Today's 350 kW is available for passenger cars, but more power is required in heavy traffic. That's why Charin is now introducing a megawatt charging system and showing what the future of fast chargers will look like.
Standardization is a powerful weapon to promote development. In the childhood days of electric vehicles, there were various options for charging, but the Western world has been applying CCS for some time. But even the incremental power of DC charging with CCS - now that we're electrifying heavy traffic isn't enough.
The new system is here: MCS
As a result, Charin, the charging interface initiative that aims to standardize charging infrastructure and behind CCS, has now launched a new system. It's called MCS, or megawatt charging system, and work on the standard has been going on for four years.
The system was demonstrated at EVS35 in Norway, where Alpitronic chargers charged a Scania truck with an output of 1 MW.
triangle contact
According to Charin, the MCS can handle 3,000 A at up to 1.25 kW, which means the technology will have the potential to deliver 3.75 MW of charging power. This is indeed several notches higher than the up to 500 kW the CCS should be able to handle.
From left: Claas Bracklo, BMW Chairman Charin and Drivetrain Manager, and Michael Keller, responsible for charging and charging infrastructure within the Volkswagen Group.Photo: Charin
The connection itself is a triangular story, and Charin said the MCS is based on globally agreed requirements and technical specifications. Interestingly, they have agreed on where the charging pad should be placed on the vehicle - which should help with the infrastructure.
2024 target only
In addition to recent electric buses and trucks, the idea is that aircraft, ships and construction machinery should also be able to use the standard.
This year, the first products with MCS will be shown, but the final standard won't be ready until 2024. But a pilot project for the MCS system is already underway.
“A consortium of interested partners from industry and academia has launched a pilot project in Germany called Project Hola. This is to test megawatt charging of trucks under real conditions and to get more information about Europe where information about the MCS network is needed," Charin wrote in a statement.
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