MULTIHUB

multimodal electric charging hub

Multimodal charging hub to promote urban transport electrification, enabling users to access new multi-vehicle charging infrastructures that are available, efficient, sustainable, and safe. Aims: Promote sustainable transport and the use of zero-emission vehicles, both public and private, by giving users access to multi-vehicle charging points. Optimise the charging point’s energy operation through demand forecasting and local generation. Drive the creation of new business models for electrofuel stations and electromobility services such as Vehicle as a Service. Increase energy efficiency by 15% through the development of advanced chargers, integration into a microgrid with distributed generation, and optimised energy management. Detect 80% of cyberattacks with service impact at an early stage. Facilitate society’s adoption of vehicle electrification by offering safe solutions tailored to users’ needs.

Challenges

Current charging stations are usually dedicated to a single type of vehicle. There is a need to evolve towards multi-vehicle charging points that can serve cars, vans, buses, and light vehicles such as scooters, bicycles, and mopeds.

Traditional silicon-based semiconductor technologies used in current chargers do not achieve the required levels of efficiency or performance, nor do they provide the modularity and power density needed to charge batteries with widely varying voltage and power requirements.

AC charging stations only allow unidirectional power flows, preventing the optimisation of stored vehicle energy (Vehicle-to-Grid) or integration of stations into DC microgrids alongside renewable energy generation.

Charging points currently lack advanced sensing solutions for information monitoring and integration into service operators’ networks.

Vehicle-to-infrastructure communication standards are currently used only for non-light electric vehicles, making multimodal charging and micromobility strategies difficult to implement.

Cybersecurity algorithms are only available through access to centralised or cloud-based platforms, limiting the monitoring and protection of local networks.

There is no optimised strategy for energy management, as neither energy generation nor demand is currently predicted or monitored.

Solution

An integrated solution compromising:

Flexible energy management optimisation algorithms applicable to charging points connected to microgrids with various energy generation and storage elements.
Open API enabling the provision of charging services and connection to the OCN network for payments using digital currency.
Characterisation of multimodal charging point options for integration into both territorial planning and route planning tools.
Operation system for e-mobility services (traceability, payment and booking records, etc.).
Platform to validate interoperability between various eMSPs and their components using multiple Blockchain systems.
Conversational application to help drivers perform charging-related tasks and manage their electric vehicles.