Battery-Integrated Charging (BIC)

BIC is designed as an additional power source on the same shared PM30 bus every Storm, Forge and Velocity system already uses — an LFP battery pack sitting alongside the grid feed, rather than a separate charging system. A cabinet can be commissioned as a standard grid-tied charger on day one and upgraded with BIC later, without a rebuild, because the architecture is designed to treat the battery as just another input to the same bus the PM30 modules already feed.

The underlying approach — storing energy in a battery so a charging session's peak power comes from the battery rather than straight from the grid connection — is an established pattern in DC fast charging, generally used to keep a site's grid draw low and steady even while a vehicle is pulling full power. BIC is designed to apply that same pattern across the lineup: the battery is designed to recharge from the grid (and, where fitted, from a solar input) during quieter periods, then discharge alongside or instead of the grid feed during a charging session.

Availability is designed to differ deliberately by product line. On Storm and Forge, BIC is an optional, upgradable accessory — every cabinet ships grid-powered by default, and the battery is never included as standard. On Velocity, BIC is the standard configuration, not an option: there is no fixed grid connection at a Velocity vehicle's point of use, so the 64 kWh LFP battery is designed to be the only power source, feeding the same single CCS2 output the stationary systems share.

Where it is fitted, BIC is designed to add two further benefits beyond grid-draw reduction: power resilience during grid outages or voltage fluctuations, and a path to add on-site solar generation later without redesigning the charging system.