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The Freudenberg Sealing Technologies plant in Reichelsheim (Germany) is surrounded by the hills of the Odenwald. If you want to commute to work on a bicycle here, you had better press down hard on the pedals. Or climb aboard an e-bike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employees have been able to park their bicycles safely in a fenced-in area that is protected from bad weather for a while. More recently, they have also been able to charge their electric-bike batteries during their working hours, giving them enough power to commute back home after work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On behalf of the site\u2019s management, Thomas Eisenhauer, Manager, Electric Service, has put a charging cabinet with nine stations into operation there. Metal shop employees and other staff have helped out by building a base for the cabinet and an aluminum shield to protect it from spraying water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each charging station is in its own locker into which the bicycle battery and a charging device are placed, and connected to a conventional Schuko socket equipped with a protective cover. The \u00adcompartments can be secured with a padlock. Incidentally, four parking spots right next to the \u201cbicycle filling station\u201d are reserved for charging electric cars. Two E-Load charging poles have been providing electricity for sustainable commuting for several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather permitting, Eisenhauer rides his bike to work as well \u2013 in the conventional way, without help from an electric motor. Muscle power has already carried him across the Alps on a bicycle, so the hills around Reichelsheim won\u2019t be scaring him off.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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