Robots seen as key to overcoming EV charging challenges globally

As electric vehicles boom and bring about charging challenges worldwide, China is producing self-driving charging robots to juice up EVs as part of broader efforts for a more advanced EV ecosystem.

NaaS Technology, one of China's largest and fastest-growing EV charging service providers, recently launched such a robot that finds EVs, smart-charges them and collects payments automatically.

Leveraging V2X (vehicle-to-everything) technology, the robot parks itself precisely, automatically docks into an EV's charging port and, using a mechanical arm, charges it up, without human assistance. When the robot's battery runs out, it can recharge itself as well.