Chinese electric car company Zeekr integrates the minima blockchain to make a tokenized system possible for safe reservations of the charging station.
Minima, a decentralized blockchain network, works together with the European arm of the Chinese electric car maker Zeekr to launch a charging solution that could expand access to charging stations.
In a press release that is shared with crypto.news, minima said that the system could help tackle gaps for infrastructure by allowing EV owners to share their wallboxes via a blockchain-driven booking system.
From the blockchain of minima, it would be integrated into Zeekr -Wallboxes, allowing owners to make their chargers available to book. Zeekr drivers would be able to reserve charging slots, which can be increased access to charging stations that would otherwise be unused.
“Together with Zeekr we present how blockchain and community-driven solutions can tackle real challenges, so that more flexibility, safety and convenience can be tackled on the EV ecosystem.”
Hugo Feiler, co-founder and CEO of Minima
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The system will use the minima network to generate a safe access control to the token that acts as a digital key for the charging station, so that only authorized users have access to the charger while retaining the privacy.
An important feature of the system is the offline functionality. Even if internet connectivity is lost, minima claims that the blockchain allows transactions to continue to use local connections such as Bluetooth. The companies say that this can help ensure continuous charging in various environments.
Zeekr is the latest Chinese car maker that blockchain explores, something that the industry has been experimenting with for years. In 2018, BYD announced in Shanghai in EV and battery maker plans to install a carbon bank system using the Vechaindhor blockchain in all its cars.
The VeChain system is designed to follow vehicle data throughout the car industry, making one of the first large-scale attempts to place millions of cars, buses and trains on a public blockchain.
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