22 charging bays sit in the EV Charging Area at BLQ
The EV Charging Area at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport serves electric cars only and offers around 22 marked bays near Terminal T1. You stay landside, so you can pull in, plug in, then walk to departures in roughly 5–7 minutes depending on luggage. Signage on approach roads points to “Area Ricarica EV” with standard blue parking symbols, so watch for those once you leave the SS9.
Charging here runs on public EV networks active in Emilia-Romagna, typically AC posts in the 11–22 kW range instead of high-power DC. That means a full top-up can take several hours, so think of this more as airport parking with slow charging than a fast-stop station. Tariffs and time limits are posted directly on each charger in Italian and English, and you pay via RFID card or app from the operator listed on the pole.
The EV Charging Area sits in a surface lot, not a covered garage, so cars park in open air in summer heat and winter rain. Each bay is lined so the charge cable can reach the typical left-front or right-front port on European models like the Renault Zoe or VW ID.3. If you drive something larger, such as a Tesla Model X or an SUV with rear-side port, back in so the cable doesn’t stretch across the aisle.
There’s no dedicated attendant at the EV Charging Area, and support runs through the network provider’s customer service number printed on every station, usually an Italian (+39) line plus a QR code. Terminal T1 toilets and cafés sit about 400–500 meters away, so use the terminal rather than waiting by the car during bad weather.
Practical tip: arrive at least 30 minutes earlier than normal to allow for finding an open bay, scanning the QR code or RFID, confirming the session on your app, and walking the 5–7 minutes back to T1 check-in.