Title
Local Grid Boosting For Electric Vehicle Fast Charging

CoPED ID
af6ac791-1d3a-48bd-aba8-882d34c74b59

Status
Closed


Value
£288,330

Start Date
Sept. 30, 2020

End Date
Dec. 31, 2020

Description

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By 2035, or perhaps even sooner, it will not be possible to buy petrol or diesel cars in the UK. Most vehicles will be electric (EVs). Mainstream customers in the near future will want fast charging and we need to get to 200 miles on a 10 minute charge if EVs are to be as convenient as today's vehicles. The technology is on its way and manufacturers of cars, batteries and charging points are working to bring them to market. All of this could be held up if the UK and world's electricity infrastructure is not boosted to cope. The problem is who pays to upgrade the grid? We must electrify transport as fast as possible but the electrical infrastructure costs could be anywhere from £16 billion (UK Commons report) to £45 billion (Capital Economics report). We are developing an innovative, mechanical energy storage technology specifically to boost power for the current and next generation of fast charge electric vehicles. Located near EV charging points, our product charges from the grid when there are no cars. When a fast charge EV vehicle arrives, the energy is discharged into the car quickly and the driver can be on their way. Rather than upgrade the entire national grid at once, our technology allows a "spot" reinforcement of the electricity network for fast-charge EVs just where needed. This is critical to allow an as-needed, scalable and cost-effective solution, rather than huge infrastructure investments that are politically fraught, difficult to commit to and hold back progress. Fast charge EVs cannot just be available for people in big cities with good infrastructure. Our product addresses the need to be able to upgrade the power network in rural and other locations that will never attract large capital investments. The success of EVs, and meeting the climate challenge, requires a fast, cost effective and widespread an implementation as possible. Gyrotricity is creating a highly innovative, new product, uniquely designed to solve a huge problem in preparation for the biggest transport revolution in over a century. Working with UK universities to ensure we build a world-leading technology, we have created something environmentally friendly, safe, efficient and cost effective that will accelerate Britain's transition to emission-free transport.

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Subjects by relevance
  1. Innovations
  2. Infrastructures
  3. Future
  4. Traffic
  5. Cars
  6. Technological development
  7. Electric cars
  8. Technology
  9. Costs

Extracted key phrases
  1. Electric Vehicle Fast Charging
  2. Local Grid
  3. Fast charge EV vehicle
  4. Fast charge EVs
  5. Fast charging
  6. Mechanical energy storage technology
  7. Product charge
  8. Electrical infrastructure cost
  9. Charge ev
  10. Huge infrastructure investment
  11. UK Commons report
  12. Minute charge
  13. EV charging point
  14. Diesel car
  15. Electricity infrastructure

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