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It is confirmed that South Korean medium to small-sized business’s charging infrastructure for electric car is being used for ’s project of developing self-driving electric car.
Because is planning to commercialize self-driving electric car in 2017, it is expected that South Korea’s charging technologies will be expanded to global markets.
Recently Etnews confirmed that South Korea’s Signet Systems’ rapid charger is being used at ’s self-driving electric car laboratory in Mountain View, California. This charger, which is a rapid charger with 50 kWh, is being used to charge and discharge ’s self-driving remodeled electric car that is based on Lexus RX 450h and ’s cars (speed of 40 km).
About 20 rapid chargers at this laboratory are from Signet Systems and about 10 of these chargers are also being used as charging system for ’s employees. About 30 chargers were supplied to at about $17,184 (20 million KRW) per charger. This is the first time when participation of South Korean medium to small-sized business’s charging technology for ’s development of self-driving electric car is known to other countries.
Self-driving electric car that is on a trial run is entering parking lot of ’s self-driving electric car laboratory.
This charger has a dual method that supports Japan’s ‘CHAdeMO’ that is global standard and ISO ‘Combo (TYPE1)’ that many American and European electric cars prefer and uses modulation method, which applies high frequency switching algorithm, that makes parallel connection possible. A person from ’s Headquarters said that it is hard for to confirm or respond to any questions about individual open auto alliance partner that is related to development of self-driving electric car.
’s self-driving electric car does not have handles, accelerator, and brakes and drives on its own when a person pushes a start button. Laser sensor, which is located on roof, works as driver’s eyes and GPS, which shows location of a car. Central computer, which acts like a human’s brain, controls deceleration, acceleration, and braking based on information that sensors collected.
Mountain View (U.S.) = Staff Reporter Park, Taejoon | [email protected]
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