Audi Centre Centurion, a part of the award-winning Autohaus Group, has launched a world-first home-based solar charging resolution for Audi e-tron clients.
Announced at a consumer operate on the dealership in Gauteng on 22 August, the brand new resolution makes use of sensible charging solar applied sciences from Germany’s SMA Solar Technology with native set up help by their South African companions, ANH Technologies.
The charging resolution contains numerous applied sciences which can be packaged collectively for sensible, seamless and versatile residence charging of Audi’s latest all-electric vary.
“Our new solar charging solution for e-tron customers represents the culmination of many months of planning and preparation to make sure that it is perfectly compatible with our Audi e-tron range and with the various use cases and operating demands of our e-tron customers,” says Peter Preusse, Audi Centre Centurion’s Managing Director.
Transformation at Audi Centre Centurion
The launch of Audi Centre Centurion’s solar charging resolution coincided with the dealership’s personal transformation to solar charging for its e-tron fleet.
The transformation began with a complete vitality audit by ANH Technologies, which comprised the set up of an SMA Data Manager, SMA Energy Meter and a hyperlink to SMA’s proprietary Sunny Portal monitoring system.
Using the data from this preliminary vitality audit, ANH Technologies and SMA designed a solar charging system for Audi Centre Centurion that has a 50kW peak load, an clever vitality administration system that caps peak load utilization and limits the facility drawn from the municipal grid and a sensible e-tron charging station that may cost two autos concurrently with solar energy alone.
“We are main by instance by not solely providing a solar home-charging resolution to clients of our e-tron vary, however we’re additionally adopting the same solar charging resolution at our world class services in Centurion.
“That means that customers could easily charge their e-tron on solar power alone, by supplementing their at-home charging with charging at our dealership when required,” says Preusse.
Says Jeurgen Reinert, SMA Solar Technology CEO: “In Europe, owning an electric car is not novel anymore and many people are switching to all-electric motoring. With our range of smart charging technologies and with forward-thinking partners such as Audi Centre Centurion, it is only a matter of time before it becomes more commonplace in South Africa as well.”
The SMA Solar Technology’s electrical automobile (EV) charging station, which ANH has put in at Audi Centre Centurion, makes use of radio frequency ID playing cards (RFID) to permit for touchless authentication and administration of car charging.
Moreover, the system permits for 2 modes, a RED fast-charging mode for essentially the most fast battery cost doable, and a GREEN eco-charging mode that optimises battery well being and solar vitality over an extended charging interval.
In distinction to the solar charging system at Audi Centre Centurion, the distinctive at-home resolution provides a peak energy supply of as much as 7.4 kW, which is near twice the height energy output of typical wall charging packing containers.
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The system is linked to a phone-based app that provides real-time charging stories and totally different charging modes.
These modes enable e-tron house owners to pick solar optimised charging, forecast-based charging (primarily based on the driving force’s schedule and time of day) and fast-charging, which permits for added energy supplementation by the usual electrical grid.
Included within the home-based charging resolution is an SMA Sunny Tripower Smart Energy hybrid inverter, a 3-phase 22kW EV charger, a 10kWh residential battery for vitality storage and an SMA Home Manager that enables for energy administration and monitoring by the SMA App. Installation is taken care of by ANH Technologies.
“The home-charging system has been designed to offer the most efficient and fuss free charging environment. We have also designed it to be completely future proof, which means that you can easily upgrade the system to add more electric vehicles or even your entire home to the solar charging solution,” says Andreas Wagner, CEO of ANH Technologies.
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