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Fleet Electrification goes Underground! 🔋🚛 We are thrilled to introduce our french partner Proviridis' underground installation of Kempower charging solutions for trucks. The game-changing charger configuration can prevent the loss of up to 20% of spaces at logistics hubs and truck charging locations. Proviridis trialed an underground setup of the Kempower Control Unit, which is connected to a nearby 600kW Power Unit installed above ground, where it receives its power from 😯⚡️ The unique underground configuration, developed at Proviridis' multi-energy truck station in Saint Quentin Fallavier, not only saves space but also protects the hardware from damage. This flexible solution dynamically allocates power to up to 8 chargers, making it perfect for various site layouts ✅ "We have a long history of investing in innovations like integrating battery storage vehicle charging at our multi-energy stations and are proud to have pioneered this new solution using Kempower technology. Robustness and flexibility are two essential elements for trucking equipment and the Kempower Control Unit proved to be uniquely positioned to withstand the necessary conditions for the underground solution to work," says Olivier Verdu, Technical Director at Proviridis. During the next phase of plans, Proviridis will roll out the solution across France, exclusively using Kempower fast-charging solutions 🌍🚀 Read the full story on our website 👇 https://lnkd.in/dNxjwf9a 🇫🇷 Read the French version here: https://lnkd.in/deddF7iP #Kempower #DCFastCharging #TruckCharging #FleetElectrification #Proviridis
Hey, look at the trip hazard...cable pinch points, where do you secure the plug. Nice idea, not well risk managed.
Interesting setup, how much extra cable is needed to set this up? And are you using a pulley to make sure it doesn't fall down on the ground?
What’s different from classical small dispensers with a central power unit? can you please show a picture of the power modules?
Love it! I'm guessing the customer decided on the underground placement and not Kempower. What is the charging power available on the underground cable? I'm guessing it's max 300A charging as the cable is not liquid cooled. I can see in the article there is a more traditional liquid cooled satellite available for the second parking space. In Switzerland a similar installation was done with a complete tunnel built for the control box. More groundworks was needed and this implementation is a clever compromise. It was not with the Kempower product, but it could also have been used.
As others have said on this platform before, the charger itself doesn’t need to be directly adjacent to the charging space, only the socket/connector does and with a nearby payment terminal (where payment is required). Great to see this starting to happen!
Maybe someone should chat to the Telstra folks that initially put their HFC power supplies below grade in the 1990s then had to move them up onto the poles instead at great expense. Only 90VAC and way lower power then, but the funny thing about underground is there’s water collection and seepage. Nice aesthetic but potentially dangerous (pardon my pun).
Good approach to minimise the risk of charging assets particularly for congested or space constrained logistics sites however wouldn’t wireless charging offer a more convenient efficient and maybe cost effective solution for large fleet vehicles like these?
I love the innovation here! I am working on some projects with some really tough space constraints and this is an intersting take of solving that issue. I am definitely going to write about this site on my weekly charging site series sometime soon 🤓
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3moLooks cool. However, building things underground increases both CAPEX and OPEX dramatically. The eTruck world is very price competitive.