Pictured above: Jonathan Shine, Evida's Co-founder and VP of
Business Development
Evida Power, Ltd., a leading designer and manufacturer of
lithium-ion battery packs for electric vehicles (EVs), is pleased
to announce that it has entered into a strategic partnership with
HaloIPT, the global leader in Inductive Power Transfer (IPT)
systems for the wireless charging of electric vehicles. The
agreement is part of Evida's commitment to lead the growing EV
market by providing true value to automakers and end customers
through realistic and viable EV solutions and has an estimated
value of 80 million Euros.
Unlike most of the existing EV charging systems which require
the direct connection of a cable from the energy source to
replenish a battery, the wire-free inductive system uses a strongly
coupled magnetic resonance to transfer an immediate and highly
efficient charge between a ground-based transmitting pad, on which
the car is positioned, direct to a receiver pad located on the
vehicle.
Under the agreement, Evida and HaloIPT will jointly undertake a
study designed to explore the feasibility of the manufacture of
40,000 Induction Power Transfer systems over a five-year period,
and the goal of the partners is to develop a long-term venture for
deployment of the system. These systems are intended for supply as
a specification option on a forthcoming electric car, for which
sales are estimated to reach 70,000 units by 2015.
The strategic partnership brings together a team of experts from
both Evida and HaloIPT, who will evaluate the commercial viability
and unit cost of the IPT system relative to the proposed build
volumes, as well as cooperate to further develop the system and its
technology. This will include the definition of the most effective
manufacturing processes and supply chain network structure,
production schedule, as well as the preferred assembly location.
Both organisations will equally examine the scope of civil
engineering required to integrate the innovative wireless charging
infrastructure in the urban environment.
Furthermore, the companies will together establish the optimum
level of power to be delivered to the vehicle whilst also looking
to develop a greater understanding of the communication and
packaging implications resulting from the adoption of IPT
technology.
Commenting on the agreement with HaloIPT, Jonathan Shine,
Evida's Co-founder and VP of Business Development, stated: "We are
delighted to be collaborating with a world-renowned pioneer of
revolutionary wireless charging systems. This will not only enable
the sharing of complementary expertise, but will, in turn, provide
our business with a significant opportunity to extend our current
product offering beyond the supply and integration of battery
packs, and supply the very latest wireless technology to our client
base going forward."
Dr Anthony Thomson, CEO of HaloIPT said: "Through our strategic
partnership with Evida we will be able to expand production and
move into high volume sales. We will be working closely with Evida
to develop a solution which will give EV manufacturers a more
convenient, efficient, user-friendly alternative to the existing
plug-in charging infrastructure."