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Nidec Conversion and Y3K inaugurate the first Smart e-Mobility Solution project
The two companies integrated charging systems with photovoltaics, battery storage, and a comprehensive service for the rental, monitoring, and 24/7 support of full electric commercial vehicles.
The Smart e-Mobility Solution in Alessandria, along with Vercelli and Biella, is one of the first three operational platforms, enabling up to nine months of independence from the power grid per year, promoting the economic and environmental sustainability of the sites.
Nidec Conversion and Y3K officially presented at the GLS logistics hub in Alessandria in the presence of 100 invitees representing institutions, leading logistics companies, renewable energy providers, refueling stations, and electric charging operators, the first Smart e-Mobility Solution project. This initiative aims to make logistics facilities, fleet parks, and electric vehicle charging services sustainable and energy self-sufficient.
Nidec Conversion, part of the Japanese Nidec Group, specializes in energy efficiency, with significant expertise in integrated systems for electric vehicle charging, energy production, and storage from renewable sources, and their integration into power grids. Y3K is a reference point for companies and individuals seeking to undertake ecological transitions, focusing on photovoltaics, energy storage, charging points, and the rental of commercial and electric vehicles. The Smart e-Mobility Solution proposed by the two companies integrates charging systems with photovoltaics, battery storage, and a comprehensive service for the rental, monitoring, and 24/7 support of full electric commercial vehicles.
The inauguration event officially marked the first six months of operation of the Smart e-Mobility Solution platform at three GLS locations in Piedmont—Biella, Vercelli, and Alessandria, the latter also being the venue for the presentation of the project born from the vision of Nidec Conversion and Y3K.
The collaboration began in 2022, with the goal of making the charging of vehicles rented from Y3K for GLS sites, intended for short- and medium-range logistics and delivery services (approximately 200 km per day), more efficient and sustainable. The installation of photovoltaic panels allowed Nidec to create a multifunctional e-Mobility platform that enables both ultra-fast charging through Nidec Conversion DC dispensers, with power up to 300 kW, and slow overnight charging via AC wall boxes with power modulation and load management, up to 22 kW, using almost exclusively 100% green self-produced energy from the photovoltaic panels.
The Smart e-Mobility Solution technology is now fully operational at three of the five GLS logistics facilities in Piedmont, with the goal of covering all five (in addition to Biella, Vercelli, and Alessandria, also Alba and Asti) by the end of 2025.
The innovation of the system proposed by Nidec Conversion lies in the structure of the platform itself, which features a container divided into two areas: the storage, i.e., the batteries, and the energy conversion system, which draws and utilizes solar energy collected from the photovoltaic panels and, only in winter months or emergencies, uses the existing electrical grid, which remains unmodified during installation.
This process makes the logistics facility more sustainable and energy self-sufficient for 9 to 12 months a year, thanks to the accumulation of solar energy from the on-site photovoltaic system. To date, the three operational sites have generated and managed approximately 500 MWh through the Smart e-Mobility Solution, enabling commercial vehicles to travel 823,000 km with zero emissions, compared to the 626 tons of CO2 that would have been released into the environment by internal combustion engines (ICE). Additionally, energy savings extended to all auxiliary services at the sites (lighting, air conditioning, machinery, and IT systems, etc.), which benefited from the Nidec platform’s power supply.
The shared mission of Nidec Conversion and Y3K is to spread these technologies and their associated business model among companies operating large fleets of BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicles). In addition to reducing CO2 emissions and promoting greater environmental sustainability at their operational sites, these companies will also benefit from reduced management costs in the medium to long term, thanks to self-consumption from the platform and the speed of implementing, installing, and activating the Smart e-Mobility Solution systems.
www.nidec-conversion.com
Nidec Conversion and Y3K officially presented at the GLS logistics hub in Alessandria in the presence of 100 invitees representing institutions, leading logistics companies, renewable energy providers, refueling stations, and electric charging operators, the first Smart e-Mobility Solution project. This initiative aims to make logistics facilities, fleet parks, and electric vehicle charging services sustainable and energy self-sufficient.
Nidec Conversion, part of the Japanese Nidec Group, specializes in energy efficiency, with significant expertise in integrated systems for electric vehicle charging, energy production, and storage from renewable sources, and their integration into power grids. Y3K is a reference point for companies and individuals seeking to undertake ecological transitions, focusing on photovoltaics, energy storage, charging points, and the rental of commercial and electric vehicles. The Smart e-Mobility Solution proposed by the two companies integrates charging systems with photovoltaics, battery storage, and a comprehensive service for the rental, monitoring, and 24/7 support of full electric commercial vehicles.
The inauguration event officially marked the first six months of operation of the Smart e-Mobility Solution platform at three GLS locations in Piedmont—Biella, Vercelli, and Alessandria, the latter also being the venue for the presentation of the project born from the vision of Nidec Conversion and Y3K.
The collaboration began in 2022, with the goal of making the charging of vehicles rented from Y3K for GLS sites, intended for short- and medium-range logistics and delivery services (approximately 200 km per day), more efficient and sustainable. The installation of photovoltaic panels allowed Nidec to create a multifunctional e-Mobility platform that enables both ultra-fast charging through Nidec Conversion DC dispensers, with power up to 300 kW, and slow overnight charging via AC wall boxes with power modulation and load management, up to 22 kW, using almost exclusively 100% green self-produced energy from the photovoltaic panels.
The Smart e-Mobility Solution technology is now fully operational at three of the five GLS logistics facilities in Piedmont, with the goal of covering all five (in addition to Biella, Vercelli, and Alessandria, also Alba and Asti) by the end of 2025.
The innovation of the system proposed by Nidec Conversion lies in the structure of the platform itself, which features a container divided into two areas: the storage, i.e., the batteries, and the energy conversion system, which draws and utilizes solar energy collected from the photovoltaic panels and, only in winter months or emergencies, uses the existing electrical grid, which remains unmodified during installation.
This process makes the logistics facility more sustainable and energy self-sufficient for 9 to 12 months a year, thanks to the accumulation of solar energy from the on-site photovoltaic system. To date, the three operational sites have generated and managed approximately 500 MWh through the Smart e-Mobility Solution, enabling commercial vehicles to travel 823,000 km with zero emissions, compared to the 626 tons of CO2 that would have been released into the environment by internal combustion engines (ICE). Additionally, energy savings extended to all auxiliary services at the sites (lighting, air conditioning, machinery, and IT systems, etc.), which benefited from the Nidec platform’s power supply.
The shared mission of Nidec Conversion and Y3K is to spread these technologies and their associated business model among companies operating large fleets of BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicles). In addition to reducing CO2 emissions and promoting greater environmental sustainability at their operational sites, these companies will also benefit from reduced management costs in the medium to long term, thanks to self-consumption from the platform and the speed of implementing, installing, and activating the Smart e-Mobility Solution systems.
www.nidec-conversion.com
