ev2o’s mission is to develop regional networks of low-impact off-grid 100% renewable EV charge points for public, commercial and fleet use.
The initial focus is locations where there is either no electricity grid, or a constrained grid connection. And therefore no EV charging.
Governments compel EV without adequate charging infrastructure.
Off grid locations have no grid and are impassable for EVs.
Electricity generated from fossil fuels defeats the purpose of EVs.
Renewables have been thought too variable to generate constantly.
Rural off grid regions are EV transport black spots.
EV drivers suffer ‘range anxiety’, the fear of no charge point.
Hydroelectricity (or geothermal) is used as a base generator, which can be relied upon for ~70% of the year (and at night). Solar and or wind are deployed as secondary generators for the remaining ~30% of the year. A grid-scale battery balances energy between generation and use.
They are scaled to the available renewable energy. They can range from 25kW to multiple Megawatts. Size is dependent on geography
To be certain, in advance, of a known minimum electricity available for charging in any given time-period. This in turn allows ev2o to offer advance booking to users, to schedule fleet recharge or simply reduce customer range-anxiety.
ev2o does not construct dams, it is predominantly dams which cause adverse effects. Because ev2o deploys and extends the operating period of conventional run-of-river hydro, it reduces water extraction (and the environmental effects) by an order of magnitude. Furthermore ev2o uses another of is patented technologies to install the hydro system under ground, so it causes no aesthetic pollution either.
The mathematical relationship between the components required to balance electricity. And the hydroelectric installation method.
No. ev2o uses only proven-technology components that are available off-the-shelf from several manufacturers
Depending on size, construction takes from 12 to 36 weeks.
The ev2o algorithm sizes the entire installation based on a conventional hydrological study and human design inputs.
No. Although hydro generates more than all other renewables combined, 50% of the world’s hydro resources remain undeveloped. ev2o is focused on the small undeveloped hydroelectric resources which are too far from the grid to be connected profitably.
A site with 50kW dispatchable power will recharge between 25 and 35 passenger cars per day.
Tens of thousands
