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Background
The transition to electric vehicles, EVs, during the current climate crisis requires extensive investment in charging infrastructure.
A significant challenge is charging EVs on city streets.
Construction work needed to deliver electricity to curbside charging posts is currently expensive and time-consuming, as well as contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.
Future investments in charging infrastructure must be profitable both monetarily and climate wise, ensuring a solid Return on Investment (ROI) both in terms of invested money and "invested" greenhouse gas emissions.
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Challenge
Several important infrastructure systems are located under city streets, including water, sewage, district heating, electricity, telecommunications, gas, etc. In each case, the system is operated and maintained by a legal jurisdiction with access to the corresponding land use. It is necessary to consider the ownership of the property.
The construction of curbside charging posts currently requires extensive cross-collaboration between business teams and local government stakeholders.
Excavation and construction of the charging post infrastructure requires groundwork. The process of planning and zoning for land use must be coordinated with local municipal authorities. A final problem with current efforts to build electrification infrastructure is that it is expensive, which results in long construction times, ballooning costs, and a rise in carbon emissions that exacerbates the climate crisis.
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Solution
The solution is surface-laid modules that eliminates excavation!
The modules have the same thickness as the existing pavestones. They are made of steel or iron and hollow to accommodate electric power cables. The modules consist of a lower part, a box, and an upper part, a lid.
The implementation is done according to:
- Remove the pavestones needed
- Lay the bottom part of the modules in the place where the pavestones have been
- Secure the bottom parts with screws to prevent vertical movement in case of bad underground
- Install the electric power cables in the modules
- Mount the upper part of the modules with screws
- Mount the charging post(s)
- Connect the electric power cables
- Power on and start charging!
The power can be supplied from an electrical cabinet (C), from a junction box for street lighting (B), from a property (A), or from another electrical equipment (D), etc.
Modules are placed at the curb to provide additional charging posts. Several charging posts along a street or around a block can thus be supplied with only one transfer from facade to curb. Thus, the concept provides a uniform interface for all future market players.
About us
During development, we were encouraged to apply for a patent for the concept. A patent application was made before the competition entry was submitted. Due to the patent application, description and images of the concept are general and schematic.
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The Team
The team behind the concept consists of two senior executives with extensive experience in innovation and business development.
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