FreeWire announced a new program "to make available" battery-integrated electric vehicle charging equipment and solutions for Chevron’s branded stations.
BP Pulse To Use FreeWire s Battery-Powered Ultra-Fast Chargers ++ The FreeWire Boost Chargers are equipped with an integrated 160 kWh battery energy storage to reduce grid requirements.
The potential $50 million deal might result in installation of hundreds of battery-powered Boost Chargers, under bp pulse s broader plan to have over 700 DC points by 2025. It would probably be the biggest deal ever for FreeWire.
The advantage of FreeWire Boost Chargers is that it has an integrated 160 kWh lithium-ion battery, which allows it to deliver up to 120 kW of DC power (CCS, or 100 kW CHAdeMO), while being connected to a relatively low-power power supply (1- or 3-phase, up to 27 kW). This is the key feature to lower the installation requirements, lower the installation costs (also the cost of maintenance) and to shorten the time required to deploy a new ultra-fast charger.