Huawei unveils unmanned EV charging robotic arm [video]

Huawei unveiled an unmanned robotic arm that may cost electrical autos with out a driver needing to go away the automobile and manually join the charging cable.

The corporate additionally launched an illustration video the place the Maextro S800 sedan autonomously parks subsequent to the charger geared up with the robotic arm and will get robotically plugged in.

From the demonstration video, we will see the Maextro S800 sedan with out a driver. When the unmanned charging operate is remotely activated, the automobile begins autonomously on the lookout for a charging spot. As soon as discovered, the EV parks subsequent to it, and the robotic arm inserts the charging gun whereas monitoring any attainable obstacles. As soon as charging is finished, the arm is robotically unplugged, cost is deducted, and the automobile leaves the spot.

Maextro is Huawei’s premium model to tackle Nio ET9 and Maybach.

The arm is mounted on Huawei’s flagship 600 kW supercharger, which might theoretically present 100 kWh in 10 minutes. Regardless of Huawei solely teasing its robotic arm EV charging capabilities, in accordance with a supply acquainted with the matter which identification CarNewsChina is aware of, mass manufacturing will begin in Q2 2025.

Huawei didn’t present official particulars, however primarily based on CarNewsChina data, the unmanned robotic charger might be appropriate with all Huawei Superchargin Alliance members, together with BYD, Xpeng, Li Auto, Aito, JAC, and Nice Wall.

Huawei fashioned its Supercharging alliance in April 2024 with 11 founding EV makers in China. The corporate’s goal was to construct 100,000 Superchargers in China by 2024. Huawei’s charging flagship is a liquid-cooled 600 kW supercharging station designed to compete with Tesla V4.

Maextro is Huawei’s premium model with JAC beneath the Concord Clever Mobility Alliance (HIMA) alliance. HIMA is one other Huawei’s allinace however completely different from the Supercharging talked about earlier. It consits manufacturers Aito (manufactured by Seres), Luxeed (manufactured by Chery), Stelato (manufactured by BAIC), and the newest Maextro (manufacture by JAC).

The Maextro S800 began presales in November final 12 months for 1 million yuan (136,000 USD) and Huawei claims it would have L3 self-driving capabilities.