ZipCharge Go is like an emergency gas can for your Tesla

ZipCharge Go is similar an emergency gas can for your Tesla

Image of ZipCharge Go EV charger connected to the Honda e

(Image credit: ZipCharge | Facebook)

In that location were a lot of big ideas being thrown around at the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, U.K., ranging from commitments to stop deforestation to limiting methane emissions. Just companies were also at that place to bear witness off ways to give EV owners some extra juice.

ZipCharge is a new U.K.-based startup that has unveiled the Go. It's a suitcase-sized battery pack that weighs in at about 50 pounds. With a 4 kWh capacity, it tin can charge an EV at seven.2 kW. A single charge can add together 12 to 20 miles of range, depending on the EV.

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"To encourage people to make the switch to electric we have to create charging infrastructure that makes it easier, cheaper, and more than convenient to charge," said Jonathan Carrier, co-founder of ZipCharge in a press release (via Inside EVs.) "The Get does that, by allowing anyone to charge no thing where they park... ZipCharge is a solution for a real need."

Non simply could drivers keep a ZipCharge Go in their trunk, it's possible for hotels or service stations to have units bachelor in case a car needs a bit more charge to make it home.

There's likewise an 8 kWh version of the ZipCharge Get in the works, that can add 25-40 miles of range.

Powering the Become are high-energy-density lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt-oxide (NMC) battery cells. The Go, as mentioned in the trailer above, has a bi-directional AC-DC inverter, which enables charging from the grid to the Go and from the Go to the grid. Yes, the Go can really store energy during off-peak hours and sell energy back to the grid.

There's likewise an app that tin can monitor the Go'due south charging. The Go has OCPP-compliant smart charging, over-the-air updates (like Tesla) and remote diagnostics via the app. That means the Go has built-in 4G to communicate with other net-enabled devices.

ZipCharge is touting the Go's built-in AI, which will acquire a user'south charging habits and will brand recommendations to users on what times are all-time to charge upwards.

Unfortunately, pricing for the ZipCharge Go has non been appear. There will be a leasing program, starting at $67 a month. The AI software will exist included for subscribers, and ZipCharge estimates that could save users $20-27 per calendar month. ZipCharge plans on aircraft units out to customers in Q4 of 2022.

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