Allye launches fixed or mobile EV chargers

Battery energy storage company Allye Energy has launched a dedicated EV charger - fixed or mobile - using battery capacity to charge two vehicles simultaneously at up to 400kW.

The Allye MEV is designed to be installed at depots to enable EV charging and will bridge the gap before a grid upgrade is available. It uses repurposed electric vehicle battery packs and can be recharged from any power supply at a depot.

The MEV unit stays at the depot and charges the fleet where it parks, while the MAX300 is trailer-mounted and will go wherever energy is needed. On its integrated trailer it weighs under 3.5 tonnes.

The mobile and fixed versions of Allye Energy’s new depot chargers. (Image: Allye Energy)

The MEV range starts at £70,000, with deliveries expected in the second quarter of 2027, while the MAX300 starts at £78,000 as a storage system, or £99,000 as a stationary unit with integrated DC fast charging.

UK-based Allye said grid capacity is biggest barrier to fleet electrification, with a new depot connection in the UK, for example, taking 18 to 36 months, or longer. It said most depots are not short of energy but “are short of the power to deliver it quickly.”

Running in one day

In an early trial, with Glasgow-based J&M Murdoch, a grid upgrade had been quoted at £300,000. Within a single day, said Allye, a MAX300 was buffering the existing 32A (22kW) supply. It now powers a satellite DC fast charger supporting two electric vehicles and supplying around 200kWh a day.

MEV will have two variants, the MEV200 and MEV300, with 155kWh and 232kWh of energy storage, respectively.

Robert Carter, chief technology officer at Allye Energy, said: “MEV is the direct result of our work on the MAX300. The hard part was never the battery. It was making packs of different sizes and ages behave as one system and deliver up to 400kW of DC charging through an 800V architecture and our in-house technology stack.

“Once we had solved that, MEV was the obvious next step: the same architecture in a cabinet that only ever charges, where one pack can slide out for service while the others keep charging.”

Two ranges available

The founder and CEO of Allye, Jonathan Carrier, said: “We have built two ranges, not two versions of the same thing. If the charger stays put and only ever charges vehicles, MEV does it on the supply you already have, often for less than the connection works it replaces.

“If the energy needs to move, towed behind a van or feeding a row of chargers, that is the MAX300.”

The company is also offering a charging as a service model, with customers paying Allye a monthly fee instead of a capital bill.

Allye is appointing distribution partners for the MEV range in the UK and internationally. It is looking for installers, charge point operators and fleet energy specialists who could supply, install and support MEV in their country or region, and offer it both outright and as a service.