In the face of the new energy vehicle market in full swing, charging robots came into being and were born with energy storage and driverless concepts. The energy Chain Research Institute under the Energy Chain Group recently published a research article, forward-looking: “Charging robots or will become the next outlet of the new energy industry.”

On-site charging solves remote anxiety

Data show that in 2022, the domestic new energy vehicles continued explosive growth, production and sales of 7.058 million and 6.887 million, respectively, ranked first in the world for eight consecutive years, an increase of 96.9% and 93.4%, and the market share reached 25.6%, 12.1 percentage points higher than the previous year. Some institutions predict that the sales of domestic new energy vehicles are expected to break 10 million in 2023.

“However, the current number of supporting charging piles is far from keeping up with the growth rate of electric vehicles, and the proportion is seriously unbalanced.” Energy chain Research Institute pointed out that from the perspective of car-pile ratio, China is currently 7:1. Internationally, in 2022, the number of new energy vehicles in the United States will be 3.1 million, and the ratio of buses to piles will be 24:1; Europe’s bus pile ratio has risen from 6.9:1 five years ago to 16.4:1.

In this regard, the energy chain research Institute said that whether in the domestic or overseas market, the number of public charging piles is still insufficient at this stage, and with the increasingly intelligent car, people’s definition of the car is not limited to transportation, but the “third space” of people, the service demand is increasing, and the demand for new energy vehicles to supplement the frequency and capacity is gradually increasing.

In contrast to the charging pile using the “car to find electricity” mode, the charging robot uses the “electricity to find a car” mode, which can solve the user’s mileage anxiety and charging uncertainty, so that the mobile door-to-door charging, like taking a taxi and ordering takeout, the energy storage battery and charging pile that were originally in a static environment are integrated into the car with dynamic mobility.

In the view of the experts of the energy chain Research Institute, this mode will solve the “range anxiety” of electric vehicles – when the user needs to charge, the charging robot will carry out door-to-door charging service through the APP or small program.

It is understood that FAW Red Flag officially announced the first mobile intelligent charging cabinet robot produced by Red Flag Research and Development Institute last year, which is a triple combination of energy storage + mobile robot + industrial robot. The mobile intelligent charging robot uses 12V three-phase asynchronous motor drive system, and the drive efficiency is as high as 81%. During the charging process, the robot can adjust the charging power according to the needs of the vehicle, and the specific charging speed has not been disclosed.

Energy storage manufacturer Shuangjie Electric also launched mobile charging robots last year, focusing on the concept of energy storage + robots + new energy vehicles. Its mobile charging robot SCDE110 is 30kW charging and discharging, and comes with a 25KWH robot.

Recently, the new energy service provider can chain smart electricity released a self-developed charging robot. It is understood that the charging robot is based on underlying technologies such as automatic driving, deep learning, 3D vision, and has functions such as one-click call autonomous car hunting, automatic gun charging with mechanical arm, online payment settlement, and automatic return to the warehouse to meet the growing demand for mobile charging of electric vehicles.

The zero-carbon green charging robot of new energy manufacturer Vision Technology is also a combination of energy storage + mobile + robot arm, with a cost of more than one million yuan, a single capacity of 70KWH, charging and discharging power of 42kW, and a new energy vehicle with a driving range of about 600 kilometers can be quickly filled within 2 hours.