Testing is being conducted in the BSM Plaça Navas car park and will be used to assess the performance and feasibility of the systems
Two technology solutions are being trialled, resulting from the call from Ajuntament de Barcelona and Barcelona de Serveis Municipals (BSM) through the InnovAcció 2030 programme
Endolla Barcelona, the electromobility network operated by Barcelona de Serveis Municipals (BSM), has begun testing a mobile electric vehicle (EV) recharging robot and an economical and low-maintenance solution. The two technology solutions are from the call from Ajuntament de Barcelona and Barcelona de Serveis Municipals (BSM), through the InnovAcció 2030 programme, to meetchallenges for the expansion of electromobility in the city.
Both solutions are being tested in the BSM Plaça Navas car park, in the Poble-sec neighbourhood. BSM chose the car park to test innovation projects in mobility.
The execution of these two projects, selected through a public innovation competition, has an overall budget of 160,000 euros.
An EV charging point which moves around the car park
One of the prototypes being tested is ZIGGY, a robotic mobile EV charging platform designed for charging electric vehicles in car parks. The solution was developed by EV Safe Charge, a Californian start-up offering fast-charging solutions for electric vehicles.
The unit can move around a car park, providing service for various parking spaces. The solution offers flexible use for short and medium-stay car parking spaces.
During the trial period, this robotic mobile unit has been added to the Endolla Barcelona network and is being used by a group of people who usually charge their electric vehicles at the BSM Plaça Navas car park.
A charging system that is cheap to produce and easy to maintain
The other prototype being tested is an EV charging point designed to ensure cost-effective large-scale production and easy maintenance, thus addressing the electromobility challenge of achieving easy-to-produce and user-friendly charging infrastructure that could accelerate the take-up of electric vehicles in the city.
The prototype was developed by teknoCEA, a Catalan spin-off from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia - Barcelona Tech (UPC) offering electric energy solutions. In this case, five units are being tested, also in the BSM Plaça Navas car park. As with the robotic mobile unit, the trial is being conducted with a small group of Endolla Barcelona users.
Endolla Barcelona, the leading public electromobility network in the Spanish state
Managed by BSM, Endolla Barcelona is the largest network of recharging points for electric vehicles in the Spanish state. The network currently has 1,000 recharging points around the city and 3,300 active users. The service is used nearly 14,000 times a month on average.
Endolla Barcelona is implementing a capillary expansion strategy to spread to all the city’s neighbourhoods equally. The growth of the network, which has received EU Next Generation funds, continues to facilitate the switch to electric vehicles for people in Barcelona who have no access to recharging points at home or work.
