APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARGING AN ELECTRIC BATTERY VEHICLE

An apparatus for charging a (fully) electric battery vehicle with a direct current, having a rectifier connected to a multiphase power supply system, having an intermediate circuit which is arranged on the charging side of the rectifier and is coupled to the latter and has a number of capacitances and a centre point, having a DC/DC converter which is arranged on the charging side of the intermediate circuit and is coupled to the latter and is intended to adapt an intermediate circuit voltage of the intermediate circuit to a charging voltage of a battery of the battery vehicle, wherein the centre point of the intermediate circuit is connected to a neutral conductor of the multiphase power supply system.