Wireless Semi-Dynamic Charging for Electric Taxis (WS-CET)

WS-CET可行性项目将向出租车司机提供证据，证明改用电动汽车对他们的业务有积极影响，并将为他们带来更低的每英里成本，这要归功于引入了一种破坏性的无电缆充电技术，基础设施和资本成本很低。拟议的技术允许电动出租车司机在停机时间方便地为电池充电，同时排队等候顾客，从而在整个工作日获得显著延长的零排放范围，而不会对业务造成任何影响。该系统还将在支持出租车向低排放车辆过渡以及随后减少排放、碳排放和空气质量问题方面对地方当局有利。创新的充电技术的估计成本比替代无线技术低约75%，同时能够支持出租车在出租车队伍中时的大约4倍的充电率。这一组合将从几种潜在的收费方式中创建一种可行的商业模式，并将在可行性中得到验证。在可行的情况下，财团将量化的士在使用电动汽车方面的活动，但亦会衡量的士获得最大充电利益的时间和地点。这将反映在不同的充电机制和定价策略上，这些机制和定价策略将被审查并与成本相匹配，以实现低于传统汽车的每英里价格，这将使改用电动汽车对出租车司机来说也在经济上方便。

"The WS-CET feasibility project will provide evidence to taxi drivers that switching to electric cars has a positive impact on their business and that it will bring to them a lower cost per mile, thanks to the introduction of a disruptive cable-less charging technology with low infrastructure and capital costs. The proposed technology allows the drivers of electric taxis to conveniently charge their batteries during the downtime while they are queuing in a rank waiting for customers, hence obtaining a significant extended zero emissions range throughout the working day without any impact on business. The system will also be beneficial to local authorities in terms of supporting taxis in the transition to low emission vehicles and the subsequent reduction in emissions, carbon and air quality problems.The innovative charging technology has an estimated cost approximately 75% lower than the alternative wireless technologies, whilst being capable of supporting charging rates of an estimated 4 times while taxis are at taxi ranks. This combination will create a practicable business model from several potential charging methods which will be verified in the feasibility. Within the feasibility, the consortium will quantify the activity of taxis in respect to using EVs but will also measure the time and locations where taxis will gain the maximum charging benefit. This will be reflected in the different charging mechanisms and pricing strategies to be reviewed and matched against the costs to achieve a price per mile lower than that of a conventional car, which would make switching to electric cars also economically convenient for taxi drivers."