Tritium receives US funding to make cheaper ultra-fast EV charger
Tritium receives US funding to make cheaper ultra-fast EV charger
Tritium will use $400,000 in US funding to develop a cheaper version of its Veefil-PK ultra-fast charger for electric vehicles (EVs).
The fund is part of the Electric Power Research Institute's (EPRI) $3.2m package, issued by the US Department of Energy (DoE), to develop a fast charging system which will connect to the grid.
Once complete, the plug-in system is expected to reduce the impact on the grid and charge multiple EVs quickly.
Mark McGranaghan, EPRI vice president of integrated grid, says: “Our
September 14, 2018
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7335 Tritium will use $400,000 in US funding to develop a cheaper version of its Veefil-PK ultra-fast charger for electric vehicles (EVs).
The fund is part of the Electric Power Research Institute's (EPRI) $3.2m package, issued by the US Department of Energy (DoE), to develop a fast charging system which will connect to the grid.
Once complete, the plug-in system is expected to reduce the impact on the grid and charge multiple EVs quickly.
Mark McGranaghan, EPRI vice president of integrated grid, says: “Our collaborative team will dig deeper into options for faster, flexible and more efficient vehicle charging, which could be key to maximising the impact and acceleration of electrifying fleets of vehicles.”
EPRI’s initiative is one of 42 projects which has received a combined a $80m investment from the %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external DoEfalsehttps://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-announces-80-million-investment-advanced-vehicle-technologies-researchfalsefalse%> to support advanced technologies research.
NKM Mobilitas will install 12 of Tritium’s Veefil-RT 50kW DC fast chargers along main traffic routes in Hungary during the second half of 2018. The roll-out is part of a wider ambition to establish a charging network throughout the country.
The company is a subsidiary of National Utilities, the state Hungarian provider which supplies gas and electricity to households in the country.
NKM Mobilitas plans to work with local governments and municipalities to implement 100 e-chargers across Hungary by the