On the one hand, the existing charging facilities are not perfect and the coverage is limited, which can not meet the charging needs of existing vehicles; On the other hand, the inconvenience caused by charging also magnifies the problem of short battery life of new energy vehicles, which seriously affects consumers' choice of car purchase. Based on this, in order to solve the above problems, many industry manufacturers began to devote themselves to the construction of charging piles and other facilities or promote the development of power exchange services, in order to fundamentally solve the problem of automobile charging.
Unfortunately, charging piles can't be built if they want to, which involves many factors and needs the comprehensive consideration of the government, property, power grid, operation, owners and users. At the same time, the power exchange business is still in the initial development stage, and the charging problem is difficult to solve in the short term. So, is there no other solution? In fact, with the development of robots in the past two years, charging robots is becoming a new idea.
The so-called charging robot is the product of the integration of charging piles and mobile robots. Initially, this concept was put forward by Wei Lai, trying to use a mobile charging car to charge other electric vehicles and provide a "one-button boot" service. Later, Tesla further developed this concept, launched a semi-trailer carrying commercial energy storage batteries and several fast charging piles, and initially created the prototype of the charging robot.
Nowadays, charging robots have been favored by more and more car companies and become a brand-new development way. In April last year, Aichi Automobile released the mobile charging robot Carl; ; At the same time, Youai Hezhi Robot located in Xi 'an also jointly launched its own mobile charging robot with Teruide. In addition, not long ago, Defiance Technology also released the world's first green charging robot Mohji. ...
The charging robot has become the best choice for so many car companies to solve the charging problem because it has too many advantages compared with fixed charging facilities such as charging piles. For example, the charging robot can move freely, with small floor space, more flexible and convenient deployment and simpler charging operation. Moreover, the application of charging robot does not need to be affected by too many environmental factors, and its adaptability and autonomy are also very strong.
In some multi-storey parking lots and remote areas that are not suitable for building fixed charging piles, charging robots have high application value, which can effectively solve the shortcomings of inconvenient charging and battery life defects of new energy vehicles, so that car owners do not have to actively look for charging stations and get a more convenient charging experience. In the future, through * * * sharing, leasing and other modes, charging robots can be quickly introduced to the market, and the business prospects are immeasurable.
Of course, before this, the charging robot still needs to solve three problems:
One is technical. The charging robot is divided into two parts: the mobile robot and the energy storage device. The former part of the technical requirements are very high. Because the mobile robot is mainly composed of AGV, mechanical arm and visual camera, it means that the robot must have good navigation planning ability and extremely high precision requirements, which are inseparable from the blessing and upgrading of technology.
The second is energy storage. If the energy storage device can be transported by a mobile robot, its volume and weight must not exceed a certain limit, which leads to its small energy storage. According to professionals, the energy storage of some existing mobile charging robots can only meet the needs of about 5 cars. In addition, the mobile robot itself also needs power consumption, and the reserve is still obviously insufficient, which needs further improvement.
The third is the cost. Although the layout and construction cost of the charging robot is not high, the use cost is quite high. On the one hand, the nature of mobility determines that its transportation cost is not low; On the other hand, the emergence of transportation costs will naturally lead to car owners paying more than ordinary charging piles when charging. Based on these two aspects, the large-scale application of mobile charging piles is also facing cost pressure. Need to reduce costs or other solutions in the future.