日前，宝马在德国慕尼黑举行的Eurocities会议中，发布了旗下全新Light & Charge路灯充电桩原型，顾名思义，这款路灯整合了充电桩的功能。尽管官方并未透露关于这款路灯充电桩的过多细节，不过可以确认的是，它采用了模块化结构，即可以根据不同地点，进行相应调整。比如，路边和住宅区配备一到两个LED照明组，而主干道上可以装配四个照明组。和大多数原型不同，这款路灯基本上可以算是一款量产产品，已经有完整的试行项目，预计在2015年春天，它就会被安装在慕尼黑街头适用，整个城市都将逐步用这款照明和充电单元取代传统的路灯，这无疑将会有效提升城市中充电桩的数量，同时也是对照明基础设施的一次更新，让整个街区变成能源使用更为有效的LED灯城市。

 

BMW Light & Charge prototype unveiled, is a street light with an integrated EV charging port

BMW has unveiled their new Light and Charge prototype at the Eurocities conference in Munich.

 

Essentially a street light with an integrated charging port, the prototype attempts to kill two birds with one stone.

 

BMW didn't have much to say about the street lights themselves but they confirmed they are modular and can be adapted depending on the location. As a result, the street lights can have one or two LED lighting modules for side streets and residential areas and four LED lighting modules for use on major roads.

 

Unlike most prototypes, these street lights will go into production thanks to a pilot project which kicks off in Munich next spring. Under the terms of the deal, the city will replace conventional streetlights with the new Light and Charge units. This will enable the city to increase the number of electric vehicle charging locations as well as update their lighting infrastructure more energy efficient LED street lights.