Chargers for electric vehicles that are manufactured by LSIS Co., Ltd. is going to be installed as basic accessories for electric vehicles of Benz and Chrysler. It is expected that LSIS Co., Ltd.’s competitive edge in electronic components for electric vehicles will increase by a step higher as it has expanded its business towards chargers while it is already supplying EV relays, invertors, and convertors.
According to a related industry on the 7th, LSIS Co., Ltd. obtained North America’s UL certification for its cable-type portable electric vehicle chargers. It will also be receiving a certification for international standard (ISO 26262) of European basic safety functions sometime this month and if so, it will have all international certification standards that Daimler Group requested when LSIS Co., Ltd. was signing on a contract with Daimler Group in 2013 regarding supply of chargers for electric vehicles. Starting from this year, Daimler Group is planning to release 4 to 5 types of electric vehicles in 60 countries within couple years, and LSIS Co., Ltd.’s chargers will be installed as basic options for these vehicles.
LSIS Co., Ltd. has been working on obtaining certifications from 60 countries where Daimler Group’s electric vehicles are going to be released and is almost finished with entire process. It is going to mass-produce its chargers starting from next month at the earliest. LSIS Co., Ltd. has become the first business to sign a supply contract with a major automobile manufacturer and finish obtaining certifications from corresponding countries. According to sales volume of electric vehicles, LSIS Co., Ltd. can export tens of thousands of chargers per year.
Unlike general fixed chargers (7kWh), LSIS Co., Ltd.’s chargers are cable-type portable chargers (3kWh) that can charge electric vehicles by being plugged into regular 220V or 110V sockets when there is an emergency such as battery discharge. It can be used by both BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicle) and PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle). Although they do not provide any information regarding amount of use and, automobile manufacturers will provide these chargers for free in case of emergencies.
UL and ISO certifications, which are international standards for safety functions of vehicle components, are given after corresponding organizations check whether or not certain products can prevent malfunctions on vehicle components and software, whether or not they can prevent negligent accidents during malfunctions, and whether or not businesses practice safety standards during development stage. These are standards that were set up by European and American businesses as there is an increased number of electric vehicles.
“We already received North America’s UL certification and we are finishing up a process of obtaining certifications from other corresponding countries.” said a representative for LSIS Co., Ltd. “Although we are going to start mass-producing our chargers soon, we cannot disclose any information until Daimler Group release their electric vehicles.”
Staff Reporter Park, Taejoon | gaius@etnews.com