On June 7-9, NAAS (NASDAQ: NAAS) attended the 2nd Shanghai International Charging Pile and Battery Swapping Station Exhibition 2023 (CPSE 2023) and demonstrate its diverse charging piles, automatic charging robots, integrated PV-storage-charging solutions and other innovative offerings and industry solutions.

NaaS booth

Co-sponsored by Chongdian360.cn, Vehicle Charging and Battery Swapping 100 Association, Chinese Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Promotion Alliance (EVCIPA) and other organizations, CPSE 2023 assembled industrial experts to share new insights into the development and innovation of the charging and battery swapping industry, with more than 500 providers of charging pile, changing station, PV-storage-charging, energy storage, battery swapping cabinet, accessory, battery and equipment services involved.

NaaS mainly demonstrated its integrated PV-storage-charging solutions at the exhibition. The company can provide charging stations with comprehensive services including charging pile procurement and construction, distributed PV deployment and energy storage facility allocation, covering all links from planning and design, site selection consultation, EPC engineering, to operation and maintenance.

NaaS provides a product matrix covering all categories and scenarios of charging piles ranging from AC slow charging, standard fast charging to high-power fast charging. Among them, 160kW DC, 240kW DC and 480kW liquid-cooling DC super fast charging piles that offer highly efficient battery replenishment can help greatly mitigate the charging anxiety of car owners. While 7kW and 11kW AC charging piles are designed and produced in accordance with European CE certification standards. With TÜV Rheinland's certificates, they can fit for public charging stations, special transport vehicle stations, residences and other scenarios.

NaaS high-power DC fast charge piles

To further improve the EV charging convenience, NaaS has launched automatic charging robots integrated with deep learning, 5G and V2X, SLAM and other underlying technologies. Car owners simply need to place an order via the mobile phone with one click, then the charging robot will complete the whole process of automatic vehicle locating, precise parking, automatic docking, charging and undocking via mechanical arms, and automatic return and recharging. It can complement the parking space restrictions of fixed charging piles, and help car owners recharge car battery anytime and anywhere.

Independently developed mobile charging robots of NaaS

According to the data of China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), the domestic retail penetration rate of new energy vehicles reached 32.3% in April of 2023, an increase of 6.6% compared to the figure of 25.7% in the same period last year. The demands for charging piles and related service facilities are strong driven by the continuous growth of the new energy vehicle market. During the exhibition, diversified intelligent charging devices of NaaS have attracted a number of customers to stop and engage on site.

The staff is elaborating various charging pile products

Amid the transformation from "construction focused" to "service and operation focused" business patterns in the EV charging industry, NaaS is committed to providing comprehensive ecological service solutions for charging stations. NaaS' attractive smart vending machines, small canteens and other service facilities will not only meet the service needs of car owners in waiting, but also further expand the profit potentials of charging stations.

NaaS non-charging service facilities

According to the financial statements of NaaS, the charging volume of the company had reached 1.023 billion kWh in Q1 2023, accounting for 21% of the public charging volume in China.As of March 31, 2023, NaaS has connected 55,000 charging stations and 575,000 chargers. Lately, NaaS wound up a new round of SPO, with Dr. Adrian Cheng, the third scion of the Cheng Yu-tung family, one of the four families of Hong Kong, and CST Group, an established HK-listed company (00985. HK), as its new strategic investors.