FreeWire Technologies and Siemens have joined hands to pilot and market Mobi Charger, riding high on Siemens eCar Operation Center (OC) and Siemens VersiCharge electric vehicle-charging knowhow.
Mobi Charger claims to power businesses to offer mobile electric vehicle-charging, backed by second-life EV batteries and intelligently interconnected to the Internet and grid.
The pilot, spanning three months, would be carried out in LinkedIn's Mountain View campus, giving access to hundreds of staff, also EV owners, to charging system.
Mobi Charger claims to provide an option that 'turns traditional charging on its head and rolls the charger to the vehicles', irrespective of the parking lot in which it is parked.
Siemens Smart Grid chief regulatory officer Chris King said: "Siemens has worked with electric vehicle systems across the world and have seen first-hand that the electric car fleet can become a valuable extension of the grid.
"Through this partnership, Siemens will be able to extend our advanced electric vehicle charging technology not only to residential users but now to commercial users through this innovative mobile and cost-effective technology."
Besides, Siemens has made FreeWire to its first partner in the US to deploy its eCar Operation Center, a Cloud-computing platform from the ground for managing a large-scale charging.
FreeWire CEO and co-founder Arcady Sosinov said: "It's inspiring that a visionary, global giant like Siemens is working with a bold startup like FreeWire... Together we are innovating energy-storage solutions at the grid edge."
