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Chargepoint是一間全球最大的充電設備營運商
剛剛宣布他們將要推出400kW的電動車充電裝置
目標是能在15分鐘之內提供電動車超過160公里的電力
首座預計將在今年七月份時設置完成
這裝置將能兼容大多數支援直流快充的電動車
不過目前市面上並沒有能以400kW直流充電的電動車
將來預計像是Tesla、Porsche Mission E這類電動車應該能夠支援
現在電動車充電裝置最快的是Tesla的SC有145kW
幾家汽車製造商已經計劃好要聯合設置的充電站規格會是350kW
而未來有可能超越Chargepoint的400kW的將會是Tesla的下一代SC
最近應該會有很多有看頭的東西在CES上發表
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Chargepoint announces 400 kW charging, adds 100 miles of electric vehicle
range in less than 15 minutes
Chargepoint, an independent EV charging station manufacturer and charging
network operator, announced today that it is introducing a new 400 kW DC
fast-charging infrastructure, which is faster than even the most
high-powered stations announced by other manufacturers for deployment
toward the end of the year.
The first stations equipped with the new 400 kW technology will be
deployed this year and available to customers starting in July 2017,
according to the company.
It will work with both CCS and CHAdeMO standards and therefore, it should
be compatible with most electric vehicles capable of DC fast-charging –
though of course, no electric car is currently capable of taking 400 kW,
but some upcoming EVs, including the Tesla Model 3 and the Porsche
Mission E just to name a few, are expected to be able to handle this kind
of power output.
It will also work with electric trucks and buses.
Chargepoint is calling the new platform ‘Express Plus’ and it’s an
entirely new charging architecture for the company. It’s highly modular
and separated into charging modules, which are stacked to create ‘Power
cubes’ – pictured above next to the charging ports.
Pasquale Romano, CEO of ChargePoint, commented on the announcement:
“Express Plus is a platform built to support ChargePoint’s vision for
the future of DC fast charging: ultra-fast, scalable and incredibly
efficient charging that’s conveniently located where drivers need it for
long trips. Express Plus charging centers can start small and grow as
needed by adding charging capacity without further construction. Together
with our commercial and residential charging solutions, Express Plus
completes the technology offering required to make fully electric transit
a reality.”
Here are the power modules and power cubes:
Depending on how you configure the number of the ‘Power Cubes’ and the
number of charging ports, you can get a charging rate of up to 400 kW.
The company gave a few examples of configurations:
The total output is faster than the current best, Tesla’s Supercharger
at 145 kW, and even what automakers have been calling ‘ultra
fast-charging‘, which is 350 kW and coming around the end of the year
for the first few stations in California and Europe.
The only thing that could beat the charge rate is the upcoming next
generation of Tesla’s Supercharger, which could be significantly higher
as CEO Elon Musk hinted to last month.
Chargepoint is also claiming “the thinnest, most flexible high-capacity
charging cables on the market” enabled through a new liquid cooling
technology they developed. We will check it out at CES later today.
Additionally, the company is also launching another DC fast-charing
platform called ‘ChargePoint Express 250’ alongside the ‘Express Plus
’, but this one is much less exciting at a 62 kW charge rate.