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ANID Startup Ciencia · UAI spin-off

YUZZ: mobile storage from electric vehicle batteries

Retired electric vehicle batteries turned into mobile storage systems, offered as a service (Battery-as-a-Service) for construction sites, events and industry.

Objective

Purpose

The project takes a mobile BESS solution based on electric vehicle batteries with remaining useful life to pilot scale (TRL 7). It includes building two new units, industrialising them and validating the business model with real customers, as an alternative to diesel generators.

Facts

Data
InstrumentANID · Startup Ciencia
CompanyYUZZ, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez spin-off
AreasStorage · Circular economy · E-mobility

Work streams

Scope
01

Two new units

Design and construction of two mobile BESS units with reconditioned batteries.

02

Industrialisation

Assembly, testing and certification processes for serial production.

03

TRL 7 pilots

Field operation with customers and measurement of performance and avoided emissions.

Team

UAI · CENTRA
Luis Gutiérrez
Luis GutiérrezLead

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