Continental and Volterio to develop EV charging robots
Together with start-up Volterio, German car parts firm Continental is developing an intelligent charging robot that will make filling up with electricity much easier and more convenient in the future.
To this end, CES and Volterio have now officially entered into a partnership that will see the latter develop the first near-production systems for the jointly designed charging robot by mid-2022.
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With CES meeting all necessary certification criteria of the automotive industry, it will then also develop the system to production maturity and ultimately take over the production of the charging robot.
Volume production of the system is planned for 2024 and will take place in Germany. The innovative development once again underscores Continental Engineering Services’ strategic focus on sustainable technology and service solutions. Intelligent charging solutions for electric vehicles in particular are key milestones on the road to comprehensive, environmentally-compatible, sustainable mobility.
“Our charging robot is a real step in the evolution of making electric mobility more convenient and suitable for everyday use,” explains Dr. Christoph Falk-Gierlinger, managing director of CES.
The new technology offers many benefits. For one, the energy flows through a physical connection, just as it does in conventional charging stations. This means that – unlike wireless inductive charging via a magnetic field – hardly any energy is lost when filling up with the charging robot. This makes this solution particularly sustainable and efficient. The charging process runs completely automatically.
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Both companies had previously researched similar charging robot solutions independently. In the new cooperation, both partners are complementing each other, so that a solution that is suitable for everyday electric mobility can be quickly developed and made available to customers, who have already showed a great interest in the development.
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