Alpine Energy, an Australian manufacturer of mobile energy and electric vehicle charger technology, has revealed the MGEN M40, which is a first-of-its-kind vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) DC fast charging platform that delivers rapid EV charging where fixed infrastructure does not reach.

According to the company, the new MGEN M40 was designed to be driven to the point of need and to charge on the spot with no grid connection. It opens a category of charging that has reportedly had almost no real-world deployment in Australia to date.

Alpine Energy says that the need for the MGEN M40 is most immediate in three settings: Roadside recovery, mobile automotive service and in remote industries such as mining. All three situations share the same problem of an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle that needs charge where there is no charger or no grid within reach.

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Using energy stored on a mobile asset, Alpine Energy says that the MGEN M40 is built to serve these sectors, with emergency response another priority sector as the platform proves out.

The current MGEN M40 prototype delivers up to 40 kW of DC fast charging output, equating to around 65km of driving range for every 15 minutes of charging in compatible models.

“Until today, charging an electric vehicle has meant bringing the vehicle to the infrastructure. The MGEN M40 is built to do the opposite, to bring rapid charging to the vehicle, wherever it is,” said Mark Wexler, Founder and Managing Director of Alpine Energy. “The cases that drive us are the hardest ones: getting a stranded driver moving again when there’s no charger for kilometres and keeping fleets running where the grid simply doesn’t reach.”

Alpine Energy is now seeking a limited number of operational partners, including roadside recovery and fleet operators, to join the MGEN M40 early deployment and field-validation program.