Everyone knows that technology evolves and develops further at a steady rate. However, every now and then, you can see a technological boom where a single trend can sweep across the industries, driving innovations like nothing before. Now, we’ve all thought that eclectic vehicles were, in fact, such a trend.
Although that’s partially true, it’s actually the EV charging station technology that’s pushing the limits of ingenuity. As it happens, global leaders have realised that if humanity keeps going the way it is now, the environment will punish us dearly for our misdeeds.
Even now the CO2 emissions are causing catastrophic climate conditions and global warming that’s going out of hand. As a result, the United Nations formed the so-called [1] Net-zero Coalition with the purpose of vastly reducing carbon emissions.
One of the methods to achieve that is to replace fossil fuel vehicles with electric ones. We’ve done that part, but what now?
Well, this is where charging station technological innovations come into play. Their purpose is to make EVs more affordable, convenient, desirable and more widely adopted. So, how are these innovations supposed to do that? Let’s find out, shall we?
Simply put, EV charging stations are electrical counterparts of gas stations. You plug your EV into a charging station, and it fills your vehicle’s battery with energy instead of petrol. Charging stations tap into the electrical grid and charge you per kWh instead of a litre of petrol.
Innovation for any kind of technology is mostly driven by the need to overcome certain obstacles and challenges. For EVs, those obstacles often include charging times, prices and charging efficiency.
For example, if you use a Level 1 charger type, it will take too long to charge your car. On the other hand, if you use a Level 3 DC fast charger, your vehicle’s battery will charge in under an hour, but the DC will likely damage the battery’s health.
Moreover, if you don’t use a smart charger, you’ll likely overpay for charging. Therefore, so far, everything is a trade-off in one way or another and consumers are not very fond of those.
That said, a solution is obviously needed, but solutions take time to develop and integrate into existing systems.
Nevertheless, many companies have already started to produce viable results and alternatives that could make EVs even more desirable than they already are. Let’s have a look at a few of those innovations that are redefining charging stations as we know it.
Many charging network providers are doing their best to make fast charging stations more available to all EV owners, especially those who cannot install a home charging station.
The most common type of charger across dedicated parking lots and charging stations is the so-called Level 2 charger, which provides around 7-22kW of power. This type of charger takes several hours to fully recharge your car’s battery.
This is also the main reason why many counties are pushing towards more supercharger stations providing around 350 kW of power. This could vastly reduce charging times and fill your car’s battery up to 80% in 15-20 minutes.
Nowadays, you can easily find the Connected Kerb charging station, for example, that aims to provide consumers with affordable supercharging services.
However, even supercharging stations take longer to fill an EV’s battery than it would take you to fill a full tank with petrol. A possible concept for a solution comes from China, and it involves battery swapping or battery rental.
Chinese automaker Nio decided to offer their customers an option to replace a battery that can no longer hold a charge with a fresh one, as well as rent out a fully-charged battery and continue their journey without stopping for a charge.
Charging station employees would handle the process that normally lasts under five minutes and they would dispose of old batteries so you don’t have to. This trend has caught on in Europe as well, but it’s still not as widely adopted as in China.
One of the major issues that EV owners face is the lack of accessible charging stations in their area. If you own a house, you won’t have such issues because you can simply have one of the home EV charging stations installed on your property.
However, if you live in an apartment with no driveway and only access to street parking, then you’re in a bit of a pickle regarding charging options. Sure, there are charging stations at parking lots and garages, as well as gas stations and motorways.
But if there aren’t any near your home, you’d have to plan your charging route every day and ensure your vehicle has enough power to get you to the station, then to work and back home. Fortunately, there’s already a solution to that little problem.
For example, the Ubitricity charging station can be installed pretty much anywhere and it integrates into existing landscape and infrastructure, like a lamppost, for instance.
All you have to do is contact Ubitricity and fill out a form, and their employees will come to install a charging station at your location. And, voila, you plug your car into the lamppost and it will charge just like it would with a home charging station.
To prove this trend is catching on, you’ll also likely come across the char.gy charging station also installed in nearby lampposts and bollards, to name a few. This provider utilises renewable energy sources and existing urban infrastructure to provide convenient charging stations to EV owners without access to off-street parking.
Consumers were amazed when technology revealed a way to charge smartphones wirelessly. You just put your phone on a little mat, and no cables are needed to charge your device. Now, imagine you could do the same with your EV.
Well, the way things are progressing, you might soon be able to do just that. The concept of wireless EV charging is being tested and developed by Tesla. Although the technology itself is still in its infancy, it might become commercially available in the near future.
Simple mats would replace bulky charging station infrastructure, and they could be installed in every parking spot you can imagine. This would make owning an EV as seamless as owning a smartphone, which is definitely a promising future for the environment.
Have you heard about electric roads yet? Well, now you did, and this innovation might just become a standard in the future. The problem behind this solution is transport vehicles like buses and trucks. As a matter of fact, electric trucks and other vehicles simply take too long to charge, while the cargo they’re transporting often can’t wait that long.
For example, refrigerated produce might spoil while their transport vehicles sit and wait for the battery to recharge. And since trucks and buses are, in fact, some of the biggest pollutants among ground vehicles, a solution for their electric counterparts was required sooner rather than later.
The solution is electric roads or smart pavement that recharges your battery while you drive. The idea is to mix pavement with coils and wires that would power up the vehicle’s battery without the need for charging stations.
The roads themselves could be powered by the grid or renewable energy sources. This idea is still in its concept phase but Sweden is already conducting studies and testing out first prototypes as we speak.
Moreover, another prototype is set to be built in the US, specifically in Detroit. If this concept turns out to be feasible, we might see EVs with smaller batteries that last longer on the roads in the future.
Currently, there is a large demand for EVs, according to the [2] IEA, which is also driving an increased demand in battery manufacturing. So far, the vast majority of EVs are equipped with lithium-ion batteries that have become a standard due to their numerous benefits.
However, the exploitation of lithium and corresponding materials necessary to produce EV batteries is quite harmful to the environment. It’s like using coal to power a wind turbine when it’s not windy outside. But you have to start somewhere if you want to create a solution and refine the process until you get the desired results.
That’s how progress works, after all. This is why there’s a shift in the battery manufacturing process that can meet the new demand without continuously harming the environment. China, for example, is shifting toward the use of lithium iron phosphate batteries that still use lithium but do not require other harmful materials like cobalt or nickel.
It’s not much, but it’s a step in the right direction. However, there are other alternatives being developed, and one such solution is solid-state batteries developed by Nissan among others, of course. Using solid instead of liquid electrolytes, solid-state batteries show the potential to be half the size but twice the power alternative to lithium-ion.
Another potential alternative is sodium-ion batteries that do not use lithium, cobalt or nickel. Instead, they use more available and less harmful materials, which means lower manufacturing costs in the long run. Sodium-ion batteries aren’t better in performance compared to lithium-ion but are significantly cheaper to make.
Shifting from fossil fuel vehicles to EVs cannot happen overnight. The set of challenges is monumental in scope but that doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to do. EVs are, in fact, becoming increasingly popular across the world.
However, you can’t just manufacture more EVs and call it a day. The entire infrastructure must adapt and adjust so that more electric vehicles can be introduced commercially. Imagine plugging in more and more electronic devices into your home. Eventually, the overload would blow the fuses and collapse your entire infrastructure.
The same can be said for every country’s electrical grid. Of course, countries such as the UK are [3] incentivising the creation of additional private and public charging stations. The goal is to build an additional 300,000 stations across the United Kingdom by 2030. But in order to mitigate the risks of grid overload, a push towards mandatory smart charging is in the works.
As you may already know, smart charging optimises the charging process while keeping an eye on grid conditions. This is designed to maintain the electrical infrastructure while future grid adaptations are being developed.
Simply adding more charging stations to accommodate more eclectic vehicles isn’t going to cut it. This is why innovations in EV charging station technology are necessary. If the charging stations themselves are optimised and improved, adding more of them isn’t going to pose a major issue or overload the grid for that matter.
But it’s not just the stations that are getting an upgrade. EVs and their batteries are being redesigned to ensure more road range and less need for prolonged charging. That way, everyone can easily own an EV in the future without creating more problems than solutions.
It’s common knowledge that a lot of people in the UK don’t have access to off-street parking. That can be a real burden for EV owners who need to charge their cars in order to get around. Fortunately, OVO Charge has a solution.
Our well-designed app allows you to not just find the nearest charging station but also plan an ideal route to it. Moreover, you can use our app to pay for charging services across multiple providers — so no more need for different cards or RFID tags, and certainly no more road anxiety.
That’s more than reason enough to check and download our app. But there’s more. With our app, you’re entitled to discounts and cashback incentives at our partners’ charging stations, so what better way to cut charging costs than to opt for our app today?
There’s no point in denying the fact that EVs can help save the planet from carbon emissions and global warming. However, before EVs can present a solution to a global problem, additional advancements in EV charging station technology will have to be deployed.
The world is on the right track, with numerous countries putting in a lot of effort to battle the effects of climate change. However, there’s still a way to go and EVs will pave the way towards a cleaner future.
[1] https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/net-zero-coalition
[2] https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2024/trends-in-electric-vehicle-batteries
Everyone knows that technology evolves and develops further at a steady rate. However, every now and then, you can see a technological boom where a single trend can sweep across the industries, driving innovations like nothing before. Now, we’ve all thought that eclectic vehicles were, in fact, such a trend.
Although that’s partially true, it’s actually the EV charging station technology that’s pushing the limits of ingenuity. As it happens, global leaders have realised that if humanity keeps going the way it is now, the environment will punish us dearly for our misdeeds.
Even now the CO2 emissions are causing catastrophic climate conditions and global warming that’s going out of hand. As a result, the United Nations formed the so-called [1] Net-zero Coalition with the purpose of vastly reducing carbon emissions.
One of the methods to achieve that is to replace fossil fuel vehicles with electric ones. We’ve done that part, but what now?
Well, this is where charging station technological innovations come into play. Their purpose is to make EVs more affordable, convenient, desirable and more widely adopted. So, how are these innovations supposed to do that? Let’s find out, shall we?
Simply put, EV charging stations are electrical counterparts of gas stations. You plug your EV into a charging station, and it fills your vehicle’s battery with energy instead of petrol. Charging stations tap into the electrical grid and charge you per kWh instead of a litre of petrol.
Innovation for any kind of technology is mostly driven by the need to overcome certain obstacles and challenges. For EVs, those obstacles often include charging times, prices and charging efficiency.
For example, if you use a Level 1 charger type, it will take too long to charge your car. On the other hand, if you use a Level 3 DC fast charger, your vehicle’s battery will charge in under an hour, but the DC will likely damage the battery’s health.
Moreover, if you don’t use a smart charger, you’ll likely overpay for charging. Therefore, so far, everything is a trade-off in one way or another and consumers are not very fond of those.
That said, a solution is obviously needed, but solutions take time to develop and integrate into existing systems.
Nevertheless, many companies have already started to produce viable results and alternatives that could make EVs even more desirable than they already are. Let’s have a look at a few of those innovations that are redefining charging stations as we know it.
Many charging network providers are doing their best to make fast charging stations more available to all EV owners, especially those who cannot install a home charging station.
The most common type of charger across dedicated parking lots and charging stations is the so-called Level 2 charger, which provides around 7-22kW of power. This type of charger takes several hours to fully recharge your car’s battery.
This is also the main reason why many counties are pushing towards more supercharger stations providing around 350 kW of power. This could vastly reduce charging times and fill your car’s battery up to 80% in 15-20 minutes.
Nowadays, you can easily find the Connected Kerb charging station, for example, that aims to provide consumers with affordable supercharging services.
However, even supercharging stations take longer to fill an EV’s battery than it would take you to fill a full tank with petrol. A possible concept for a solution comes from China, and it involves battery swapping or battery rental.
Chinese automaker Nio decided to offer their customers an option to replace a battery that can no longer hold a charge with a fresh one, as well as rent out a fully-charged battery and continue their journey without stopping for a charge.
Charging station employees would handle the process that normally lasts under five minutes and they would dispose of old batteries so you don’t have to. This trend has caught on in Europe as well, but it’s still not as widely adopted as in China.
One of the major issues that EV owners face is the lack of accessible charging stations in their area. If you own a house, you won’t have such issues because you can simply have one of the home EV charging stations installed on your property.
However, if you live in an apartment with no driveway and only access to street parking, then you’re in a bit of a pickle regarding charging options. Sure, there are charging stations at parking lots and garages, as well as gas stations and motorways.
But if there aren’t any near your home, you’d have to plan your charging route every day and ensure your vehicle has enough power to get you to the station, then to work and back home. Fortunately, there’s already a solution to that little problem.
For example, the Ubitricity charging station can be installed pretty much anywhere and it integrates into existing landscape and infrastructure, like a lamppost, for instance.
All you have to do is contact Ubitricity and fill out a form, and their employees will come to install a charging station at your location. And, voila, you plug your car into the lamppost and it will charge just like it would with a home charging station.
To prove this trend is catching on, you’ll also likely come across the char.gy charging station also installed in nearby lampposts and bollards, to name a few. This provider utilises renewable energy sources and existing urban infrastructure to provide convenient charging stations to EV owners without access to off-street parking.
Consumers were amazed when technology revealed a way to charge smartphones wirelessly. You just put your phone on a little mat, and no cables are needed to charge your device. Now, imagine you could do the same with your EV.
Well, the way things are progressing, you might soon be able to do just that. The concept of wireless EV charging is being tested and developed by Tesla. Although the technology itself is still in its infancy, it might become commercially available in the near future.
Simple mats would replace bulky charging station infrastructure, and they could be installed in every parking spot you can imagine. This would make owning an EV as seamless as owning a smartphone, which is definitely a promising future for the environment.
Have you heard about electric roads yet? Well, now you did, and this innovation might just become a standard in the future. The problem behind this solution is transport vehicles like buses and trucks. As a matter of fact, electric trucks and other vehicles simply take too long to charge, while the cargo they’re transporting often can’t wait that long.
For example, refrigerated produce might spoil while their transport vehicles sit and wait for the battery to recharge. And since trucks and buses are, in fact, some of the biggest pollutants among ground vehicles, a solution for their electric counterparts was required sooner rather than later.
The solution is electric roads or smart pavement that recharges your battery while you drive. The idea is to mix pavement with coils and wires that would power up the vehicle’s battery without the need for charging stations.
The roads themselves could be powered by the grid or renewable energy sources. This idea is still in its concept phase but Sweden is already conducting studies and testing out first prototypes as we speak.
Moreover, another prototype is set to be built in the US, specifically in Detroit. If this concept turns out to be feasible, we might see EVs with smaller batteries that last longer on the roads in the future.
Currently, there is a large demand for EVs, according to the [2] IEA, which is also driving an increased demand in battery manufacturing. So far, the vast majority of EVs are equipped with lithium-ion batteries that have become a standard due to their numerous benefits.
However, the exploitation of lithium and corresponding materials necessary to produce EV batteries is quite harmful to the environment. It’s like using coal to power a wind turbine when it’s not windy outside. But you have to start somewhere if you want to create a solution and refine the process until you get the desired results.
That’s how progress works, after all. This is why there’s a shift in the battery manufacturing process that can meet the new demand without continuously harming the environment. China, for example, is shifting toward the use of lithium iron phosphate batteries that still use lithium but do not require other harmful materials like cobalt or nickel.
It’s not much, but it’s a step in the right direction. However, there are other alternatives being developed, and one such solution is solid-state batteries developed by Nissan among others, of course. Using solid instead of liquid electrolytes, solid-state batteries show the potential to be half the size but twice the power alternative to lithium-ion.
Another potential alternative is sodium-ion batteries that do not use lithium, cobalt or nickel. Instead, they use more available and less harmful materials, which means lower manufacturing costs in the long run. Sodium-ion batteries aren’t better in performance compared to lithium-ion but are significantly cheaper to make.
Shifting from fossil fuel vehicles to EVs cannot happen overnight. The set of challenges is monumental in scope but that doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to do. EVs are, in fact, becoming increasingly popular across the world.
However, you can’t just manufacture more EVs and call it a day. The entire infrastructure must adapt and adjust so that more electric vehicles can be introduced commercially. Imagine plugging in more and more electronic devices into your home. Eventually, the overload would blow the fuses and collapse your entire infrastructure.
The same can be said for every country’s electrical grid. Of course, countries such as the UK are [3] incentivising the creation of additional private and public charging stations. The goal is to build an additional 300,000 stations across the United Kingdom by 2030. But in order to mitigate the risks of grid overload, a push towards mandatory smart charging is in the works.
As you may already know, smart charging optimises the charging process while keeping an eye on grid conditions. This is designed to maintain the electrical infrastructure while future grid adaptations are being developed.
Simply adding more charging stations to accommodate more eclectic vehicles isn’t going to cut it. This is why innovations in EV charging station technology are necessary. If the charging stations themselves are optimised and improved, adding more of them isn’t going to pose a major issue or overload the grid for that matter.
But it’s not just the stations that are getting an upgrade. EVs and their batteries are being redesigned to ensure more road range and less need for prolonged charging. That way, everyone can easily own an EV in the future without creating more problems than solutions.
It’s common knowledge that a lot of people in the UK don’t have access to off-street parking. That can be a real burden for EV owners who need to charge their cars in order to get around. Fortunately, OVO Charge has a solution.
Our well-designed app allows you to not just find the nearest charging station but also plan an ideal route to it. Moreover, you can use our app to pay for charging services across multiple providers — so no more need for different cards or RFID tags, and certainly no more road anxiety.
That’s more than reason enough to check and download our app. But there’s more. With our app, you’re entitled to discounts and cashback incentives at our partners’ charging stations, so what better way to cut charging costs than to opt for our app today?
There’s no point in denying the fact that EVs can help save the planet from carbon emissions and global warming. However, before EVs can present a solution to a global problem, additional advancements in EV charging station technology will have to be deployed.
The world is on the right track, with numerous countries putting in a lot of effort to battle the effects of climate change. However, there’s still a way to go and EVs will pave the way towards a cleaner future.
[1] https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/net-zero-coalition
[2] https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2024/trends-in-electric-vehicle-batteries
Everyone knows that technology evolves and develops further at a steady rate. However, every now and then, you can see a technological boom where a single trend can sweep across the industries, driving innovations like nothing before. Now, we’ve all thought that eclectic vehicles were, in fact, such a trend.
Although that’s partially true, it’s actually the EV charging station technology that’s pushing the limits of ingenuity. As it happens, global leaders have realised that if humanity keeps going the way it is now, the environment will punish us dearly for our misdeeds.
Even now the CO2 emissions are causing catastrophic climate conditions and global warming that’s going out of hand. As a result, the United Nations formed the so-called [1] Net-zero Coalition with the purpose of vastly reducing carbon emissions.
One of the methods to achieve that is to replace fossil fuel vehicles with electric ones. We’ve done that part, but what now?
Well, this is where charging station technological innovations come into play. Their purpose is to make EVs more affordable, convenient, desirable and more widely adopted. So, how are these innovations supposed to do that? Let’s find out, shall we?
Simply put, EV charging stations are electrical counterparts of gas stations. You plug your EV into a charging station, and it fills your vehicle’s battery with energy instead of petrol. Charging stations tap into the electrical grid and charge you per kWh instead of a litre of petrol.
Innovation for any kind of technology is mostly driven by the need to overcome certain obstacles and challenges. For EVs, those obstacles often include charging times, prices and charging efficiency.
For example, if you use a Level 1 charger type, it will take too long to charge your car. On the other hand, if you use a Level 3 DC fast charger, your vehicle’s battery will charge in under an hour, but the DC will likely damage the battery’s health.
Moreover, if you don’t use a smart charger, you’ll likely overpay for charging. Therefore, so far, everything is a trade-off in one way or another and consumers are not very fond of those.
That said, a solution is obviously needed, but solutions take time to develop and integrate into existing systems.
Nevertheless, many companies have already started to produce viable results and alternatives that could make EVs even more desirable than they already are. Let’s have a look at a few of those innovations that are redefining charging stations as we know it.
Many charging network providers are doing their best to make fast charging stations more available to all EV owners, especially those who cannot install a home charging station.
The most common type of charger across dedicated parking lots and charging stations is the so-called Level 2 charger, which provides around 7-22kW of power. This type of charger takes several hours to fully recharge your car’s battery.
This is also the main reason why many counties are pushing towards more supercharger stations providing around 350 kW of power. This could vastly reduce charging times and fill your car’s battery up to 80% in 15-20 minutes.
Nowadays, you can easily find the Connected Kerb charging station, for example, that aims to provide consumers with affordable supercharging services.
However, even supercharging stations take longer to fill an EV’s battery than it would take you to fill a full tank with petrol. A possible concept for a solution comes from China, and it involves battery swapping or battery rental.
Chinese automaker Nio decided to offer their customers an option to replace a battery that can no longer hold a charge with a fresh one, as well as rent out a fully-charged battery and continue their journey without stopping for a charge.
Charging station employees would handle the process that normally lasts under five minutes and they would dispose of old batteries so you don’t have to. This trend has caught on in Europe as well, but it’s still not as widely adopted as in China.
One of the major issues that EV owners face is the lack of accessible charging stations in their area. If you own a house, you won’t have such issues because you can simply have one of the home EV charging stations installed on your property.
However, if you live in an apartment with no driveway and only access to street parking, then you’re in a bit of a pickle regarding charging options. Sure, there are charging stations at parking lots and garages, as well as gas stations and motorways.
But if there aren’t any near your home, you’d have to plan your charging route every day and ensure your vehicle has enough power to get you to the station, then to work and back home. Fortunately, there’s already a solution to that little problem.
For example, the Ubitricity charging station can be installed pretty much anywhere and it integrates into existing landscape and infrastructure, like a lamppost, for instance.
All you have to do is contact Ubitricity and fill out a form, and their employees will come to install a charging station at your location. And, voila, you plug your car into the lamppost and it will charge just like it would with a home charging station.
To prove this trend is catching on, you’ll also likely come across the char.gy charging station also installed in nearby lampposts and bollards, to name a few. This provider utilises renewable energy sources and existing urban infrastructure to provide convenient charging stations to EV owners without access to off-street parking.
Consumers were amazed when technology revealed a way to charge smartphones wirelessly. You just put your phone on a little mat, and no cables are needed to charge your device. Now, imagine you could do the same with your EV.
Well, the way things are progressing, you might soon be able to do just that. The concept of wireless EV charging is being tested and developed by Tesla. Although the technology itself is still in its infancy, it might become commercially available in the near future.
Simple mats would replace bulky charging station infrastructure, and they could be installed in every parking spot you can imagine. This would make owning an EV as seamless as owning a smartphone, which is definitely a promising future for the environment.
Have you heard about electric roads yet? Well, now you did, and this innovation might just become a standard in the future. The problem behind this solution is transport vehicles like buses and trucks. As a matter of fact, electric trucks and other vehicles simply take too long to charge, while the cargo they’re transporting often can’t wait that long.
For example, refrigerated produce might spoil while their transport vehicles sit and wait for the battery to recharge. And since trucks and buses are, in fact, some of the biggest pollutants among ground vehicles, a solution for their electric counterparts was required sooner rather than later.
The solution is electric roads or smart pavement that recharges your battery while you drive. The idea is to mix pavement with coils and wires that would power up the vehicle’s battery without the need for charging stations.
The roads themselves could be powered by the grid or renewable energy sources. This idea is still in its concept phase but Sweden is already conducting studies and testing out first prototypes as we speak.
Moreover, another prototype is set to be built in the US, specifically in Detroit. If this concept turns out to be feasible, we might see EVs with smaller batteries that last longer on the roads in the future.
Currently, there is a large demand for EVs, according to the [2] IEA, which is also driving an increased demand in battery manufacturing. So far, the vast majority of EVs are equipped with lithium-ion batteries that have become a standard due to their numerous benefits.
However, the exploitation of lithium and corresponding materials necessary to produce EV batteries is quite harmful to the environment. It’s like using coal to power a wind turbine when it’s not windy outside. But you have to start somewhere if you want to create a solution and refine the process until you get the desired results.
That’s how progress works, after all. This is why there’s a shift in the battery manufacturing process that can meet the new demand without continuously harming the environment. China, for example, is shifting toward the use of lithium iron phosphate batteries that still use lithium but do not require other harmful materials like cobalt or nickel.
It’s not much, but it’s a step in the right direction. However, there are other alternatives being developed, and one such solution is solid-state batteries developed by Nissan among others, of course. Using solid instead of liquid electrolytes, solid-state batteries show the potential to be half the size but twice the power alternative to lithium-ion.
Another potential alternative is sodium-ion batteries that do not use lithium, cobalt or nickel. Instead, they use more available and less harmful materials, which means lower manufacturing costs in the long run. Sodium-ion batteries aren’t better in performance compared to lithium-ion but are significantly cheaper to make.
Shifting from fossil fuel vehicles to EVs cannot happen overnight. The set of challenges is monumental in scope but that doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to do. EVs are, in fact, becoming increasingly popular across the world.
However, you can’t just manufacture more EVs and call it a day. The entire infrastructure must adapt and adjust so that more electric vehicles can be introduced commercially. Imagine plugging in more and more electronic devices into your home. Eventually, the overload would blow the fuses and collapse your entire infrastructure.
The same can be said for every country’s electrical grid. Of course, countries such as the UK are [3] incentivising the creation of additional private and public charging stations. The goal is to build an additional 300,000 stations across the United Kingdom by 2030. But in order to mitigate the risks of grid overload, a push towards mandatory smart charging is in the works.
As you may already know, smart charging optimises the charging process while keeping an eye on grid conditions. This is designed to maintain the electrical infrastructure while future grid adaptations are being developed.
Simply adding more charging stations to accommodate more eclectic vehicles isn’t going to cut it. This is why innovations in EV charging station technology are necessary. If the charging stations themselves are optimised and improved, adding more of them isn’t going to pose a major issue or overload the grid for that matter.
But it’s not just the stations that are getting an upgrade. EVs and their batteries are being redesigned to ensure more road range and less need for prolonged charging. That way, everyone can easily own an EV in the future without creating more problems than solutions.
It’s common knowledge that a lot of people in the UK don’t have access to off-street parking. That can be a real burden for EV owners who need to charge their cars in order to get around. Fortunately, OVO Charge has a solution.
Our well-designed app allows you to not just find the nearest charging station but also plan an ideal route to it. Moreover, you can use our app to pay for charging services across multiple providers — so no more need for different cards or RFID tags, and certainly no more road anxiety.
That’s more than reason enough to check and download our app. But there’s more. With our app, you’re entitled to discounts and cashback incentives at our partners’ charging stations, so what better way to cut charging costs than to opt for our app today?
There’s no point in denying the fact that EVs can help save the planet from carbon emissions and global warming. However, before EVs can present a solution to a global problem, additional advancements in EV charging station technology will have to be deployed.
The world is on the right track, with numerous countries putting in a lot of effort to battle the effects of climate change. However, there’s still a way to go and EVs will pave the way towards a cleaner future.
[1] https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/net-zero-coalition
[2] https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2024/trends-in-electric-vehicle-batteries
