Renault has launched the Incit-EV project, in collaboration with 32 partners in Europe, aiming to promote electromobility via charging technology experiments for electric vehicles.

During the course of 48 months from January, 2020 through December, 2023, the Incit-EV project will be broken down into two primary phases:

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  • Phase 1 will first involve analysing user needs and requirements, followed in April 2020 by an assessment of charging technologies and their integration into infrastructure
  • Phase 2 will focus on seven tech demonstrations on selected sites and will run from the second half of 2022 to the end of the project

Details include:

  • A dynamic induction charging system for the urban environment in Paris
  • High voltage charging systems in the outskirts of Tallinn, Estonia
  • Optimised bidirectional “smart charging” in Amsterdam and Utrecht
  • A dynamic induction charging system in peri-urban/long-range areas in Versailles, France
  • A charging hub in a car park for car-share vehicles in the outskirts of Turin
  • Low voltage bidirectional charging (for two-wheeled vehicles also) and dynamic charging in taxi lanes located at the airport and central station in Zaragoza, Spain

To address the need to test the charging technologies in real-life conditions – such as the Contactless Dynamic Charging (CDC) technology – and to structure the whole ecosystem Renault took the European Commission’s call for new projects as an opportunity to create a consortium.

Thirty-two leading industrial companies, universities, institutes, cities, start-ups, and SMEs answered the call put out by Renault, with the shared desire to promote electric mobility in Europe by carrying out electric cars’ user-centric experiments.

The customer-centric approach will help build a new ecosystem and develop technological charging solutions which could be rolled out Europe-wide to foster and encourage electric mobility.

“The Incit-EV project we launched is a large demonstration of user-centric urban and long-range charging solutions to boost an engaging deployment of electric vehicles in Europe,” said Renault Research project manager, Xavier Serrier.

The Incit-EV project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme via a grant agreement.

Renault is the creator and the coordinator of the Incit-EV project consortium.

In that capacity, Renault serves as intermediary between the European Commission as well as the consortium partners and oversees technical development, budgeting, and scheduling.