The auto market is gradually recovering, and major auto manufacturers have achieved gratifying sales growth in the third quarter, especially electric vehicles. However, simply accelerating the sales of EVs is not enough. To achieve the desired EV adoption, the full-scale construction of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) cannot be ignored. Restricted by various factors such as living environment and power conditions, home charging cannot meet the charging needs of all EV drivers. It is particularly important to deploy a complete and fair public charging network. Governments around the world are pursuing various policies and subsidies to encourage the construction of public charging stations in order to achieve ambitious climate goals. Reliable and appropriate EVSE can lead to higher satisfaction among EV owners, more traffic to charging stations, and generate profits. There are probably the following factors to consider.
1. Comprehensive Investment Cost of EVSE
The purchase and installation costs of EVSE are the most direct costs. It may include chargers, charging connectors, cables, controllers, and other hardware. Choosing equipment with solid materials, high quality, high-standard certification, and reliability can ensure long-term stable operation and enhance consumers’ trust in charging stations. But it may also increase the initial investment in building the station. Thinking about the following points may help balance the cost-benefit.
- Consider connector cables with modular design and production： It can improve production efficiency, easily control the quality of each component, and significantly reduce product production costs. Workersbee’s charging connectors use a modular design combined with mass-automated production to push connectors for high-frequency use to the ultimate price/performance ratio.
- Durability and Weather Resistance of the device: A robust casing can enhance the durability of the device, increase resistance to accidental damage, and ensure optimal performance in all weather conditions. Workersbee’s charging cables are made of high-quality TPU and remain pleasantly flexible even in the cold winter.
- Reduce maintenance costs: High-frequency use of equipment, especially frequent plugging and unplugging of connectors, will inevitably cause damage to terminals inside. Replaceable terminal technology not only reduces the high cost of the entire piece replacement, but simple and standardized operations also do not require highly paid senior technicians to complete, junior maintenance workers can easily do it.
- Customizable services to maximize benefits: Quality EVSE manufacturers can not only provide customized services with different specifications, different powers, and different cable lengths, but also realize brand value through customization of appearance and screens, and even generate advertising revenue.
- Ensure that EVSE meets standards such as subsidies and tax rebates: Meeting various safety regulations， certification, and production requirements required by incentive policies， can obtain corresponding rebates， which is also an important means of cost sharing.
Workersbee has over 16 years of experience in R&D and production of electric vehicle charging equipment, we constantly optimize product lines and focus on cutting-edge charging technology. Apply technologies such as high-power liquid-cooling and natural-cooling, quick-change terminals, ultrasonic welding, and terminal plastic wrapping to our products. We provide OEM and ODM services. Our professional team can accurately understand customer needs and tailor charging solutions according to different projects. We have become a trusted partner of many outstanding leading companies around the world.
2. EVSE Site Selection and Type Design
On the one hand, the distance between the charging station and the power source determines the station construction cost — as the construction project will involve digging trenches, laying out cables, etc. As the distance increases, so does the loss of current flowing through the cables. Subject to the space capacity and power supply location of the site, it is critical to find a balance to ensure charging efficiency while ensuring easy access to chargers and convenience for car owners.
On the other hand, appropriate site selection and corresponding charging type design are very important links and directly affect the charging experience of EV owners. By arranging DC fast charging stations on major highways and corridors, vehicles can obtain a large amount of power in just a short stop. Installing AC chargers near shopping malls or hotels, where car owners need to stay longer, makes charging more affordable.
3. Selection of Charging Ports
Although EVs are becoming a mainstream trend in the automotive market, charging standards have been difficult to unify. More so, because of the durability of electric vehicles, the market where multiple charging ports coexist may still exist for a long time. For example, in North America, although CCS and NACS are the main standards, the charging needs of a small number of electric vehicles with CHAdeMO ports still have to be taken into account.
NACS is an eye-catching charging connector standard, and it is a general trend to provide NACS connectors on chargers. In view of its elegant, lightweight appearance and efficient charging capabilities, NACS has always been praised compared to other standard connectors. Workersbee keeps up with the technology wave and has developed NACS AC charging connector and DC charging connector. We have maintained the inherent advantages of NACS while optimizing the product structure and production process to make it more market-attractive. It made a stunning debut at the recent eMove 360° exhibition, attracting the attention of many professionals in the industry.
4. Achievement of Charging Speed
For consumers who choose public charging, the charging speed determines their charging experience to a certain extent. This is even more evident with DC fast charging– consumers expect it to deliver the promised charging speeds.
Due to the high power output of DC charging, the temperature of the EVSE will increase, which will also increase the resistance, resulting in a smaller current. In addition, excessive temperature rise may lead to equipment failure or even fire and other accidents.
Therefore, a satisfactory EVSE should be excellent in temperature control. There should be sensitive temperature monitoring points at multiple points of the charging equipment, including controllers, connectors, cables, etc. It has the means to effectively reduce temperature rise and has corresponding liquid-cooling or natural-cooling technologies according to different power levels to ensure continuous and stable current output.
5. Efficient Management and Maintenance
For a large number of dispersed charging stations, it is obviously difficult to manage each station individually, and the maintenance cost is extremely high. Nowadays, consumers are constantly complaining about unmaintained chargers that cannot be used. If we want to reverse this market perception, we must make changes with the help of intellectualization.
This requires EVSE to have a more open protocol that is highly scalable and allows access to intelligent management platforms. Remotely control distributed charging points through the management platform, obtain information on faulty chargers at a certain point timely, and remotely operate and process it in the background. For complex faults that are difficult to handle simply remotely, technicians in the local will solve them on-site.
This is the future of intelligent management and operation, which will greatly reduce labor costs and improve efficiency and satisfaction. Of course, you need to consider arranging a few technical personnel to provide local services in some areas to solve some troubles more effectively.
Workersbee is an EVSE manufacturer with many superpartners. We take technology as the core and quality as the cornerstone, focusing on products and customer needs. Products including chargers, charging connectors, charging cables, and other products are very popular in the global market and are favored by partners such as car companies, charging equipment operators, and manufacturers around the world. If you would like to know more about EVSE and building charging stations, please contact us， we are very happy to provide you with personalized solutions.
Post time: Nov-23-2023