Recently, the American IEEE Spectrum (“Technology Overview”) magazine reported an article about Ziggy, a charging robot for safely charging electric vehicles. This charging robot has received a lot of attention. Coincidentally, the country’s first all-electric shared electric vehicle charging robot system developed by the State Grid Suzhou Power Supply Company was officially put into operation in Suzhou. The invention and investment of charging robots have undoubtedly alleviated the worries of new energy vehicle owners when charging, which is also regarded as another achievement of science and technology for the benefit of mankind.
Ziggy charging robot
Electric cars are still “electric dads”
Not long ago, with the rise in oil prices, “filling up on the 95th” was ridiculed as a way to “show off your wealth” in the new era. Behind the joke about the rise in oil prices, there were more complaints from fuel vehicle owners, which also made people think about continuing to support fuel vehicles. Or turn to new energy vehicles.
Whether it is the rise in oil prices or under the background of energy greening and carbon neutrality advocated by the state in recent years, the production and sales of new energy vehicles are indeed increasing year by year. As of the end of June this year, the number of new energy vehicles in the country has reached 10.01 million, accounting for 3.23% of the total number of vehicles.
In 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also released the “New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021-2035)”, proposing that pure electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid (including extended-range) vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles should be the “three vertical” layouts. Vehicle technology innovation chain. In the future, new energy vehicles will increasingly become the vehicles that run the most on urban roads.
The advantages of new energy vehicles have always been obvious, but in the minds of consumers, they have always been dubbed “electric fathers”. Inconvenient charging, fast battery wear, insufficient battery durability, etc. At present, the charging mode is still the main mode for the promotion of new energy vehicles, but it does not match with many practical problems such as few charging piles, troublesome charging, and difficult battery maintenance.
The charging robot really makes charging more free
EV Safe Charge, a supplier of flexible charging technology for electric vehicles, showed its electric vehicle mobile charging robot Ziggy for the first time to the public. Users can summon Ziggy to the parking position through mobile phone software or in-vehicle infotainment system.
Ziggy is like a big battery with wheels that can charge an electric car anytime, anywhere. One of the biggest highlights of Ziggy is that you can make an appointment to call in advance before you park. It will help you occupy a parking space and wait for you in advance at the place where you parked, which also saves the trouble of finding a parking space. Ziggy is still in the research and development stage and is expected to be put into production in 2023.
In contrast, in China, Jiangsu launched the country’s first all-electric shared electric vehicle charging robot system. This robot combines robot control technology, Internet of Things technology, scheduling algorithm and other technologies. It can precisely control the charging gun and move it to the parking space of the car. Help electric vehicles to quickly complete the charging, such a charging robot can meet the charging needs of 50 parking spaces, which greatly saves the space cost of one household.
The user scans the code with the mobile phone to send a charging command to the charging robot, and the robot will automatically grab the idle charging pile near the vehicle to charge the car. The whole process can be completed by users only with mobile phone operation. At present, a small amount is put into places such as old communities, public shopping malls and newly-built residences that are inconvenient to add charging piles or have high requirements for space utilization. Although it has not been put into the whole scene in large quantities, this bold attempt also provides a reference for the popularization of charging robots in more scenes.
Can the “photograph” of the charging robot become reality?
Charging robots are not new. As early as 2015, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter that he would develop a charging robot similar to a metal snake to realize the intelligent charging of electric vehicles, but it is still in the imagination. stage. Last year, Volkswagen launched an EV mobile charging robot. The entire process from charging to power failure is autonomously operated by the charging robot. The high intelligence of this robot gives car owners a lot of peace of mind.
Volkswagen EV charging robot
This year, many companies have begun to lay out the charging robot track
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Continental and the start-up company Volterio announced that they will jointly develop and produce a charging robot that will be mass-produced and launched in 2024;
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Envision Technology Group also released its world’s first charging robot Moqi in February this year. After receiving charging instructions, Moqi will rely on sensors such as lidar, ultrasonic radar, high-precision wheel speedometer and inertial measurement unit to measure centimeters. The high-level positioning accuracy ensures that the location of the vehicle that needs to be charged is accurately reached;
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Shitu Technology also launched its self-developed mobile charging robot in April this year, and officially put it into commercial operation.
At the level of popularization, the immobility and limited number of urban charging piles are difficult to keep up with the growth rate of new energy vehicle production and sales. In this context, the imagination of charging robots is still very large, but the future social needs and popularity are still unknown;
In terms of cost, in order to meet the needs of various scenarios, the cost required to reach the L4 level of charging robots is also relatively expensive;
At the technical level, the positioning accuracy of the charging robot and its own energy storage capacity are still limited.
With the realization of the national dual-carbon goal and the growth of the new energy vehicle market, charging robots, charging piles, and swapping stations will definitely be deployed on a large scale in various scenarios in the city. game between methods. We still need to wait and see what the future of charging robots will look like.
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