Australian Electric Car Maker Launches New X1 Van

The LWB high-roof van is one of seven versions of ACE EV’s modular X1 Transformer.

Australian electric vehicle manufacturer ACE EV Group has launched its new X1 Transformer modular platform to take electric light commercial vehicles to the next level.

The launch was hosted online by the Society of Automotive Engineers – Australasia (SAE-A), the Asia Pacific professional body for automotive and mobility engineering.

The Transformer’s modular platform can be modified easily for long or short wheelbase, high and low roof, van and ute. The interchangeable modules can be fitted or changed in just 15 minutes.

ACE EV managing director and co-founder Greg McGarvie said the X1 was aimed at major fleets around the world as an integrated energy, transport and communications system.

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“We are a focused energy and software company with a Mobile Energy Management System (MEMS) that delivers new ways for energy and transport to work together,” he said.

“For busy freight companies with their major distribution centres, the X1 enables them to fit a pre-packed module straight onto its electric platform and be on its way in 15 minutes.

“One platform can carry whatever cargo module is required – van or ute, high or low roof – so it is constantly earning its keep, whatever each individual freight mission may be.”

X1 Transformer platform has V2G (vehicle-to-grid) technology which allows the van to connect to energy and data in both directions. It could, for example, provide emergency power and ACE’s pioneering Smart Energy Wallet.

Mr McGarvie said ACE EV received $5 million in Federal Government funding with the help of Senator Rex Patrick for an energy management trial starting next year.

“Our Advanced Australian Vehicle To Grid (AAV2G) project will deliver bi-directional transfer between vehicle, building and grid with integrated on-board energy metering,” he said.

“The system will enable the X1 Transformer to power an entire home or business, with the vehicle battery storing energy from rooftop solar cells or from the grid,” he said.

“It can charge when the sun shines, provide night-time energy needs, supply emergency power when needed, feed back into the grid – and, of course, run the vehicle itself.

“We intend to have X1 Transformer trial vehicles on the road this November, with a view to beginning full-scale systems testing in April next year.”