The Spanish manufacturer Wallbox Chargers presents the new bidirectional charger Quasar 2. Based on the CCS standard, the wallbox was developed especially for the European market.
Electric vehicles have the potential to bridge gaps in the power supply by feeding electricity back into the grid. For the first time, the bidirectional technology behind them is being tested under real conditions. The starting signal for the "V2X Suisse" project, led by Mobility, was recently given in Bern.
Following the successful launch of two of their hypercharger products, Alpitronic recently introduced the 50-kilowatt wall-mounted DC electric vehicle charger HYC50.
The car becomes a mobile power bank when it feeds electricity back into the grid as needed. Bidirectional charging turns the charging infrastructure into an interface between the mobility and energy sectors. Power2Drive Europe will present Europe's largest range of mobility solutions in the renewable energy sector next week in Munich.
BYD and Shell have decided to work together to improve services for their EV customers. The partnership will start in China and Europe and will later extend to other regions across the globe.
Green Motion and Pipistrel develop world's first electric aviation charging station approved by the European Union's Aviation Safety Agency.
Engineering group ABB is unveiling its new bi-directional eleven-kilowatt charging station. Together with software technology from DREEV, the solution enables drivers of electric vehicles to feed surplus energy back into the electricity grid.
ABB's Vehicle-to-Grid technology will allow bi-directional charging with a new 11-kilowatt charging station.