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TUAL announces Boost Charger

Swappable powerbanks for commercial electric vehicles (EV) firm TUAL has announced the launch of its Boost Charger.

The product is a battery-buffer powerbank solution, which enables commercial-vehicle fleets to plug the gaps in energy supply and relieves its reliance on grid infrastructure.

It fits into the company’s powerbank solutions portfolio, using the same design and technology, providing fleet depot sites with limited energy supply with DC battery-buffer power to keep vehicles operating.

The product aims for versatility as well as being intended to be deployed swiftly, within 48 hours, subject to stock, with fleet operators able to use the solution within hours of installation.

The DC battery-buffer solution is designed to make full use of fleet-sites’ energy capacity, “transforming an unusable site into a tactical recharge depot overnight”, it said.

It achieves this by drawing and storing available grid-power throughout the day, when most efficient. Operators are then able to deploy the power as required, delivering high-power charging up to 120kW, and giving fleets the intensive charging capability required to achieve maximum vehicle uptime.

According to TUAL, lost productivity from charging downtime can cost fleets up to £150,000 per driver or vehicle over a 5-year period.

Philip Clarke, CEO and Founder of TUAL: 

“For enterprise fleets looking to electrify, grid energy capacity often presents a significant barrier to a cost-effective transition; our analysis indicates that 80% of locations that fleets want to charge commercial vehicles have constrained or absent grid connections.

“Upgrading local grid capacity can be a hugely cost- and time-intensive process, which is something that fleets – and indeed the industry – simply cannot afford in the short- and long-term.

“Vehicle decarbonisation needs to make significant progress today, and smart technologies are needed to make that happen. That is what TUAL’s Boost Charger solution represents, and makes us ideally suited to helping fleets get the power they need to succeed, wherever and whenever they need it.”

Image courtesy of TUAL

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