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Charging stations and electric cars in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
In the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, 1’512 electric cars are registered, 4,6 % of all passenger cars; the Swiss average is 5,2 %. The SFOE lists 80 public charging points, 13 of them with direct current. There are 18,9 electric cars per charging point, 12,4 across Switzerland.
In the week 19.–25.10.2026, a charging point in the canton was occupied 11,7 % of the time on average, 10,9 % across Switzerland. We counted at least 341 charging sessions.
Municipalities without a reported charging point
In 2 municipalities of the canton with more than 20 electric cars, no public charging point is reported to the SFOE. The distance is a straight line from the centre of the municipal area.
- Wolfhalden: 53 electric cars, nearest charging point 1,8 km
- Lutzenberg: 33 electric cars, nearest charging point 0,8 km
All municipalities
Occupancy is shown from 4 charging points. Sorted by name.
| Municipality | Electric cars | Share | Charging points | Electric cars per charging point | Occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bühler | 42 | 3,7 % | 11 | 3,8 | 6,9 % |
| Gais | 105 | 6,1 % | 6 | 17,5 | 7,5 % |
| Grub (AR) | 17 | 2,9 % | 0 | – | – |
| Heiden | 131 | 5,4 % | 4 | 32,8 | 14,7 % |
| Herisau | 336 | 3,9 % | 22 | 15,3 | 13,4 % |
| Hundwil | 10 | 1,8 % | 2 | 5,0 | – |
| Lutzenberg | 33 | 3,6 % | 0 | – | – |
| Rehetobel | 54 | 5,8 % | 1 | 54,0 | – |
| Reute (AR) | 20 | 4,2 % | 0 | – | – |
| Schönengrund | 6 | 1,7 % | 0 | – | – |
| Schwellbrunn | 24 | 2,6 % | 2 | 12,0 | – |
| Speicher | 144 | 6,0 % | 3 | 48,0 | – |
| Stein (AR) | 53 | 6,1 % | 2 | 26,5 | – |
| Teufen (AR) | 257 | 6,4 % | 13 | 19,8 | 16,1 % |
| Trogen | 55 | 5,8 % | 1 | 55,0 | – |
| Urnäsch | 28 | 2,0 % | 2 | 14,0 | – |
| Wald (AR) | 16 | 2,6 % | 1 | 16,0 | – |
| Waldstatt | 50 | 4,6 % | 5 | 10,0 | 8,0 % |
| Walzenhausen | 78 | 5,4 % | 5 | 15,6 | 1,1 % |
| Wolfhalden | 53 | 4,2 % | 0 | – | – |
Where the figures come from
- Electric cars: FSO, road vehicle stock by municipality, as of 2025, and new registrations 2025. Counted by the keeper’s address, so company cars are included. We do not show figures under 5.
- Charging points: SFOE, charging stations for electric cars (ich-tanke-strom.ch), daily export of 26.10.2026. The municipality follows from the coordinate and swisstopo’s municipal boundaries (swissBOUNDARIES3D).
- Occupancy: our own measurement from the SFOE status reports, every 3 minutes, week 19.–25.10.2026. The figures are openly available at /ladenetz-gemeinden.json.
- Electricity tariff: ElCom, tariffs reported by the distribution system operators, standard product, profile H5 (7’500 kWh a year, house with an electric car), excluding VAT.
What the figures do not say
- Private chargers in garages and at houses are not recorded centrally anywhere and are missing here. Most electric cars charge there.
- No reported charging point does not mean there is none: an operator who does not report its charger to the SFOE is missing from the file.
- Charging sessions are a lower bound. We count the change from free to occupied between two readings; a session shorter than three minutes is missed.
- Occupancy counts how often a charging point was reported as occupied. A car that stays parked after charging counts as occupied.