Media Lab Electric Charging Station

Team

Praveen Subramani, Raul-David Poblano, Ryan C.C. Chin, in collaboration with Schneider Electric

Project Brief

We are working with Media Lab sponsor Schneider Electric to develop a rapid, high-power charging station in the new Media Lab facility for rapid charging of the CityCar and other electric vehicles. Research experiments include the exploration of DC battery banks for intermediate energy storage between the grid and vehicles, re-purposing the lead acid batteries in UPS systems with lithium-ion cells, exploration of level III charging connectors, wireless charging, and user-interface design for connecting the vehicles to physical infrastructure.