Innovative Mobile Autonomous Charging Solutions (I-MACS)

从2030年起，新的汽油和柴油汽车必须停止销售。目前最先进的电动汽车充电基础设施将难以提供实现这一目标所需的容量。最近（2021年2月）政策交流白皮书“充电”指出，到2030年，每年需要安装大约35,000个新的公共充电点，以提供估计所需的400,000个充电点。如果使用传统技术，这将耗资50亿至100亿英镑。每一个传统的充电器都需要大量的基础设施，再加上连接到一个容量足够的电网的法律许可。相比之下，智能移动自主充电站（I-MACS）概念使用移动自主充电系统（MACS）将电力输送到母线，连接10辆电动汽车进行充电。MACS可以随时随地充电，充分利用间歇性可再生能源。母线只需要物理连接到地面，不需要电力连接。我们已经为MACS和母线设定了目标成本，这将使最多30辆电动汽车的充电成本减半。此外，如果需求模式发生变化，充电供应商将能够轻松地重新安置充电器。需要给电动汽车充电的司机将使用一个应用程序，让系统知道他们在哪里，以及他们希望充电多长时间。I-MACS将应用算法来确定MACS需要行驶的地点和时间，以尽可能高效地为大多数车辆充电。在这个项目中，英国自主旅行舱和班车的领导者RDM集团将与米尔顿凯恩斯委员会合作开发一个原型系统，用于示范和扩大项目后的规模。

From 2030, sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles must cease. Current state of the art in EV charging infrastructure will struggle to deliver the capacity needed for this to happen. The recent (February 2021) Policy Exchange whitepaper, 'Charging Up', stated that around 35,000 new public charge points will need to be installed each year to deliver the estimated 400,000 needed by 2030\. Using conventional technology, this will cost between £5-10bn.Each conventional charger requires extensive groundworks, plus legal permissions to connect to a power network with sufficient capacity. The Intelligent Mobile Autonomous Charging Station (I-MACS) concept, by contrast, uses a mobile autonomous charging system (MACS) to deliver electricity to a busbar, with connections for 10 EVs to charge. The MACS can charge anywhere, anytime to take advantage of intermittent renewables. The busbar needs only physically attaching to the ground, with no need for an electricity connection. We have set target costs for MACS and the busbar that will halve the cost of providing charging for up to 30 EVs. Furthermore, charging providers will be able to relocate chargers easily, should demand patterns change.Drivers needing to charge their EVs will use an app to let the system know where they are and how long they wish to charge for. I-MACS will apply algorithms to determine where and for how long MACS's need to travel to charge the most vehicles as efficiently as possible.In this project, RDM Group, the UK's leader in autonomous travel pods and shuttles will work with Milton Keynes council to develop a prototype system, for demonstration and scale-up post-project.