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"Australian energy and technology company Alpine Energy recently debuted a
potentially first-of-its-kind vehicle-to-vehicle DC fast charging platform.
Founded in Melbourne in 2018, Alpine Energy (not to be confused with the New
Zealand energy utility of the same name) specialises in manufacturing mobile
energy and electric vehicle (EV) charging technology.
Alpine previously focused on manufacturing battery-backed DC charging systems,
but last week it unveiled the new MGEN M40, billing it as the world’s first
vehicle-to-vehicle DC-to-DC EV charging solution.
The MGEN M40 has been designed and built in Australia with the aim of
delivering necessary charging solutions where fixed infrastructure cannot
reach.
It is designed to be driven to the point of need and to charge on the spot –
such as in situations like roadside recovery, emergency response, mobile
automotive services, and remote industries such as mining – the MGEN M40 relies
on energy stored on a mobile asset.
“Until today, charging an electric vehicle has meant bringing the vehicle to
the infrastructure,” said Mark Wexler, Founder and managing director of Alpine
Energy.
“The MGEN M40 is built to do the opposite, to bring rapid charging to the
vehicle, wherever it is.
“The cases that drive us are the hardest ones: getting a stranded driver moving
again when there’s no charger for kilometres and keeping fleets running where
the grid simply doesn’t reach. There is real field-validation work ahead, but a
mobile, vehicle-to-vehicle approach points to a genuinely new way of delivering
energy where it’s needed most.”"
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