Battery-buffered EV chargers are all the rage these days—they enable fleets and other charging providers to deploy high-power charging without grid upgrades, and to avoid utility demand charges.
Allye Energy’s new Allye MEV charger features built-in battery storage made from whole repurposed EV packs. MEV can be charged from whatever electrical supply a depot has, and release that energy at up to 400 kW to two vehicles at once, even from a 16 A connection.
Some fleets may choose to have both. A depot could start with a MEV and add a MAX when more capacity is needed.
“We have built two ranges, not two versions of the same thing,” explains founder and CEO Jonathan Carrier. “If the charger stays put and only ever charges vehicles, MEV does it on the supply you already have, often for less than the connection works it replaces. If the energy needs to move, towed behind a van or feeding a row of chargers, that is the MAX300.”
MEV is engineered and built in the UK with batteries from UK-registered vehicles and 95% British-sourced components. Deliveries are expected to begin Q2 2027, in time for Round 2 of the UK government’s Depot Charging Scheme.
According to Allye, reusing EV battery packs avoids an estimated 15 to 24 tons of CO 2 per MEV compared with new cells. Allye’s PackFlex technology gives each pack independent battery management and power control, so packs of different sizes, ages and chemistries can share a cabinet. An 800 V architecture maximizes efficiency and power, and serves both 400 V and 800 V vehicles.
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