Is This the Future of EV Roadside Assistance? - EP71

What happens when an EV runs out of charge with no charger nearby? Mark Wexler from Alpine Energy (https://alpineenergy.com.au/) explains how mobile vehicle-to-vehicle fast charging could become the roadside assistance of the EV era.

We explore Alpine Energy’s technology, EV range anxiety, charging reliability, grid resilience, the future of electrification and how mobile energy could eventually become an on-demand service.

Timestamps

00:00 – What is Alpine Energy?
01:41 – The idea behind mobile EV charging
02:25 – How vehicle-to-vehicle charging works
03:22 – Getting 65 km of range in 15 minutes
05:55 – How Alpine Energy started
07:58 – EV range anxiety and rural charging
13:40 – Roadside assistance, mining and grid resilience
16:30 – Emergency power and a generator on wheels
18:30 – Future EV charging bottlenecks
20:11 – Why public EV chargers fail
23:40 – Mobile energy as a service
35:15 – The world-first pole-mounted battery project
38:30 – The future of electrification and the grid
45:35 – Alpine Energy explained simply
48:50 – Australia’s EV charging infrastructure challenges
57:25 – Hardware, safety and charging standards
1:00:49 – Commercialisation and international interest
1:06:35 – Where Alpine Energy could be in two years
1:12:10 – Why Alpine Energy charges 20x faster

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