deutschland & Zentraleuropa (StraBelDo consortium)
Scale🏘️ District
FundingFederal 'Sofortprogramm Saubere Luft' — ≈€10M for the three-city project

🎓 Lesson

The interesting number in kerbside charging is not the count of points but the utilisation the operator is willing to publish — DEW21 frames 5.5 percent as a very good value for inner-city charging, which tells you what success in this genre honestly looks like.

🚲 MobilityEV & chargingSmart grid & energy

Sources

↗ electrive — Aufbau von 320 Laternen-Ladepunkten gestartetPublished 30 July 2021Trade press at rollout start, July 2021: 680 points planned across three cities (500 Dortmund, 100 Schwerte, 80 Iserlohn), ≈€10M federal funding, StraBelDo consortium (DEW21 + SPIE), Ebee hardware, TU Dortmund and BU Wuppertal as research partners.
↗ Elektromobilität.NRW — Alle 320 Laternenlader installiertPublished 30 November 2022State e-mobility agency on completion: first charger December 2019, all 320 installed by late 2022, 11 kW, on time and on budget per the project; grid-impact research role of the universities.
↗ Ruhr Nachrichten — DEW21 baut Ladebordsteine ausPublished 29 May 2026Local press, 2025/26: ten charging curbstones on Betenstraße since summer 2025, over 3,000 sessions, ≈5.5% utilisation described as a very good value, comparable to the existing lamppost points.
↗ Stadt Dortmund — Projekt NOX-BlockCity project page (authority). The site blocks automated retrieval; project facts here are cross-checked against the trade and state-agency sources above.

📅 How old is the evidence?

Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2019. 3 of 4 sources carry a publication date, from 30 July 2021 to 29 May 2026.

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  1. electrive · presselectrive — Aufbau von 320 Laternen-Ladepunkten gestartet
  2. ElektroMobilität.NRW (NRW.Energy4Climate) · regional governmentElektromobilität.NRW — Alle 320 Laternenlader installiert
  3. Ruhr Nachrichten · pressRuhr Nachrichten — DEW21 baut Ladebordsteine aus

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Evidence Passport · public beta 10 addressable claims, 4 source dossiers, one permanent baseline. The passport is unreviewed — an AI-assisted structural migration, not a human or expert endorsement. Every revision keeps a permanent copy under revision history.

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Claim 1 clm-02626a76c377b780 descriptive
Dortmund led the three-city NOX-Block project with Schwerte and Iserlohn
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The rollout report names the three participating cities and the StraBelDo consortium implementing the Dortmund share.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. electrive — Aufbau von 320 Laternen-Ladepunkten gestartet
Claim 2 clm-08083e27cca129fb quantitative
a federal subsidy of about €10 million
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The report states the federal government subsidised NOX-Block with around €10 million.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. electrive — Aufbau von 320 Laternen-Ladepunkten gestartet
Claim 3 clm-887ae20f32eb12c0 quantitative
The first lamppost charger went live in December 2019
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The completion report dates the first charging point to December 2019.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Elektromobilität.NRW — Alle 320 Laternenlader installiert
Claim 4 clm-bb9883b8e054a015 quantitative
by late 2022 utility DEW21 and contractor SPIE had 320 points running at up to 11 kilowatts
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The state agency confirms all 320 lamppost chargers installed by late 2022 at 11 kW; the rollout report names DEW21 and SPIE as the implementing consortium.
Caveat
Sources give the completion variously as September, November or December 2022; 'late 2022' covers the spread.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Elektromobilität.NRW — Alle 320 Laternenlader installiert
  2. electrive — Aufbau von 320 Laternen-Ladepunkten gestartet
Claim 5 clm-73da2284f3ae4d5a descriptive
TU Dortmund and the University of Wuppertal studied the effects on the grid
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
Both reports name TU Dortmund and Bergische Universität Wuppertal as scientific partners examining grid effects and local NOx emissions.
Caveat
No published results of that research were found for this entry.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. electrive — Aufbau von 320 Laternen-Ladepunkten gestartet
  2. Elektromobilität.NRW — Alle 320 Laternenlader installiert
Claim 6 clm-f7a856bdcb05a281 quantitative
The 2021 rollout announcement had spoken of up to 500 points for Dortmund
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The July 2021 report states 680 points across the three cities, 500 of them in Dortmund.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. electrive — Aufbau von 320 Laternen-Ladepunkten gestartet
Claim 7 clm-8b647f0167e8db10 quantitative
completion reports count 320 and declare the goals met, without explaining the gap
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The completion report counts 320 chargers and states the project finished on schedule and on budget; it does not address the earlier 500-point figure.
Caveat
The discrepancy may reflect a revised project scope, but no source found states that.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Elektromobilität.NRW — Alle 320 Laternenlader installiert
Claim 8 clm-97c58deeb3d15cfe quantitative
in summer 2025 the utility extended the kerbside idea with charging curbstones on Betenstraße
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Local press reports the charging-curbstone pilot launched on Betenstraße in summer 2025, now at ten units.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Ruhr Nachrichten — DEW21 baut Ladebordsteine aus
Claim 9 clm-a2eb408ccb197387 quantitative
ten units that logged over 3,000 charging sessions at about 5.5 percent utilisation
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The article reports ten curbstones, more than 3,000 charging sessions and roughly 5.5 percent utilisation since launch.
Caveat
The utilisation figure and its favourable framing come from DEW21 itself.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Ruhr Nachrichten — DEW21 baut Ladebordsteine aus
Claim 10 clm-9639c0d794929877 quantitative
DEW21 frames 5.5 percent as a very good value for inner-city charging
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The article quotes the utilisation as about 5.5 percent, described as a very good value for inner-city charging infrastructure.
Caveat
That judgement is the operator's own framing, relayed by local press.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Ruhr Nachrichten — DEW21 baut Ladebordsteine aus
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
DEW21 with SPIE Deutschland & Zentraleuropa (StraBelDo consortium)
Actor types
utility, city-government
Funding model
grant
Funding description
Federal 'Sofortprogramm Saubere Luft' — ≈€10M for the three-city project
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
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Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
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4 source dossiers

electrive — Aufbau von 320 Laternen-Ladepunkten gestartet electrive.net · 5 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-d38127e22463ef43
Publisher
Name not classified · electrive.net
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2021-07-30
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-21
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Trade press at rollout start, July 2021: 680 points planned across three cities (500 Dortmund, 100 Schwerte, 80 Iserlohn), ≈€10M federal funding, StraBelDo consortium (DEW21 + SPIE), Ebee hardware, TU Dortmund and BU Wuppertal as research partners.

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Claims linked
Elektromobilität.NRW — Alle 320 Laternenlader installiert elektromobilitaet.nrw · 4 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-2b633157ae392e06
Publisher
Name not classified · elektromobilitaet.nrw
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2022-11-30
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-21
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

State e-mobility agency on completion: first charger December 2019, all 320 installed by late 2022, 11 kW, on time and on budget per the project; grid-impact research role of the universities.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Ruhr Nachrichten — DEW21 baut Ladebordsteine aus ruhrnachrichten.de · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-4ac3ac91e3ad9cb8
Publisher
Name not classified · ruhrnachrichten.de
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-05-29
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-21
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Local press, 2025/26: ten charging curbstones on Betenstraße since summer 2025, over 3,000 sessions, ≈5.5% utilisation described as a very good value, comparable to the existing lamppost points.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Stadt Dortmund — Projekt NOX-Block dortmund.de · background

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-72005050817d18a8
Publisher
Name not classified · dortmund.de
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-21
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

City project page (authority). The site blocks automated retrieval; project facts here are cross-checked against the trade and state-agency sources above.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Background source; no baseline claim points here
Known limits of this passport
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.

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Compare this project

🇳🇴 Oslo's Municipal On-Street EV Charging Network · Oslo Both kerbside programmes fell short of announced numbers — Oslo 122 of 350 points, Dortmund 320 of 500 — yet kept running. 🇺🇸 District Smart Lighting P3 Modernization · Washington D.C. Streetlights as carrier infrastructure: DC hung Wi-Fi access points on its poles, Dortmund wired 11 kW chargers into them. 🇩🇪 Citywide LoRaWAN Network & DOdata Hub · Dortmund The same municipal utility builds both: kerbside charging in existing lampposts, and the radio network its water meters report over.

The kerbside plug, and the number nobody publishes

Where residents park on the street, charging has to go into the street furniture. All four did that. Only one of them says how often the plugs are actually used — which is the number the whole genre turns on.

ProjectSinceStatusOutcomeEvidenceRun byCostWho built it, and what they admit
NOX-Block Lamppost EV ChargingDortmund, 🇩🇪 2019 Live Ongoing Official Utility or public operator, City government not public The utility built it into existing streetlights on a federal grant, and then published utilisation — calling five and a half per cent a very good inner-city value.
Sharing Cities — Greenwich Smart DistrictLondon, 🇬🇧 2016 Completed Succeeded Official City government not public Same idea, EU demonstrator money, and the lamppost approach was copied widely because it avoids new street furniture entirely.
Oslo's Municipal On-Street EV Charging NetworkOslo, 🇳🇴 2007 Live Scaled back Official City government, Private company not public The city's own agency has run its street network since 2007, and keeps missing its own annual targets — a modest municipal effort folded into a national tax-policy success story.
Delhi EV Policy & Discom-Tendered Public ChargingNew Delhi, 🇮🇳 2020 Completed Scaled back Official City government, Utility or public operator not public Tendered on the lowest price to the driver rather than the highest revenue to the state, which produced cheap public charging and nowhere near enough of it.

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📎 Cite this project

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “NOX-Block Lamppost EV Charging” — Dortmund, Germany. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/dortmund-nox-block-charging/ (last verified 2026-08-15). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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