PRESS RELEASE – 2024, January

EFI Automotive, a tier 1 automotive supplier, is developing a hands-free conductive automatic charging solution for electric vehicles in partnership with the innovative company GULPLUG. This patented solution will be presented at the CES trade show in Las Vegas from January 9 to 12, 2024, at the West Hall, Business France booth 4025.

It is worth noting that EFI Automotive had already achieved great success at CES 2023 by presenting one of its automatic induction charging solutions (with robot positioning) alongside Stellantis. This collaboration with the automaker also earned EFI Automotive the 2023 Supplier of the Year award in the innovation category last October. For EFI Automotive, inductive and conductive technologies are complementary in addressing all automatic charging needs.

The hands-free charging is intended for home applications (automatic charging during the night), business (automatic charging during work hours), or captive fleets. This solution provides real comfort to the user as no cable manipulation is required, it helps improve battery life, and will facilitate the adoption of bidirectional charging systems. This will allow the car to be used as a mobile energy source when needed, thus contributing to energy management and the resilience of the power grid.

EFI Automotive is a tier 1 automotive supplier, specialized in the design and manufacture of embedded electronic sensors, multi-sensor modules, mechatronic actuators, and power modules with embedded software. These innovative products help make vehicles more fuel-efficient, intelligent, comfortable, and safe, while meeting the demanding standards of safety and cybersecurity (ISO26262 and TISAX).

In 2022, EFI Automotive achieved a turnover of 203.8 million euros. The company has a strong international presence, with technological development centers, production facilities, and commercial offices in the United States (2 sites), Brazil (1 site), Europe (4 sites in France, 1 site in Germany, 1 site in Turkey), and Asia (3 sites in China).

EFI Automotive has implemented an innovation strategy to meet the challenges of mobility. This strategy is carried out not only through its R&D department but also through Axandus (its industrial start-up accelerator) and Akeoplus, an actor in Industry 4.0 (an industrial engineering company specializing in the design and implementation of digital solutions to improve production processes, products, and customer services).

For more information, please contact Ms. Agnès Cartet, Group Communication Manager at EFI Automotive, at the following address: agnes.cartet@efiautomotive.com.