Automobile giant rates: Will build portable powerbank for electric cars

Life as vesterhavsturist can be a little cumbersome if the feriepakkede car is running on electricity.

Have you for example set the exchange rate against the wide, sandy beach on the island of Romo, then there are currently 36 kilometres to the nearest public charger in Ribe - while the nearest petrol station is just five kilometers from the beach.

The mismatch believes Volkswagen, however, now to have found a solution. The German automobile giant will build the portable charging stations that can be set up in places where it is hard to draw a wire - as, for example, at Rømø beach. Ladestationerne works a little like an oversized powerbank for mobile phone and will, according to Volkswagen hold enough power to let the 15 cars.

The typing of the carmaker in a press release.

The transportable ladestander can let four cars at the same time with up to 100 kW. It means according to Volkswagen, to an electric VW Golf will be able to reach 80 percent of its battery capacity in just 17 minutes.

When 80 percent of the ladestationens battery is used, it will automatically send for a fresh replacement. The cradle can also be plugged to a power source, if such a one is nearby, and let himself up. The carmaker writes that it is with to make it suitable for large events, where many electric cars are assembled.

The transportable charging stations must at the same time act a little as the farmer's udspredningsarealer. Volkswagen is planning to build 15 million electric cars in the coming years, and they will quickly leave out quite a few used car batteries, which slurry from dyreholdet can be reused for something sensible.

the Idea is that the used battery is to be used in ladestationerne and, thus, to give Volkswagen a cleaner klimasamvittighed.

as to the major car manufacturers have been given time in the production of electric cars, the technology has also received criticism for its for feeding a family. This is partly because of the battery content of the raw materials like cobalt, lithium and graphite, as well as the way in which they are currently being processed.

At the end of november announced the Volkswagen, that it had earmarked about usd 370 billion. crowns to buy elbilbatterier. Despite the fact that in the coming years will build millions of electric cars, is estimated not to build the batteries themselves.

The first transportable charging points, Volkswagen will put up in its German hometown of Wolfsburg in the first half of 2019. However, it will only be for a trial period, and the actual rollout will take place in 2020.