Brazil will have at least 50% of the premium electric drive automotive market by the end of the decade, and the infrastructure continues to be developed to sustainably support future demand growth.
After the results obtained in the electric vehicle charging prototype using used batteries connected to solar panels, a new partnership between Energy Source, WEG and BMW Group Brazil was signed for the development of a more innovative and unprecedented charging station in the Brazilian market: using 18 solar panel modules installed on the roof of a garage (Solar Carport) and 24 used battery modules from the BMW i3, a pioneering model of electric mobility in the country, the system now allows fast charging for electric vehicles.
Hence the title given to the program: “Back to life to take you further and faster” (“Back to life to take you further and faster”, in Portuguese). The novelty is a prototype being tested with no commercial launch date yet and which was installed at the BMW Group Brasil factory in Araquari, SC.
Energy Source has applied an algorithm that optimizes the correct selection of used battery modules for electric vehicles. The algorithm analyzes and selects the modules able to be sent to the reuse process "Second Life”, thus allowing to prolong their useful life by up to ten years. The power bank"Power Bank” by Energy Source stores and monitors the state of the battery modules and is connected to a WEG energy manager, which supplies a 60kW fast charging station, model WEMOB Station.
In addition, the WEG energy manager connects 18 solar panels and the electrical grid to the battery bank, allowing the Power Bank to be supplied 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. When the battery bank is 100% filled, the energy surplus from the solar panels is returned to the electricity grid, in addition to offsetting, generating carbon credits (CO2).
“For us, from Energy Source, to be part of such a bold project in partnership with WEG and BMW Group Brazil is very gratifying, allowing us to make all our know-how and demonstrate to the national and international market the excellence of the second-use batteries developed by us, in addition to the infinite range of application possibilities”, comments David Noronha, CEO of Energy Source.
“This project promotes the concept of the sun for the wheel (Sun to Wheel) for sustainable 100% fast charging of electric vehicles. With national technology, we are developing the necessary infrastructure to support electric mobility in Brazil”, explains manfred peter Johann, Superintendent Director of WEG Automação.
“The future of mobility premium is sustainable and BMW Group Brazil supports the national development of new technologies that will allow electric vehicles to become an increasingly global reality”, says Vivaldo Chaves, Director of Operations at BMW Group Brazil. “Already this year, we will have five all-electric models being sold in the country (BMW i3, MINI SE, already on sale, BMW iX, in the pre-sale phase, and the iX3 and i4, to be launched by the end of the year) and we believe that Brazil has excellent professionals to lead the transformation of the mobility industry in the region”, adds the executive.
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