Big news: our green powerbanks just landed in Luxembourg! From now on, you can grab a Chimpy whenever your phone is running low — and keep your day charged.

Chimpy has been around in Zurich for 12 years – and from day one, we’ve built our creation, development, and production right in the middle of the city.

What does it look like to go from intern to CEO and help build a company that’s changed how people charge their phones across Europe?

From grabbing in the toilet to a performing granny – Chimpy’s new campaign is absurd, funny and colorful. The green Zurich-based powerbank rental brand plays with humor and everyday situations.

Our power bank rental service is celebrating its 10th anniversary in retail this year.

No one wants battery.
People want what battery makes possible. That’s the idea behind our 2025 summer campaign.

Charge faster, last longer! We're kicking off the summer with our brand-new powerbanks

In an interview with SRF - Swiss Radio and Television, our CEO Edwin Winkler provides exclusive insights into our office and production facility in Zurich Altstetten. He explains how simplicity became the key to our success and how we operate our power bank rental service across Europe with a 100% circular system.

Chimpy's green rental batteries are a Zurich success story. We asked the co-founder how sustainable a product can really be when it generates so many emissions.

Our consumption harms the environment, so products should be used longer and waste avoided. But even the circular economy has its pitfalls.

Faster and with even more power! With the new power banks, we’re kicking off the summer in style. Only one question remains: who can last longer, you or your Chimpy?

This is truly unprecedented. Just in time for the winter season, we have equipped the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area in Austria with Chimpy Powerbank Stations in a spectacular action. Now, a dead battery on the slopes is a thing of the past.

In the shop windows of our wonderful kiosk partners in Hamburg, to be precise. And when we do that, we do it properly. We do it with oversized window displays.

At the Selecta vending machine you trust, you can finally get everything you need to live.

You’ve always wanted to know how solar power in Germany gets into your green powerbank from Chimpy? Then you can support our petition for an exclusive “Sendung mit der Maus” episode here. Or you can simply visit our German headquarters in Hamburg.

Chimpy-Hoarders beware: in May you can return Chimpy powerbanks with expired deposits at the kiosk and still get CHF 3 for them.

Mit dem ÖV unterwegs und plötzlich keinen Pfuus mehr? Damit ist bald Schluss. An 900 Selecta-Automaten im ganzen Lande kann man neu Akkus beziehen statt Corona-Masken.

We found out that over 60% of the Chimpy team eats a predominantly vegetarian or vegan diet. Obviously then, that we're especially celebrating our latest partnership: finally, Chimpy Powerbanks are available for rent at all Tibits restaurants in Switzerland!

Not every rental of our little green powerbanks passed them by without a trace. You can tell by looking at them, especially the grimy ones among them. But throw them on the electronic scrap because of a few scratches? Quite the opposite, because thanks to you they get to experience new adventures again and again.