Club Assist Puts the "Green" in Electric Vehicle Roadside Assistance with WORLD FIRST "Lithium" Mobile EV Charger

Stranded Electric Vehicle Motorists Can Now Put to Rest Range and Environmental Concerns

MELBOURNE, Australia--May 20, 2012: One of the world's trusted motoring club partners, Club Assist, has unveiled a WORLD FIRST with the "Lithium Mobile EV Charger". The lithium-powered charger is the first clean, green, Level 2 EV charging solution for emergency roadside assistance.

The solution developed by Club Assist is an innovation that offers quicker, smoother and quieter roadside battery charging assistance, with a development which is the most environmentally friendly solution to hit the market to date.

The unit is being launched at the LEV and EV Forum & Drive Day in Melbourne on Monday, May 21.

The new "completely green" and "extremely compact" solution can give a standard electric-powered car, enough charge in 10 minutes to sustain a driving distance* of 5 to 6 kilometers, designed to allow the vehicle to travel to the nearest permanent charging point for a full charge. (*The driving distance is in accordance with the State of Health and State of Charge of the EV battery system pack. This EV charger provides greater flexibility by being available in either a skid mounted or small sized trailer mount. )

The technology is now ready to go to market and Club Assist can potentially roll it out around the world to more than 68 motoring club organisations.

According to the unit's designer, Club Assist's Bob Gell, the Lithium Mobile EV charger is a natural evolution of the existing technology and makes a stronger case for the growing use of electric vehicles, along with their many already acknowledged benefits.

"Developing this solution from its inception has been a very rewarding experience for me and the support I received from Club Assist has been instrumental in getting this solution to market," he said.

As a member of Club Assist's Product and Technical Development team, Bob Gell said the development of the Lithium Mobile EV Charger was just another example of Club Assist's determination to provide its motoring club partners with cutting edge solutions to a continually changing transport landscape.

"Our 'what next' approach has helped us bring revolutionary solutions to market in the past such as the 'standard' Mobile EV Charger. The Lithium Mobile EV charger is the next logical evolution in 'green' roadside assistance for electric vehicles."

Club Assist CEO and Executive President, Stuart Davies hailed the new product as a major step forward in reinforcing the reality that electric vehicles were not just cars of the future, but a viable alternative for many motorists, here and now, around the world.

"For many years we have very proudly offered our club partners, innovative and pragmatic solutions to help them meet their members' needs and the Lithium Mobile EV Charger is another in our long line of successes," he said.

WHAT:     World First Lithium Mobile Electric Vehicle Charger Launch
DATE:      Monday, May 21, 2012
WHERE:  Sandown Park International Raceway
                  591-659 Princes Hwy
                  Springvale, Victoria (MELWAYS REF 80 D7)