Low-profile EV Charging Solution for Fleets

该项目的目标是为车队开发和展示一种低调的电动汽车充电解决方案，最大限度地减少停车场占地面积，同时最大限度地提高充电功率和运营灵活性。英国目前正经历一个独特的时期。COVID-19震撼了社会和经济，与此同时，世界必须迅速作出反应，减少温室气体排放，防止灾难性的气候变化。需要经济刺激以帮助从COVID-19中复苏，这提供了一个“重建得更好”的机会。该项目旨在支持公共交通运营商和应急服务向零排放车队过渡，同时确保应对因COVID-19恢复工作而迅速变化的需求。运输占英国温室气体排放的最大比例（28%），车队和重型货车消耗了英国大部分柴油，因此是空气质量问题的最大贡献者。电气化道路运输是英国实现净零排放的一个行之有效的解决方案。该项目的重点是减少车队电气化的基础设施障碍，从而鼓励电动汽车的采用。COVID-19强调灵活的公共交通对COVID-19复苏和社会至关重要。运营商需要改变时间表并最大限度地提高容量，以应对不断变化的社交距离规则。然而，由于充电基础设施空间的影响以及充电所需的时间，公交运营商向电动汽车的过渡可能会导致灵活性和公交车库容量的降低。该项目的重点是开发一种解决方案，以最大限度地提高运营灵活性，同时最大限度地减少充电点的空间影响。同样，紧急服务仍然是英国COVID-19复苏的关键。应急服务车队必须对关键事件做出快速响应。电动汽车由于充电时间限制了车队的响应能力。该项目将应对这一挑战。

The project goal is to develop and demonstrate a Low-profile EV Charging Solutions for Fleets, minimising the use of depot floor-space, whilst maximising charging power and so operational flexibility. The UK is currently going through a unique period. COVID-19 has shocked society and the economy, whilst at the same time the world must respond quickly to reduce green-house-gas emissions and prevent catastrophic climate change. The requirement for economic stimulus to help recover from COVID-19 offers an opportunity to "Build back better". This project aims to support public transport operators' and emergency services' transition to zero-emissions fleets, whilst ensuring response to rapidly changing requirements due to COVID-19 recovery efforts. Transport accounts for the largest proportion (28%) of the UK's Green-House-Gas Emissions and fleets and heavy goods vehicles consume the majority of UK's diesel and so largest contributor to air-quality issues. Electrifying road transport is a proven solution for the UK to reach net-zero. This project focuses on reducing the infrastructure barriers for fleet electrification, so encouraging EV uptake. COVID-19 highlighted that flexible public transport is critical for COVID-19 recovery, and society. Operators are required to change schedules and maximise capacity in response to changing social distancing rules. However, bus operator's transition to EVs can lead to reduced flexibility and bus garage capacity due to charging infrastructure space impacts, and the time required to charge. This project focuses on developing a solution to maximise operational flexibility with higher power charging, whilst minimising space impacts of charge-points. Similarly, Emergency Services remain key to the UK's COVID-19 recovery. Emergency Services fleets must respond rapidly to critical events. EVs limit responsiveness of the fleet due to charging times. This project will address this challenge.