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Alpitronic: Modular DC fast chargers and power electronics

Alpitronic makes Hypercharger DC charging systems, with modular power electronics and OCPP connections to charging-management platforms.

Summary

Best for
Public and commercial DC charging sites that need compact high-power equipment, modular power allocation and charging-management connectivity.
Less suited to
Treating an OCPP backend connection as a general building-data interface, or assuming the power rating and connector arrangement of one Hypercharger applies across the range.
Deployment
All-in-one chargers or distributed charging equipment, with site electrical infrastructure and a separate charging-management platform.
Data in
Vehicle charging sessions, charger status and operating data through the supported OCPP management connection. HYC400 Series 2 specifies OCPP 1.6 J and 2.0.1 J.
Pricing
Charger configuration, connectors, payment options, installation and service form the project scope.

Overview

Alpitronic was founded in Bolzano in 2009 by four electrical engineers. Its company history describes early traction-inverter and power-electronics projects, followed by the first Hypercharger presentation in 2017. This background is visible in its charging products: power conversion, modular electronics and the management of several charging outputs are central to the equipment design.

The Hypercharger range includes compact all-in-one units and a distributed architecture. Those arrangements answer different site constraints. An all-in-one charger places conversion equipment and the driver interface together; distributed equipment separates parts of the charging system. The HYC400 Series 2 combines a front-facing user interface with modular power conversion, while the wider company also supplies power-cycling test equipment and services. Its role therefore spans the charging appliance, the electronics inside it and specialist testing of those electronics.

Offering

The Hypercharger family includes the HYC50, HYC200, HYC400 and HYC400 Series 2, alongside the HYC1000 distributed system. They differ in physical arrangement, available output and how charging points are supplied. The product family is useful for comparing site configurations without reducing the choice to the highest nominal power figure.

The HYC400 Series 2 datasheet describes a system with two DC interfaces, simultaneous charging for two cars and power allocation in 50 kW steps. Its specified configuration reaches 400 kW with four silicon-carbide power stacks, with connector and cable arrangements defined in the same document. The product page describes a front-facing screen, physical buttons and payment options. Power Cycling is a separate offering: Alpitronic supplies test benches and laboratory services for evaluating the durability of semiconductor power modules. This extends the company's engineering work beyond charging-site deployment.

Technology

The HYC400 Series 2 technical specification lists OCPP 1.6 J and OCPP 2.0.1 J for the connection between charging equipment and a charging-management system. It also identifies the DC connector options, output-voltage range and dynamic distribution of power modules between charging points. This is a charger-management architecture; it is not a general-purpose Modbus register interface for a building-monitoring client.

The product page describes the Gen2 Power Stack and silicon-carbide conversion technology. Modular allocation means the installed conversion capacity and the requirements of the connected vehicles both affect the delivered charging power. A site's charging design therefore combines the equipment configuration, electrical supply and backend arrangement. Where the requirement is an independent record of the site's electrical consumption, a supply meter remains a separate measurement source. No native building-monitoring protocol or field test is inferred from the OCPP listing.

Markets

Alpitronic's company overview identifies European and North American operations. Bolzano combines the headquarters, development, manufacturing and repair activities. Bologna focuses on software, hardware and cybersecurity research; Bergamo houses the remote service centre; Munich adds development capability; and Charlotte, North Carolina, serves as the North American headquarters.

The charging range covers several power levels and physical arrangements for commercial charging infrastructure. The Series 2 configuration addresses the equipment and user-interface requirements of high-power DC sites, with a screen, payment choices, cable management and simultaneous charging. The company's service organisation and repair capability support that installed equipment. Its power-cycling work serves a different market: engineering teams that need testing of power modules used in demanding electrical applications.

Company

The legal notice identifies Alpitronic Srl as a single-member company controlled and directed by Alpitronic Holding Srl. It gives Via di Mezzo ai Piani 33 in Bolzano as the registered office. The operating manufacturer and its holding company are distinct legal entities.

The company history names Andreas Oberrauch, Alessandro Ciceri, Sigrid Zanon and Philipp Senoner as the four founders in 2009. It records development work in traction inverters and aircraft ground-power converters before the Hypercharger launch. These projects explain the continuity between the company's original power-electronics engineering and its current charging equipment. The same history places the headquarters, production and repair functions in Bolzano and describes the separate development and service locations supporting the business.

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References

  1. Legal notice (opens in a new tab)
  2. About us (opens in a new tab)
  3. HYC400 Series 2 (opens in a new tab)
  4. Hypercharger (opens in a new tab)
  5. HYC400 Series 2 product datasheet, version 2.3 (opens in a new tab) (PDF)

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