Echos 電気充電ステーション by Riccardo Petruzzelli is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 銅賞 in エネルギー製品・プロジェクト・機器デザイン Competition Category.
銅エネルギー· 2024
Echos 電気充電ステーション
Client: Riccardo Petruzzelli
A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in エネルギー Category
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About Echos 電気充電ステーション
電気充電オンデマンドステーションは、ロボット式で自律的、そしてオンデマンドな充電体験を提供したいという想いから誕生しました。固定位置に縛られることなく、充電を柔軟でシンプル、そしていつでもアクセス可能にします。その目標は、ユーザーに役立ち、電気自動車充電の未来を表現する製品をデザインすることでした。Echosは従来の固定式充電ステーションの基準を超え、新たなシナリオを切り開きます。Echosには幾何学的なラインもデザインされています。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅賞
Echos 電気充電ステーションは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Echos 電気充電ステーションは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Echos 電気充電ステーションは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Echos: electric charging on-demand station. It consists of a charging station, autonomous, mobile and on-demand that can be functional both for the user of an electric vehicle and for the urban context.
The idea stems from the desire to provide a robotic, autonomous and on-demand charging experience that is therefore not bound by a fixed position, all this making charging flexible, simple and accessible at any time. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Technical characteristics:
- Battery: Dimensions: L 363.3 mm x L 453.6 mm x H 210 mm (layout 8x2)
Weight: 2,09 Kg
Cell Type: Lithium Ferrophosphate
Number of cells: 32
Energy: 21,3 kwh
- Echos
Power supply: direct current (DC)
Dimensions: L 500 mm x L 900 mm x H 820 mm
Range: 280.8 Wh (about 20 Km)
Power supply: 3000 F supercapacitor
Motor: 250 W in front wheels
Connectors: Ccs Combo2 and chademo
Type of driving: autonomous
Charging type: wireless/ solar cells
Wheels: 10 inches with airless tires - Tags
- E-mobility, Electric car, Smart City, Decarbonisation, Smart Mobility, Autonomous Driving, On demand, Robot, Charging, Sustainability
- Production Technology
- The approach used is "Design Thinking": it researches and analyzes problems and intervenes in the processes that concern them, removing obstacles and finding new opportunities for improvement.
The materials were chosen according to Sustainability:
-Structure: aluminium, chosen for its many characteristics, one of which is recyclability.
-Shell: abs recycled, has strong toughness, impact and tensile strength. One of the transformation technologies of this material is thermoforming. - Design Challenge
- The most important difficulty faced during the design was to look for information and applications realized on autonomous vehicles and their technologies. The design has also led to define the use of technologies not yet tested but still being tested.
- Research
- The empirical research method focuses on observation and experimentation to understand and explain phenomena. The objectives of the research are to collect data and explain the behavior of users towards electric vehicles and the way to recharge them. The types of analysis used are: field analysis, an analysis of the electric vehicle market, a benchmark analysis and best practices. User profiles (personas) were also created that could use the product and service made.
- Inspiration
- The city of the future, is based on an innovative model with a "Smart" approach. One of the key issues for achieving sustainable urban development in smart cities is mobility. The project deals with analyzing this process of electrification, ie the progressive replacement of means of transport that use fossil fuels, with technologies that use electricity. The project aims to meet the need to ensure and expand the charging network not only in a capillary but also flexible.
- Project Duration
- Echos is a project that emerged in the context of the realization of my master's thesis. The research phase began in November 2021 and ended in September 2022. The whole work was supervised by the architect Alessandra Rinaldi and the engineer Alberto Reatti, who gave me technical, aesthetic and design support. The discussion of the project took place during the graduation in September 2022 at the University of Florence, on the Design Campus of Calenzano.
- Operation Flow
- The user can request an Echos device via the app and can proceed with the charging request. The app estimates Echos arrival time based on the location of the nearest hub. The robot will use gps data to locate the vehicle, and once in place it can be connected and start charging the vehicle. Once the reloading process is complete, a notification will notify the user of the completion of the process, and Echos, once disconnected, can return autonomously to the nearest hub.
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