ZAPINAMO – Affordable, future-proof rapid charging infrastructure for electric vehicles from stored [clean and economical] energy

Project Information

ZAP

Grant agreement ID: 790471

DOI

10.3030/790471

Project closed

EC signature date 29 November 2017

Start date 1 December 2017

End date 31 May 2018

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Total cost

€ 71 429,00

EU contribution

€ 50 000,00

Coordinated by

ZAPINAMO LIMITED
United Kingdom

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - ZAP (ZAPINAMO – Affordable, future-proof rapid charging infrastructure for electric vehicles from stored[clean and economical] energy)

Reporting period: 2017-12-01 to 2018-05-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

Poor air quality cost the WHO European Area €1.47Tn annually and causes 600,000 premature deaths. Electric vehicles are a potential solution to this and also offer substantially reduced well-to wheel CO2 emission reductions, compared with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. However, charging infrastructure makes journeys >160km problematic and could cause issues with grid supply.
ZAPINAMO works like a power bank for a mobile phone, but bigger and faster for EV charging. In this project, we focused on two initial market opportunities:
• The ZapStore; an EV fast-charging point without the need for expensive infrastrutcre modifications
• The ZuPa; a mobile charge-delivery vehicle.
Our objectives were:
1. Identify countries/areas for ZAPINAMO hubs where there is greatest immediate need for our innovative approach to EV charging
2. Identify stakeholders that our EV charging infrastructure will be most beneficial to (for example, airport operators, fleet operators, gasoline forecourts and highway operators)
3. Determine the regulatory and training requirements for EU-wide rollout of the ZapStore and ZuPa
4. Establish supply chain partners, manufacturing capability, and sales teams
5. Determine the route (licensing/direct selling), time to market and barriers to entry by territory
6. To produce a detailed business plan for the selected territories

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Task 1.1: Identification of additional countries/localities for Zupa and ZapSpot installations
Task 1.2: Identification of stakeholders
Task 1.3: Determination of technical, regulatory and training requirements
Task 1.4: Establishment of supply chain, manufacturing and sales partners
Task 1.5: Determination of route to market
Task 1.6 Business Plan development

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

ZAPINAMO combines Lithium titanate (LTO) battery storage technology with high power electronics to deliver high speed charging. ZAPINAMO is technology agnostic, meaning we can easily incorporate new and improved storage technologies as they emerge. Furthermore, ZAPINAMO have developed a model to predict duty cycles and expected usage patterns prior to each installation
ZAPINAMO can draw grid electricity at low power and selectively from renewable, sustainable and off-peak sources. ZAPINAMO can instantly transform an existing slow EV charge point into an advanced 50kW+ ‘Rapid Charging’ point, without costly groundwork, planning or sub-station upgrade. This will provide an EV charge in minutes not hours and allow ‘Ultra-Fast’ charging [350kW+] when EVs can accept it.

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