Continental announced a partnership with Austrian automotive component supplier Volterio to launch a new fully automatic electric vehicle charging device (Automatic Charging Robots), abandoning the traditional charging pile mode, but changing the way of the baseplate, through induction automatic connection, the biggest feature is that the vehicle does not need to be accurately stopped to position, the charging device will automatically move to align with the receiver, 2022 will launch a 22kW power version, the future is planned 50kW DC specifications.
In addition to the well-known tire products, the Continental Group is also a major designer and manufacturer of automotive components in the European market, and its Continental Engineering Services division, which is the leading unit of the charging device for fully automatic electric vehicles, is planning to commercialize the product by mid-2022 in cooperation with Austrian supplier Volterio.
According to Continental Engineering Services, the automatic electric vehicle charging device is divided into 2 parts, 1 is a charger installed on the floor, 1 is a receiver at the bottom of the vehicle, the driver will park the vehicle to the parking space, the charger will automatically find the location of the receiver, and use the physical connection to start charging, the new product will automatically adjust the position, can accept the error range within 30 cm, for the driver, Vehicle parking is much more flexible.
Although this product looks like a wireless charging device, but in fact, it uses a physical connection for charging, from the characteristics of the analysis, with the convenience of wireless charging (pileless design), while the power loss is smaller; 22kW power is suitable for general destination charging, or public parking needs, Continental Engineering Services also plans to launch a 50kW version in the future, which can shorten the charging time.