EV Charging Solutions

While sales of electric vehicles continue to soar across the world, the corresponding number of charging points is lagging behind, leaving consumers and car manufacturers in urgent need of more. In the UK alone, the Policy Exchange think-tank predicts a need for over 400,000 charging points, where there are currently only 35,000. With this anticipated level of demand comes a need for cost effective, durable solutions, that offer both speed and flexibility.

 

The total solution approach

Avnet Silica provides an end-to-end solution from components, modules and gateways to design services such as hardware, firmware and software development all the way through to Cloud services and eUICC connectivity. And we’re supported by many of the world’s leading suppliers.

Whether you’re manufacturing wall-boxes, or you need high power fast charging options with communications and security built-in, Avnet Silica has the experience and capabilities to deliver charging technology solutions at any scale for local authorities, power companies, governments, commercial space owners and home solutions businesses.

From the forecourt to the cloud, we complement your skillset to get your EV charging requirements deployed faster, better and stronger.

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Home & Office
Home & Office

Personal/business use charge points with simple functionality, for installation alongside new home and office builds, or adding to existing constructions.

Public
Public

Robust, paid charging units suitable for public facilities, with large display for advertising, payment systems in both LTE and WiFi.

Commercial
Commercial

For businesses offering parking as a service, these commercial units feature all the benefits of a public EV point, but charge at a significantly higher speed of 30 to 120 minutes, giving a turnover of approximately 10-15 vehicles per day.


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Display Software Compute Power Management and remote IoT Connectivity IP&E
Offering rugged displays for demanding environments, we can help you design and assemble display solutions for EV charging stations, from touch surface to chassis.
  • Tamper-proof displays
  • Weather-proof displays
  • Passive displays
  • OLED / TFT displays
  • All-weather touch screens
From Operating System (OS) customisation to Graphical User Interface (GUI) design and beyond, we provide software solutions for a wide range of EV charging applications.
 
  • Payment systems
  • User management
  • GUI Design
  • Functional reporting
  • Remote management
  • IoT connectivity
  • Power consumption tracking and prediction
From Edge device to Cloud connectivity, via LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth, LoRa and NFC. Our industrial embedded computing platform enables customer-facing systems for EV charging to operate 24/7, with an extended lifespan support of up to 30 years.
  • Rugged compute design and manufacturing
  • Security and tamper hardening
  • Visual AI solutions for forecourt management
  • Video processing and storage for security
We partner with Intel, NXP, ST, Lumisil, onsemi, Quectel and Microsoft on compute solutions for EV charging in both x86 and ARM architectures. Our advanced embedded compute designs provide advanced functionality for various applications.
  • Vehicle recognition
  • Tamper detection
  • Biometrics and more
We can support you with comprehensive hardware support for interconnect, passive and electro-mechanical components, to bring the whole EV charging solution together.

 

EV charging is one of the fastest growing subsegments in our industry. The European EV market will reach $32 billion USD in 2027, today, the market is just $6 billion. The EV charging infrastructure market is expected to grow at more than 30% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through to 2030. The European Union has also launched the program ‘Fit for 55’, which means 55% less greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. This requires a minimum of 60% penetration of fully or partially electric vehicles by 2030. To service that level of penetration, we need at least 6 million new chargers in operation by 2030.
Thomas Foj, Avnet Silica's Director Vertical Markets

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Engineering the Future
Engineering the Future

Worldwide annual sales in electric vehicles (EVs) set a new high in 2020, reaching 3.2 million units according to figures from Statista. That is approximately 65% up on the sales activity recorded for the previous year. The availability of a wider variety of different models with improved performance parameters, combined with government incentives aimed at lightening the costs involved, are leading to ever greater EV traction. There are still certain issues that need to be addressed, however, if further uptake is to be encouraged.

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The ins and outs of vehicle-to-grid charging
The ins and outs of vehicle-to-grid charging

A well-implemented V2G strategy could provide wins for drivers and power companies while reducing the carbon impact of both car and electricity usage.

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EV Charging Whitepaper
EV Charging Whitepaper

Avnet’s EV charging experts from across the globe have collaborated on this new whitepaper - "EV Charging: The Fourth Transport Infrastructure".

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EV Charging Discovery Days on-demand

Watch this on-demand series with experts from Avnet Silica and our supplier partners to learn more about Connectivity, MCU, Power, Cloud, Services, HMI, power-line communication and many other solutions that will support you in designing modern connected systems.

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Learn about the latest technologies for smarter car charging, including ISO15118 and vehicle to grid, modular solutions, complete reference designs, e-mobility and DC fast charging.

Join Avnet Silica’s Next-Gen EV Charging Solutions webinar sessions to find out about the latest technological advancements that are disrupting the market and driving the evolution of the EV charging industry.

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We talk IoT - The Smart Industry Podcast: The Future of EV Charging

Electric vehicles or EVs are cool, but there are still twists in the road to market maturity. From accessibility and standardization issues to a lack of convenient and secure payment methods at charging stations, these could still throw a spoke in the wheel of electromobility. We are joined by Thomas Wagner of in-tech GmbH, a pioneer smart charging company based in Leipzig, and Thomas Foj, Director Vertical Market EMEA at Avnet Silica, to talk about the future of EV Charging.

 

The Future of EV Charging Series

According to Reuters, the world's major car companies expect to spend nearly $1.2 trillion between now and 2030 to develop and produce electric vehicles, along with the batteries and raw materials needed for them.

Electric vehicles aren't going anywhere and the future is certainly electric, but what obstacles do we need to overcome in order for consumers to completely buy into electric vehicles?

Harvey Wilson addresses these obstacles in his three-part EV charging series...

  • Part 1: The Future of EV Charging - Revolutionary Developments are Closer Than You Think 
  • Part 2: Integrating EV Charging with Matter and the Smart Home 
  • Part 3: How V2G Benefits Drivers and Electricity Suppliers 
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The best power converters are not always the ones that switch the fastest. Gallium Nitride (GaN) switches faster than other power transistors, but sometimes it is too fast. Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs may sometimes be a better option.
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By Harvey Wilson   -   June 19, 2023
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Choosing the right microcontroller for your project is crucial. In this post, we’ll explore the capabilities of ST’s 32-bit wireless MCU, STM32WBA52 and the IoT applications that benefit most from them.
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EV Charging Series, Part 2: Integrating EV Charging with Matter and the Smart Home
By Harvey Wilson   -   June 1, 2023
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By Harvey Wilson   -   May 17, 2023
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Electric vehicles (EVs) are big business – you only need to look at Tesla’s share price to see just how big. Imagine how much more valuable the market would be if EVs could charge in a few seconds, not minutes or hours.
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Power trends and the choice between Si, SiC and GaN
By Thomas Hauer   -   May 3, 2023
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Wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors can deliver performance and power efficiency that are superior to those of silicon devices, and have useful properties such as high operating temperature. This means that WBG devices, using materials such as gallium nitri...
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Combining GaN and SiC for cost-effective power conversion
By Avnet Staff   -   April 20, 2023
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By Avnet Staff   -   April 18, 2023
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Depending on the design, wide bandgap devices may provide efficiency gains in power conversion for onboard chargers. But which do you choose over silicon if any? We look at the options and offer some advice.
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