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Project Developed by WEG Allows Electric Vehicles to Be Charged with Energy Generated by the Sun and Stored in Second-Life Batteries Provided by Energy Source and Originating from BMW Electric Vehicles
Recently, the Brazilian multinational WEG developed, in partnership with giants BMW Brazil and Energy Source, an unprecedented system in Brazil for the fast charging of electric vehicles, which can operate connected or completely disconnected from the power distribution network, using batteries connected to solar panels.
WEG has been reinforcing its strategy in developing sustainable solutions for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and establishing a series of partnerships for the provision of distributed solar generation systems and charging stations for electric vehicles.
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The system called Carport Solar Off-Grid allows electric vehicles to be charged with energy generated by the sun and stored in second-life batteries provided by Energy Source and originating from BMW electric vehicles. When the batteries are 100% charged, it is also possible to export excess solar energy back to the power grid.
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“This project promotes the concept of Sun to Wheel for 100% sustainable fast charging of electric vehicles, without the use of grid energy (Off-grid). With national technology, we are developing the necessary infrastructure to support electric mobility in Brazil,” explains Manfred Peter Johann, Superintendent Director of WEG Automation.
New Technologies Will Allow Electric Vehicles to Become an Increasingly Global Reality
The Carport Solar Off-Grid, which involved multidisciplinary teams from all partner companies, was installed at BMW’s manufacturing plant in Araquari/SC.
“The future of premium mobility is sustainable, and the BMW Group supports the national development of new technologies that will allow electric vehicles to become an increasingly global reality,” says Vivaldo Chaves, Operations Director of BMW Group Brazil. “By this year, we will have five all-electric models being sold in the country (BMW i3, iX3, i4, iX, and MINI S E), and we believe that Brazil has excellent professionals to lead the transformation of the mobility industry in the region,” adds the executive.
“For us at Energy Source, being part of such an ambitious project in partnership with WEG and BMW is very rewarding, allowing us to share our know-how and demonstrate to the national and international market the excellence of the second-life batteries we have developed, as well as the infinite range of application possibilities,” comments David Noronha, CEO of Energy Source.
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