[Explanation] On September 17, at the 2021 World New Energy Vehicle Conference held in Haikou, two charging and swapping devices attracted attention, which stems from the public's anxiety about the range of electric vehicles.
Therefore, when purchasing electric vehicles, people value the performance of the battery and the length of time it takes to charge and change batteries.
[Concurrent] People Mr. Xu
(Purchase an electric car) We will consider the cruising range of the car, as well as the appearance and built-in equipment of the car. This is the key to our first choice.
[Concurrent] People Mr. Han
The main considerations are the usability and durability of the battery, as well as the charging time, and the safety of the car, mainly in these three aspects.
(Is the cruising range considered?) Yes, one of the main considerations.
[Explanation] The charging and swapping speeds of the two devices on site are "smooth" like refueling.
The battery swapping equipment is named "SAIC-GM-Wuling Smart Micro-switching Station", and it only takes about 5 minutes to replace the car battery; the charging equipment is named "Special Call Smart Flexible Charging Bow", which is mainly for urban electric buses, and it only takes a few minutes to fully charge. .
[Concurrent] Huang Zupeng, Senior Manager of Smart Energy, Technology Center of an Auto Enterprise
In our substation, the time for a single battery swap is between 3 minutes and 5 minutes, which is about the same time as a refueling.
[Concurrent] Xia Xiulong, Manager of Automatic Charging Product Line of a New Energy Co., Ltd.
This product is mainly aimed at electric buses running in cities, providing automatic charging for electric buses. At the same time, this product has a relatively large charging power and a faster charging speed. Basically, the battery power can be reduced within a few minutes. full.
[Explanation] At the same time, the two charging and replacement equipment further improve the existing equipment, making charging and replacement more convenient.
[Concurrent] Xia Xiulong, Manager of Automatic Charging Product Line of a New Energy Co., Ltd.
In the past, the driver needed to plug (charge) when getting off the car. Charging in rainy and snowy days is not very good for the driver's experience.
After the driver of this product parks the car or stops, he only needs to press a button in the car, and the whole process can be completed without getting off the car.
At the same time, this product can solve the problem of land resources in large cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, etc. It can combine the charging station and the bus station into one, charging and stopping.
[Concurrent] Huang Zupeng, Senior Manager of Smart Energy, Technology Center of an Auto Enterprise
At present, the mainstream swap stations on the market are those with a container structure.
You can see that our replacement station has only been positioned on four legs. If we want to move it, we only need to pull out the positioning screws of the four legs, and we can put it wherever we want. The place is very convenient.
[Explanation] It is understood that there are many electric vehicle brands and styles on the market today, and the battery shapes and specifications of different car companies and the design of the charging port are also different, which makes the promotion of charging and replacing equipment difficult.
The R&D and manufacturing enterprises of charging and replacing equipment hope that the automobile industry will formulate relevant unified standards in the future, breaking the barriers of today, so that each charging and replacing equipment is compatible with more brand cars, and even better promoted.
Reporter Li Yufan reports from Haikou
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]