MultiPlug: Extending the EV charging network

想象一下，你住在790万拥有两辆或更多汽车的英国家庭之一。现在假设这些汽车是电动汽车（EV）；当你买第一辆电动汽车时，你明智地选择安装一个7KW的家用电动汽车充电器，但你沮丧地发现安装第二个充电器太贵了，因为你需要额外的电力供应，或者是不可行的。现在，你和你的伴侣回家晚了，你的车需要充电，以便早上早点出发。你别无选择，只能在半夜把电缆换掉。或者想象一下，你正试图购买一套由两层维多利亚式住宅改造而成的公寓，而这套公寓只能支持一个7KW的充电器。现在，即使你想要一辆电动汽车，你也必须和你的新邻居就充电设施进行谈判。MultiPlugEV解决了这些问题。对于停车场业主来说，一个MultiPlugEV可以让多个客户离开很长一段时间，以最大限度地利用快速充电器。例如，在一个通勤火车站的停车场，当天可以为九辆电动汽车充电，而不是今天的一辆。MultiPlugEV可以增加服务销售，因为司机不用检查他们的电动汽车，而是在等待的时候购物。这同样适用于车队所有者，他们将能够在车站排队等候出租车、班车或公共汽车，使整个过程自动化。MultiPlugEV还可以提供多个充电头，并且无需大量道路工程即可进行改装，从而降低安装成本并增加不同电动汽车用户的供应。安装充电器很贵，而且电网容量有限；虽然你热衷于支持“零排放之路”的愿景，但所需要的不确定性和额外的努力确实会带来经济和便利成本。你需要一种方法，让电动汽车的充电器可以为更多的车辆使用，这样你就可以“插电后忘记”，知道一旦充电器可用，你的电动汽车就会充电，而不需要你在场或做任何其他事情。MultiPlugEV是一款创新产品，旨在最大限度地提高每个电动汽车充电器的效率，将用户从等待中解放出来。通过在到达时将充电电缆连接到您的电动汽车上，当轮到您排队时，您可以离开多插电式电动汽车来处理切换充电。

Imagine you live in one of the 7.9 million UK households with two or more cars. Now imagine those cars are electric vehicles (EV); you wisely chose to have a domestic 7KW EV charger installed when you bought your first EV but were dismayed to discover that installing a second one would be too expensive as you will need extra electricity supply or is not feasible. And now, you and your partner have arrived home late, and your cars need charging for an early start in the morning. You have no choice but to swap over the cables in the middle of the night.Or imagine you are trying to buy a flat in a converted 2-story Victorian house, which can only support one 7KW charger. Now, even though you would like an EV, you've got to negotiate with your new neighbour about charging facilities. MultiPlugEV solves these issues.For car park owners, one MultiPlugEV can allow multiple customers away for a long time to maximise the use of a fast charger. For example, in a commuter train station car park, nine EVs can be charged when left for the day- instead of just a single one today.MultiPlugEV can increase service sales as drivers leave their EVs unchecked and do their shopping while waiting. The same applies to fleet owners who will be able to queue their taxis, shuttles or buses at the depo, automating the process.MultiPlugEV can also offer multiple charging heads and be retrofitted without significant roadworks, thus reducing installation costs and increasing supply for different EV users.Installing chargers is expensive, and grid capacity is limited; while you are keen to support the Road to Zero vision, the uncertainty and extra effort required have a real economic and convenience cost. You need a way for EV chargers to be available for more vehicles, so you can "plug in and forget", knowing that your EV will be charged without you having to be present or do anything else as soon as the charger becomes available.MultiPlugEV is an innovative product aimed at maximising the efficiency of each EV charger freeing the user from waiting around. By connecting a charging cable to your EV on arrival, you can leave the MultiPlug-EV to take care of switching charging to your vehicle when it's your turn in the queue.