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Charging robots for electric vehicles
Continental wants to revolutionize the charging of electric vehicles and is developing an intelligent charging robot together with the startup company Volterio.
Charging robots for electric vehicles
Continental's development and production service provider Continental Engineering Services (CES) and Volterio have entered into a partnership and want to develop the first near-series systems for the jointly designed charging robot by mid-2022. CES meets all the certification criteria required by the automotive industry. Series production of the system is planned for 2024 and will take place in Germany. The innovative charging solution consists of two components: a unit on the underbody of the vehicle and a unit placed on the garage floor. As soon as the car is parked, both components connect fully automatically via a smart automatic system that is controlled, among other things, via ultra-wideband - a radio-based communication technology for data transmission in close proximity.
Relief in everyday life
The car does not have to be parked accurately because the charging robot corrects for deviations of up to 30 centimeters from the ideal parking position. “Our charging robot is a real evolutionary step to make electric mobility more comfortable and suitable for everyday use,” explains Christoph Falk-Gierlinger, Managing Director of CES. The innovative charging solution will initially be made available for use in private households with a suitable output of 22 kW alternating current. The solution is “retrofit”, meaning it can be retrofitted into existing model variants of vehicles. In a second step, a quick-charging solution that can be retracted into the ground will be developed for public spaces, which can be used, for example, in parking garages, gas stations or in business areas with a charging capacity of more than 50 kW direct current.