Epyon is a Dutch company that produces fast-chargers for electric vehicles.
Company type | Besloten vennootschap |
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Industry | Electronics |
Founded | 2006, Delft |
Headquarters | Rijswijk, the Netherlands |
Area served | Europe |
Key people | Hans Streng (CEO), Crijn Bouman, Wouter Robers, Wouter Smit (founders)[1] |
Products | Fast Chargers for electric vehicles |
Number of employees | 50 (FTE, 2010) |
Website | www.epyonpower.com |
Epyon opened Europe’s first commercial fast-charging station in May 2010[citation needed] in the Netherlands. The system can deliver 50 kilowatts of power to charge a nine-person taxi van in 30 minutes.[2][3][4] Epyon’s system offers the ability to charge multiple vehicles at the same time, remote configuration, and an Internet-based system that lets Dutch utility Essent bill customers for use. The Netherlands-based station will be used to charge two nine-person taxi van EVs from local taxi company Kijlstra.[5]
Epyon's charge stations are compliant with the CHAdeMO standard, which is used by the Nissan Leaf and the Mitsubishi i MiEV. Epyon's charging station can provide an 80 percent charge for the Leaf's 24-kWh battery pack in about 30 minutes.[6]
Recently this company was bought by ABB.
Epyon started in 2006 based on advances of nanotechnology in batteries. The first product of Epyon was a 1-minute telephone charger called the FlashPack. The FlashPack had an internal battery[7] or super capacitor[8] that could be charged in under a minute. Epyon abandoned the telephone market to serve the electric vehicle market before the FlashPack reached the stores.[1][9]
In October 2010, Epyon showed an AC/DC combined charging post together with Nissan at the Paris Motor Show.[10]
In November 2010 Lite-On announced it invested into Epyon.[11] Epyon raised 7 Million Euros in this investment round.[12]
On June 30, 2011, ABB has acquired Epyon.
On May 20, 2014, Epyon was recognized as the Cleantech startup of the Decade.[13]
Epyon builds CHAdeMO certified chargers:
Epyon's chargers are remotely managed by their Power Routing network,[14] which computes the local power grid, billing, and battery life management.[15]