Groupe Renault has announced the official launch of the INCIT-EV project, in collaboration with 32 partners in Europe.

This project aims to promote “electro-mobility via user-centric experiments of innovative charging technologies for electric vehicles”.

Over a 48-month period from January 2020 to December 2023, the INCIT-EV project will be broken down into two primary phases: 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 technology demonstrators on selected sites and will run from the second half of 2022 to the end of the project.

These demonstrators will comprise: a dynamic induction charging system for the urban environment in Paris (France); high-voltage charging systems in the outskirts of Tallinn (Estonia); optimised bi-directional ‘smart charging’ in Amsterdam and Utrecht (in the Netherlands); 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 (Italy); and low-voltage bi-directional charging (for two-wheeled vehicles also) and dynamic charging in taxi lanes located at the airport and central station in Zaragoza (Spain).

Xavier Serrier, project manager for electric-vehicle charging systems in Groupe Renault’s research department (www.media.group.renault.com), said: “As Europe’s pioneering electric-vehicle company, Groupe Renault is known for being an innovative company.

"The INCIT-EV project that we launchedis a large demonstration of user-centric urban and long-range charging solutions to boost an engaging deployment of electric vehicles in Europe.”