NaaS Technology has unveiled this self-driving EV charging robot that finds your EV, smart charges it, and takes auto payments.
Self-driving EV charging robot
The orange-and-white automatic self-drive EV charging robot is waterproof and shockproof, and it’s got deep learning, 5G, V2X, simultaneous localization and mapping, and other tech capabilities.
China-based NaaS says the robot can complete the charging and payment process in a single transaction.
EV owners can order the charging robot with a click,then it heads off to find their car. It parks itself precisely, automatically docks into an EV’s charging port using a mechanical arm, charges up, and then undocks. It can then either visit another EV or head back to its own charging dock to juice itself up again.
NaaS says it’s available in various charging power and battery capacity configurations and can connect with major OEMs through an open API.
The EV charging robot currently has the ability to connect with an EV’s system through its underlying API interface. If the EV has insufficient battery power, NaaS says the robot will initiate an automatic vehicle search and head off to find the car to charge it up.
NaaS was the first Chinese EV charging service provider to be listed on Nasdaq, and as of the end of December 2022, it’s connected more than 515,000 EV chargers.