Let’s talk today about the second incarnation of an important work done by SparkCharge, to change the habits of electric car owners, which today are spreading more and more on the international market.
Zero-emission mobility has no borders and is gaining more and more importance, it is not so difficult to imagine today a future made up of electric engines only, of cars that consume little and pollute even less. There are difficulties for the sector, the greatest is undoubtedly reload anxiety of the owners of these machines and the scarce diffusion of charging stations and infrastructures on the territory.
In this scenario, the SparkCharge project comes back to life, which arrives with improvements made on the basic modules, which are now 3.5 kWh and can be stacked. It is, in detail, a kind of portable charger for cars, which works as a smartphone power bank. In fact, it can be connected to the electric car to provide emergency charging in any place and situation. Is called Roadie, and is the 20 kW portable charging system created by SparkCharge, a company located in Massachusetts.
Source: SparkCharge
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During the SparkDay, an event that the company creates every year, it was unveiled the new power bank for electric cars, Recently underwent a series of in-depth tests and very thorough evaluations in California. It is actually the second model of the Roadie, which uses actual 3.5 kWh battery modules.
On the market they will be launched well four different Roadie models, able to satisfy any need. The first with two modules and 7 kWh, capable of providing energy to travel 40 km, then the Roadie with three modules, 10.5 kWh and energy for 65 km, the four-module system of 14 kWh and about 90 kilometers of additional autonomy and finally the largest ever, which uses five modules, for a total of 17.5 kWh 120 kilometers more autonomy.
Regarding charging timesAccording to the company SparkCharge that has created this new system, with about ten minutes of recharging the electric car is given an additional range of about 16 kilometers. The Roadie is currently compatible with a single CHAdeMO fast charging connector, the new CCS version for Europe will arrive shortly.
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