London, 18 April 2018 – at its first-ever Energy Technology Product Showcase, OVO unveiled a range of products that together with its intelligent platform VCharge will form the components of a distributed, vehicle charger system for the future.
The range includes the world’s first widely available, domestic electric vehicle charger system, designed and manufactured in the UK. The charger will accelerate the global transition to electric vehicles and will enable drivers to sell surplus energy from their electric vehicle batteries back to the electricity grid – meaning they may never have to pay to be on the road again.
- OVO unveiled its breakthrough into energy technology with the launch of a range of revolutionary products with cases designed by RGI. The new products will make up the distributed, domestic energy system of the future.
- Founder and CEO Stephen Fitzpatrick outlined how OVO is solving future energy challenges using artificial intelligence, technology and years of working with customers to redesign the entire energy system.
- He introduced OVO’s proprietary platform VCharge, the intelligence behind the new energy system, that remotely connects and coordinates an unlimited number of small-scale household storage devices in real time, with split-second latency and no effort from consumers.
- He revealed the technology that could solve one of the biggest challenges of integrating electric vehicles onto the grid, with the world’s first widely available domestic bi-directional 6kW OVO vehicle charger system, and the 7kW OVO Smart Charger.
- Also unveiled at the event was OVO’s Home Energy Storage solution – a powerful battery that could reduce household electricity bills and help balance the grid.
Building an intelligent distributed energy system for the future
OVO CEO and Founder Stephen Fitzpatrick said: “Renewable energy and electric vehicles are perfect partners for the 21st Century. Today we’re launching the world’s first widely available vehicle charger system, helping to solve one of the biggest challenges facing the energy sector. We’re enabling thousands of EV batteries to help balance the grid in times of peak demand, more renewable energy to come onto the system, and households to reduce their electricity bills.
“This is the first step in building the distributed energy system of the future. One that is truly customer centric and built around households and their connected energy storage devices.
“Our completely new approach to energy has been made possible by the convergence of emerging technologies, applying intelligence, and years of working with customers to redesign the entire energy system.”
