Mitsubishi Fuso repurposes EV batteries for energy storage systems

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus has announced it will conduct a joint demonstration of its Battery 2nd Life initiative this year. This initiative will be jointly conducted with CONNEXX Systems and will repurpose used batteries from Mitsubishi eCanter trucks to build energy storage systems.

According to Mitsubishi, CONNEXX will remove the used batteries from end-of-life eCanters and repurpose them as power sources for what CONNEXX has dubbed its EnePOND EV Charger energy storage systems. These units have integrated EV chargers developed by CONNEXX that can reportedly reduce the load on the existing power grid while allowing for DC fast charging of multiple EVs simultaneously. CONNEXX also noted that these units enable EV charging during power outages.