A startup called in Germany trying Ubitricity electric car charging electric meter ubiquitous mobile driver can carry on their chests. The company made the first of thousands of these plugs year.The expansion of the electric car is anything but impressive, and a major stumbling block is the lack of charging infrastructure and the "range anxiety" get a better consumer. Late last year the luxury electric sports car maker Tesla Motors (TSLA) began addressing at least the perception that the solar-powered Tesla charging stations where drivers can charge for it based free.Berlin Ubitricity strive to meet this increased cost option for electric cars in different ways the same once. Companies want to take away from what you say it is a big and expensive charging station and replace it with a mobile power meter to keep the ark of the electric car and allows you to charge Ubitricity sockets if they are in your home, your office, or take advantage Ubitricity claim mall . the socket itself that at a fraction of the cost of conventional charging stations, and the business model is to subsidize the price socket, making it more competitive with the price of a standard electrical plug installed in a garage or parking lot. The company said to do so because the intelligence is in the meter remains car.If to plug in at home and at work, two locations, "said founder and Chief Executive Ubitricity Hechtfischer Knut us during a recent interview. "? So why should you install the full brilliance of the two sites instead of bringing to you "as he explains the benefits:" It saves half wit, half of their costs, and half of the operating costs. "To fill the car using Ubitricity system, public charging plug is inserted into the socket Ubitricity white, which is about the size of a large brick. Meter mobile, attached to the charging cable, said plug from the circuit and allows the payload, and the meter keeps track of how much electricity is used. Once charging is complete, sends back Ubitricity total via cellular connection. Ubitricity then passes the information to the relevant utility.The system works very much like infrastructure and charging mobile phones. Customers have a billing account with the electric utility, and Ubitricity only track electricity usage between network operators and utilities. From Ubitricity then charge extra for approximately € 0.10 per transaction for network congestion is the key to success Ubitricity service.The model, said CEO Hechtfischer and cost advantages that are responsible for important stations to attract organizations and businesses to install Ubitricity plugs, rather than the station more expensive electric car charging. "We think it is highly unlikely that the city, which means taxpayers will invest in such equipment," said Hechtfischer. He said if you do not have a clear business case for how electric vehicle charging stations could make a profit at the moment, and he pointed to a European utility RWE (RWE), who reported that the rate of utilization of multiple charging stations were installed in Germany is very low, especially when compared with the high cost of installation and hardware maintenance.The Ubitricity itself is not remarkable, and the startup is determined to maintain existing standards when working may naturally conservative utility and automotive industries. Startup has been working in the German equivalent of the U.S. National Institute for Technology to ensure standardization and the German federal government received a grant to do so.The socket itself is common, with the power, voltage fuses, and RCD, with access management add-on, for call the meter to allow charging. Meter smart meter itself is pretty standard, with mobile communication gateways, to allow access to the backend system utilities. If the mobile network is temporarily unavailable charge at the end, the data is stored for later transmission.One granted patents for the technology, and more are pending. For European competitors, with activity in the mobile measures in Sweden. An ongoing research project at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden working on this technology, and Ericsson (Eric) has collaborated with both local utilities and Volvo (VOLVB) in his Elviis project. The project also puts Elviis communication and feet inside the car and not charging station.the smart grid is actually the original starting point for Ubitricity in 2007. Founder Frank Pawlitschek Hechtfischer and exciting to experiment what electric cars can play a role in the smart grid with renewable energy. One consequence of the billing model that consumers seem to be able to stay in the utility they believe in and support the sale of electricity from renewable sources if they choose to do so.Households rooftop solar panels can also convert their roof access electrons in a remote location, so close. "You'll be able to get your PV power socket in your employer's location," said Hechtfischer.Ubitricity closed Series A round of VC financing in 2010 and expects to close the round B for the first six months of 2013. This is a test pilot project with a number of European utilities, and instructions detection data on the internet players who are not named. Expected in 1000 socket mounted on the end of the hardware Ubitricity year.At now produced locally, but in October 2012 announced a partnership with TE Connectivity to mass produce Herlaut components.Fabienne, French VC firm managing partner Ecomobilité Ventures, Ubitricity learning about new events recently in Düsseldorf Cleantech. He said that he felt it was the investor GigaOM likely interested in technology-based solutions. "When you look at solutions like Ubitricity, technology wins, then I think it is very attractive to investors, because it is not only based on the number of users you have," Herlaut Ubitricity said.Whether may succeed in getting density socket needed to sustain services utility to consumers indicate that year.Also from GigaOM: Cleantech Fourth-Quarter 2012 Review (subscription required) What Nextdoor do and Right On hyperlocal patch Is Just One Reason to Consider WrongThere do RT For Windows Windows 8Dropbox get more IT-friendly with good ControlsWi Hopefully Fi Expansion Plans Car worry About the Future Connected Car
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