Like all the best ideas – they seem to be nowhere, then everywhere all at once as people around the world develop their own solutions to upcoming problems.
Portable power banks to provide emergency and/or convenience car charging is one of them. No sooner than the Sydney based Australian business, ReStart, announce its partnership with the RACV to install its units for on the road emergency charging and plans to provide portable on-site charge banks, that UK business ZipCharge announce that trials of their portable EV charging solution will soon commence.
ZipCharge’s Go charger is expected to contain from 4 to 8kWh of energy and be capable of charging from a domestic plug. This would provide between 32 to 64 kms of range at a 7.2kW EV charging rate, taking approximately 30 – 60 minutes to charge the vehicle. (Depending on the battery capacity, vehicle efficiency etc).
The Go unit is also planned to later become bi-directionally charging capable – meaning in the future, it could also function as a local energy storage device and feedback into the grid when not in use.
The unit includes control software and a mobile application that allows users to optimise the operation of the portable EV powerbank – including a suite of security features, such as user authentication and the ability to remotely monitor, track and disable the Go charger from the user’s mobile phone. The Driven - link - Bryce Gaton - link - more like this - link
ZipCharge’s Go charger is expected to contain from 4 to 8kWh of energy and be capable of charging from a domestic plug. This would provide between 32 to 64 kms of range at a 7.2kW EV charging rate, taking approximately 30 – 60 minutes to charge the vehicle. (Depending on the battery capacity, vehicle efficiency etc).
The Go unit is also planned to later become bi-directionally charging capable – meaning in the future, it could also function as a local energy storage device and feedback into the grid when not in use.
The unit includes control software and a mobile application that allows users to optimise the operation of the portable EV powerbank – including a suite of security features, such as user authentication and the ability to remotely monitor, track and disable the Go charger from the user’s mobile phone. The Driven - link - Bryce Gaton - link - more like this - link
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