Electric generator engine to support Electric Vehicle recharge solution

电动发电机发动机支持电动汽车充电解决方案

• 批准号: 84907
• 金额: $ 11.62万
• 依托单位: GIBSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=84907
• 关键词: Electric; generator; engine; support; Vehicle

Gibson Technology is a world leading manufacturer of high performance racing engines, dedicated to delivering exceptional quality and innovative engineering solutions. Gibson has created a global reputation for excellence in both performance and reliability in designing, developing and manufacturing race systems encompassing engines, electrical drives and electronic systems.Gibson's experience has developed into an enviable track record in solving complex engineering challenges for customers and race series worldwide and can be attributed to its highly skilled and committed workforce, with many years of experience at the highest levels of motorsport.Following the UK Government's Net-Zero carbon emissions target and the automotive industry move towards electrification, Gibson has sought to diversify to protect its future. Capitalising on their expertise and skills, Gibson will leverage its existing capabilities to design, development and manufacture a range of portable, light-weight, high power advanced electrical generators for applications including off-grid electric vehicle recharging.Gibson has previously developed a proof of concept generator weighing just 40 kilograms and producing 10 kilowatts of power. Gibson are confident that further miniaturisation is possible to produce a generator weighing just 30 kilograms. This highly efficient and portable electrical generator will be more compact, lightweight and power dense than anything else currently available on the market.Gibson have undertaken extensive market research to fully understand the potential applications for their portable generator. Due to government legislation and public opinion, the market and demand for this product is increasing, in particular, the roadside recovery industry needs a solution to recharge stricken Electric Vehicles (EVs). Gibson have identified other markets which include power generation for crisis response teams, domestic power for power grid disruption and military applications.Roadside recovery services currently do not have a lightweight solution to produce the power necessary to recharge an electric vehicle and often utilise a flatbed truck to transport them away.The initiation of the project to develop the engine aspect of the generator has been impacted the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown. Over the lockdown period, the motor races that provide Gibson's income stream were either cancelled or rescheduled to later in the year impacting revenues and leading to staff being furloughed.The Sustainable Innovation Fund will allow Gibson to initiate the engine project and complete their first generators providing roadside recovery companies and EV drivers with a solution for recharging stricken EVs. The solution will support the UK Governments Net-Zero carbon emissions target by reducing carbon emissions caused by the use of flatbed trucks and reducing range anxiety amongst potential buyers supporting an increase in EV sales.

Gibson Technology 是世界领先的高性能赛车发动机制造商，致力于提供卓越的品质和创新的工程解决方案。 Gibson 在设计、开发和制造包括发动机、电力驱动器和电子系统在内的竞赛系统方面，因其卓越的性能和可靠性而享誉全球。Gibson 在为客户和全球系列赛解决复杂的工程挑战方面拥有令人羡慕的经验，这要归功于其高技能和敬业的员工队伍，在最高水平的赛车运动中拥有多年的经验。遵循英国政府的净零碳排放标准 排放目标和汽车行业向电气化迈进，吉布森一直在寻求多元化以保护其未来。 Gibson 将利用其专业知识和技能，利用其现有能力，设计、开发和制造一系列便携式、轻型、高功率的先进发电机，适用于离网电动汽车充电等应用。Gibson 此前已开发出一款概念验证发电机，重量仅为 40 公斤，可产生 10 千瓦的电力。 Gibson 有信心进一步小型化，生产出重量仅为 30 公斤的发电机。这种高效的便携式发电机将比目前市场上的任何其他发电机更加紧凑、轻便和功率密集。Gibson 进行了广泛的市场研究，以充分了解其便携式发电机的潜在应用。由于政府立法和公众舆论，该产品的市场和需求正在不断增加，特别是路边恢复行业需要一种解决方案来为受损的电动汽车（EV）充电。吉布森已经确​​定了其他市场，包括危机应对团队发电、电网中断的国内电力和军事应用。路边恢复服务目前没有轻量级解决方案来产生电动汽车充电所需的电力，并且经常利用平板卡车将其运走。开发发电机发动机方面的项目的启动受到了 Covid-19 大流行和随后的封锁的影响。在封锁期间，为吉布森提供收入来源的赛车比赛要么被取消，要么被重新安排到今年晚些时候，影响了收入并导致员工休假。可持续创新基金将允许吉布森启动发动机项目并完成他们的第一台发电机，为路边恢复公司和电动汽车司机提供为受损电动汽车充电的解决方案。该解决方案将通过减少使用平板卡车造成的碳排放并减少支持电动汽车销量增长的潜在买家的里程焦虑来支持英国政府的净零碳排放目标。