FreeWire Applied sciences, the California-based specialist in battery-integrated electrical automobile charging tools, introduced a world growth.

The corporate quickly (April 19, 2023) will launch its European Headquarters in Banbury, Oxfordshire in the UK to help gross sales in Europe. The brand new web site will embrace a Gross sales & Demonstration Middle and can function a hub for the corporate’s European operations.

In response to the press launch, FreeWire already put in its Increase Chargers in a number of first European international locations, together with Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain. The preliminary focus is on the UK, Eire, and Benelux area, together with Spain and Italy in 2023 earlier than increasing to different markets.

James Jean-Louis, European Head of Gross sales at FreeWire mentioned:

“Our growth in Europe is a milestone FreeWire has reached following a 12 months of main progress. We now have elevated our headcount by 70% and deployed Increase Chargers in 5 new international locations simply within the final 12 months. FreeWire is well-positioned to faucet into the rising European market. We see a serious alternative to supply dependable, versatile, and cost-effective infrastructure that may be deployed rapidly to help the speedy improve in demand for ultrafast EV charging in Europe.”

The growth into the European market doesn’t shock us, as there may be excessive demand for battery-integrated EV quick charging stations, which in some places are cost-saving and time-saving options.

Within the case of FreeWire, its Increase Charger 200 mannequin affords an influence output of as much as 200 kilowatts (kW). The charger is supplied with a CCS connector (as much as 200 kW) and moreover a CHAdeMO connector (as much as 100 kW). When charging two autos concurrently, the facility output is as much as 100 kW per automobile.

Apparently, such excessive energy output is on the market with an enter energy of simply 27 kW (three-phase AC or split-phase 240 V AC). That is as a result of the charger can also be outfitted with a 160-kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery pack (battery cells come from Envision AESC).

So long as there shall be a restricted variety of autos per day, the battery pack will work as a buffer to ship excessive energy at a location with energy constraints.