Swobbee aims to address the pressing need for sustainable urban clean charging solutions in response to escalating challenges posed by pollution and traffic congestion in cities worldwide. With traditional transportation methods heavily reliant on gasoline-powered vehicles, the environmental and economic toll of these practices has reached critical levels, necessitating urgent intervention. Our company introduces an innovative solution for urban charging and thereby addresses the pressing challenges of pollution and traffic congestion. Our unique service offers a comprehensive ecosystem for electric vehicle (EV) charging and battery swapping, tailored to meet the diverse needs of individual commuters, businesses, and city administrations. Our concept is based on the exchange of an exhausted battery with a fully charged equivalent. These systems are designed to streamline the recharging process of electric vehicles. Our novel smart charger for bi-directional charging of batteries integrates with the most batteries already in use. This plug-and-play system allows anyone to participate in energy trading using their existing batteries, often underutilised in this scenario. As we embark on our expansion journey, our sights are set on key European markets known for their commitment to sustainability. However, our vision extends encompassing the vast potential of the North American and Indian markets with combined total market value of 500bn USD projected in 2030.

A robust standardization roadmap towards boosting innovation to market for swappable Battery Systems for L-cat vehicles deployment as a major contribution to safe, secure, resources and environmental friendly and interoperable decarbonization solution of the Mobility-Transport sector.

The sales of electric vehicles (EVs) are increasing but their drivers still encounter problems to find appropriate charging options. The vision of eCharge4Drivers is to focus on the users and substantially improve the EV charging experience within cities and on long trips, making it better than refuelling an ICE vehicle. The work will start with wide surveys in 10 demonstration areas, to capture the a priori users’ perceptions and expectations as regards the various charging options and their mobility and parking habits. Based on the survey findings and after matching with the perspective of authorities, operators and service providers, the project will develop and demonstrate in 10 areas, including metropolitan areas and TEN T corridors, easy-to-use, scalable and modular, high- and low-power charging stations, low-power DC charging stations and components with improved connection efficiency and standardised stations for LEVs. All stations will offer various direct payment methods and bigger user-friendly displays. The charging stations and all actors’ back-ends will support the ISO 15118 Plug & Charge feature and will enable the standardised transfer of enhanced information in the ecosystem, thus enabling the interoperability of communication and the provision of more sophisticated services to the users before, during and after the charging process, including smart charging services. The project will demonstrate additional convenient charging options within cities, a mobile charging service, charge points at lamp posts and networks of battery swapping stations for LEVs. Using the knowledge generated, the project will propose an EV Charging Location Planning Tool to determine the optimum mix of charging options to cover the user needs, recommendations for legal and regulatory harmonisation and guidelines for investors and authorities for the sustainability of charging infrastructure and services.