After serving hundreds of mobile robots, "Xineng Technology" is making layouts in industries such as new energy and eVTOL | Early-stage projects

Text｜Hu Yiting

Editor｜Yuan Silai

When new energy vehicle companies are competing for the market, wireless charging is gradually coming into the public view. Even before this, the demand for wireless charging by mobile robots already existed, and manufacturers serving this field are actively expanding into multiple industries overseas.

Xnergy was established in Singapore in 2018. With high-power wireless charging solutions as its core product, it focuses on fields such as mobile robots and new energy, and its products are sold to more than 20 countries in Europe, America, and Asia.

Currently, Xnergy has received multiple rounds of investment from Hyundai Motor Group, Accuron Technologies (a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings in Singapore), and Woori Ventures (a subsidiary of Woori Bank in South Korea).

In terms of products, Xnergy has launched a 3 - 9kW wireless charging solution for robots and a 22kW 800V two-way charging and discharging solution for electric vehicles, covering a variety of application scenarios such as unmanned aircraft, electric scooters, mobile robots, unmanned forklifts, electric vehicles, and buses.

According to data released by the Mobile Robot (AGV/AMR) Industry Alliance, the global sales scale of mobile robots in 2023 is approximately 5.3 billion US dollars, mainly applied in markets such as automotive manufacturing, photovoltaic, lithium battery, express logistics, etc.

Hu Xiaolei, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Xnergy, told Yingke that the demand for wireless charging by mobile robots has always existed. Two years before the establishment of Xnergy, some European unmanned forklift customers were already seeking solutions.

Currently, Xnergy serves a wide range of customer types in this field. It has cooperated with more than 100 suppliers, system integrators, and end customers of mobile robots, including more than 60 categories such as unmanned forklifts, jacking robots, inspection robots, service robots, and cleaning robots. It has deployed thousands of modules and completed over one million charging cycles.

In terms of products, Xnergy's wireless charging solution has the advantages of small size, high power, strong compatibility, and modularization.

Hu Xiaolei said that the technical difficulty of wireless charging mainly lies in breaking through the high-power wireless power transmission to provide charging products with higher power such as 10kW and 20kW for more industries such as robots or new energy vehicles. Currently, Xnergy has launched a 22kW wireless charging product, which can achieve a 50% higher current than similar products in the same volume, improving the overall charging operation speed.

In addition, Xnergy has launched a modular design and achieved parallel output to meet the customers' demand for higher-power charging products, while facilitating large-scale mass production to ensure product quality and reduce costs.

Since customers have different batteries in actual use, Xnergy has developed a customized charging curve to match the differentiated requirements of different batteries for current and voltage, in order to achieve a faster charging speed and a shorter charging time, which will also help extend the battery life.

In addition to charging hardware products, to facilitate customers' observation and use of the products, Xnergy has configured a client side and a cloud platform for them to monitor the health status of the charging products.

While launching a variety of high-power products, Xnergy is also continuously expanding application scenarios. After completing the industrial financing of Hyundai Motor in South Korea last year, it has delved into the field of new energy vehicles and will continue to increase its investment in the future. In addition, with the booming of the low-altitude economy, Xnergy has begun to make strategic layouts in this field, analyzing specific needs and contacting relevant manufacturers to meet the needs of eVTOL manufacturers.

In terms of the team, Hu Xiaolei is a doctor from the Engineering Department of Nanyang Technological University. The core members of the team are from well-known enterprises such as ON Semiconductor, HP, and Porsche, with many years of industry experience; more than half of the team members have a doctoral degree, and 80% have an international background.