La nueva empresa i-charging de Portugal lanz\u00f3 anoche su potente gama de estaciones de carga Blueberry en un evento virtual para la prensa. El vendedor, con sede en Oporto, afirma que los cargadores est\u00e1n dise\u00f1ados para suministrar desde 50 kW hasta 600 kW mediante configuraciones modulares. <\/p>\n
Tras el evento, hab\u00edamos solicitado comentarios y m\u00e1s detalles sobre la afirmaci\u00f3n de i-charging de alcanzar los 600 kW con la estaci\u00f3n de carga de 500 A y 1000 voltios. Una explicaci\u00f3n que se nos hab\u00eda ocurrido era que quiz\u00e1 los 600 kW procedieran de dos puntos de carga de 300 kW cada uno.<\/p>\n
El director general Pedro Moreira da Silva lo confirm\u00f3 poco despu\u00e9s. \"Un sistema tiene una determinada potencia, mientras que cada salida tiene una determinada corriente m\u00e1xima. As\u00ed, un sistema de 600 kW con al menos 2 salidas puede suministrar, por ejemplo, 300+300 kW, o 350+250 kW, y as\u00ed sucesivamente. Si sale al mercado un VE que pueda utilizar 500 kW, el sistema ya est\u00e1 disponible para eso y a\u00fan deja 100 kW disponibles para otro enchufe\".<\/p>\n
Esto, los cargadores Blueberry pueden efectivamente cumplirlo ya que las columnas, que vienen en negro puro, pueden soportar configuraciones de hasta cuatro puntos de carga cada una, en cualquier combinaci\u00f3n de CCS y ChaDeMo, o s\u00f3lo CCS por ejemplo. Esta naturaleza multiest\u00e1ndar se traslada tambi\u00e9n a la selecci\u00f3n modular.<\/p>\n
Blueberry se presentar\u00e1 en tres configuraciones posibles: blueberry, blueberry Plus y blueberry Cluster. \"Esta soluci\u00f3n permite cargar todos los veh\u00edculos actualmente en circulaci\u00f3n, as\u00ed como los que lancen las marcas en el futuro con bater\u00edas de hasta 1.000 V\", explic\u00f3 i-charging.<\/p>\n
El Blueberry est\u00e1ndar ofrece una potencia de carga de 50 kW con dos salidas. Subiendo hasta Blueberry Plus, i-charging prev\u00e9 configuraciones para 100 - 600 kW, respaldadas por bancos de energ\u00eda independientes. De 100 a 150 kW se a\u00f1ade un m\u00f3dulo, de 200 a 350 kW un segundo y por encima de 400 kW un tercer m\u00f3dulo. Estas bater\u00edas de reserva estacionarias tambi\u00e9n son fundamentales para la opci\u00f3n de agrupaci\u00f3n, que i-charging afirma haber dise\u00f1ado pensando en los operadores de flotas.<\/p>\n
Aqu\u00ed, la carga secuencial y simult\u00e1nea es crucial y da Silva ya afirm\u00f3 en el evento que su soluci\u00f3n pod\u00eda soportar un \"n\u00famero ilimitado de salidas\" gracias a la escalabilidad in situ.<\/p>\n
Al escribirnos, a\u00f1adi\u00f3 m\u00e1s tarde que otra limitaci\u00f3n era el cable de carga y la norma, especialmente cuando se trata de ChaDeMo. \"Hay enchufes de 200 A disponibles en el mercado, y la norma llega hasta 500 V para que se puedan utilizar 100 kW\", explic\u00f3.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
La nueva empresa i-charging de Portugal lanz\u00f3 anoche su poderosa gama de estaciones de carga Blueberry en un evento virtual para la prensa. El vendedor con sede en Oporto afirma que los cargadores<\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":141884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9933],"tags":[3315,1042,10174,7548,9221,21610,3431],"class_list":["post-141881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-infrastructure","tag-ccs","tag-chademo","tag-charging-stations","tag-dc","tag-hpc","tag-i-charging","tag-portugal"],"acf":{"inhalt_teil2":"
To connect and coordinate the energy flow between the columns, the company has patented what they call the dynamicblueTM technology. It facilitates the dynamic allocation of energy to each output.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s for the internal workings. Striking us as a novel solution is the exterior of the Blueberry station that puts users front-and-centre. The screen measures no less than 32 inches, think two MacBook Pros in the largest configuration. The upper bit allows for displaying advertisements and programmed sequences of ads. Also, the column can talk.<\/p>\n
Other than that, it shows useful data such as SOC, charging speed, pricing and the likes. An app mirrors the information, and both screen and phone allow to select what the company calls charge settings such as how much you want to recharge or how much you want to pay for the session.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Blueberry is RFID or app authentication but also Plug&Charge ready. Current versions run on the OCCP protocol 1.6 with 2.0 under development until beginning next year.<\/p>\n
The company also went some way to demonstrate the cable that runs on a mechanism designed to help users easily put it back in place. Measuring 4.7 metres, a length over which drivers of electric cars with central charge ports will rejoice, liquid-cooling is missing. Whether this means that they would regulate charge power, i.e. when it runs hot, appears not to be the case. CEO da Silva said in an email: “The total power is available all the time. There is a 250A CCS cable recently available in the market.”<\/p>\n
Sales Director Pedro Domingues had an on-sale schedule ready at the launch event, saying they would “terminate the EU regulation by January 2021” meaning they hope to complete certification by then. This is at least for versions based on 250 Amps good for charge currents of up to 200 kW. The Blueberry Plus featuring 250 Amps and 600 kW, Domingues promised for summer, then also in the US with the strongest 500 Amps and 600 kW becoming available from January 2022. These will also use liquid-cooled cables.<\/p>\n
“This new range of fast chargers is disruptive in the current market offering and covers all light and heavy vehicle segments,” added da Silva. “For us, it is a reason for great pride to be able to present this differentiating solution in a market that is constantly evolving, with only one year in existence”.<\/p>\n
While i-charging called for interested parties to reach out to them, we also wanted to hear about any potential partners and whether the company imagines running their own Blueberry hubs or network or rather go as charging equipment provider, possibly even white label. The CEO had the following reply: “i-charging is essentially a charger manufacturer. Our chargers will be used by Charge Point Operators (CPOs) in private and public networks, and also in private locations, for example charging fleets. In this case, passenger transport entities are obvious clients. We can provide a cloud platform to manage the chargers if they are used in private applications. For public applications usually, the CPO already have their systems.”<\/p>\n
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