The Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (RAA) has introduced an emergency charging service for mobile vehicles (EVs).
The service has been launched this week on a six-month trial basis and looks to solve range anxiety concerns for electric car drivers.
Based on a Toyota HiAce van, the service can fix enough charge in an electric vehicle to allow stranded drivers to reach the nearest charging station.
The RAA claims that the 7 kW “Type 2” cellular charger is capable of adding enough electrical power to travel 10 km in less than 15 minutes.
Based at the RAA’s Mile End site, this van would be shipped to members stranded with cars in the metro area, as needed.
“From this week, EV drivers in South Australia will be assured that if they run out of fare on the road, we will be there to rescue them with our emergency cellular charging device,” RAA leader Nick Reade said in a statement. Declaration.
Alongside the mobile charging service, the RAA has also launched its first electric patrol van.
This Peugeot E-Partner, identifiable among petrol patrol vans by its green accents on the rear and decals, is also with the RAA for a six-month trial but is said to smooth the long-term transition of the patrol fleet.
About 80 percent of the RAA’s “scope one” emissions (which come from organization-owned resources) occur through the patrol fleet, all of which the organization hopes to reduce through electric vans.
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