Portable EV Charger company ZipCharge Go announced its recent victory in the British Engineering Excellence Award, which the company received for its R&D team’s efforts to develop its Electric Vehicle (EV) portable charger for market standard by 2023.
The company said it aimed to increase the EV market’s accessibility for customers by providing an option for EV charging to owners who can’t plug in their cars at home.
The ZipCharge Go was introduced at COP26 in 2021 as the next step in consumer-friendly EV design and engineering.
The portable charger is around the size of a small suitcase and comes with wheels and a handle to allow for easy transportation.
The product also provides 20-60 miles of driving on the back of a 30-60 minute charge, depending on the model of charger and type of EV.
The company reported that its EV portable charger is scheduled to advance to the validation prototype stage and is currently undergoing manufacture and hardware testing.
“The ZipCharge Go removes a common barrier to EV ownership – by bringing the possibility of home charging to anyone who can’t currently plug-in at their house,” said Chairperson of the Awards and Stakeholder Engagement Director at the Advanced Propulsion Centre, Philippa Oldham.
“In the UK alone, 8.5 million or 40% of car-owning households are without designated or off-street parking.”
“Elsewhere, this figure reaches 60% for example in Italy, Spain, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea and in major cities in the USA, China and India.”
ZipCharge Co-Founder Jonathan Carrier added, “ZipCharge as a great example of British engineering and innovation.”
“Winning this award underlines the UK’s position as leaders at the forefront of electrification.”
“The UK is globally recognised as engineering some of the best EVs in the world, from the Nissan Leaf to the LEVC Taxi.”
“Now our EV charging products are engineered to the same exacting quality”.