It's like a can of gas, but for electric vehicles.
With an abundance of gas pumps in any given town, drivers have seemingly endless places to fuel up when out and about. And should a car run out of gas on the go, refueling is as simple as finding a jerrycan, filling it up with a few gallons of gas, and pouring it in the tank. But electric car owners aren’t so lucky, especially since chargers aren’t as abundant as gas stations.
That’s where electric vehicle accessory startup ZipCharge comes in. The British newcomer is offering EV owners a partial solution for range anxiety by offering peace of mind between chargers, should they wind up in a situation that calls for a few extra miles of juice to make it to a charger, or live in a place where overnight charging simply isn’t possible.
Called the ZipCharge Go, the suitcase-sized battery pack on wheels is designed to hold a sizable amount of electricity that can be used to charge an electric car in a wide range of scenarios. Most notable is when an EV might need to top-off its range in order to drive to a public charging station; a car’s owner can carry the Go in the trunk of the car and use it to recharge the battery should the car run low in a traffic jam, or just about in any other scenario like that one.
The large power pack can also charge just about anything that plugs into it thanks to a handy power plug built-in. ZipCharge co-founder Jonathan Carrier says that eScooters, power tools, and even small appliances in the home can make use of the charger.ZipCharge will produce two versions of the Go: a 4-kilowatt-hour version that can deliver up to 20 miles of range in an average EV, and an 8-kWh version that can provide up to 40 miles.
And while range anxiety is a very real thing today, the EV drivers of tomorrow will hopefully have to worry about it a bit less, at least in the United States.
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