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Novel, automated charging infrastructure for electric vehicles

PROJECTS
Funding
European
European Union
Duration
-
Status
Complete
Geo-spatial type
Other
Total project cost
€71 429
EU Contribution
€50 000
Project Acronym
MATRIX CHARGING
STRIA Roadmaps
Transport electrification (ELT)
Transport mode
Road icon
Transport policies
Deployment planning/Financing/Market roll-out
Transport sectors
Passenger transport,
Freight transport

Overview

Link to CORDIS
Background & Policy context

Electrical vehicles (EVs) tend to be met with high resistance from car users, mainly due to range anxiety, variable power costs and long refuelling times. Though these arguments may seem valid at this moment, future batteries and charging stations may actually reduce these disadvantages. Nevertheless, some gaps and barriers of the current charging systems have not been solved finally yet, including the availability and inter-operability of the charging infrastructure, charging rates and efficiency, autonomous charging, safety and handling comfort.

Objectives

easE-Link is our revolutionary matrix charging system, addresses all of the aforementioned issues using a matrix-shaped ground pad and a vertical power connector that attached to any surface of the ground pad on the parking floor, allowing for the highest parking alignment tolerance and reducing the complexity of a three-dimensional mechanical moving system. All ground pads in a parking infrastructure can be interconnected, allowing easy connection to the electrical grid. As such, our concept brings advantages regarding integration into vehicle and the wide scale deployment within parking infrastructure (both retrofits and new integrations).

Funding

Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)
Specific funding programme
H2020-EU.3.4.
H2020-EU.2.1.1.
H2020-EU.2.3.1.

Partners

Lead Organisation
Organisation
Ease-Link Gmbh
Address
MUNZGRABENSTRASSE 94, 8010 GRAZ, Austria
EU Contribution
€50 000
Partner Organisations
Organisation
N/a
Address
United Kingdom
EU Contribution
€0

Technologies

Technology Theme
Road and traffic management systems
Technology
Parking management system
Development phase
Implementation

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