Designed and built in Australia, the MGEN M40 brings rapid DC charging to the point of need, from stranded vehicles on regional roads to remote worksites beyond the grid, with prototypes heading to operational partners this year.

Alpine Energy (“the Company” or “Alpine Energy”), an Australian manufacturer of mobile energy and electric vehicle (EV) charging technology, today unveiled the MGEN M40, a first-of-its-kind vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) DC fast charging platform that delivers rapid EV charging where fixed infrastructure is impossible to reach. Built to be driven to the point of need and to charge on the spot - with no grid connection, permits or civil works - the MGEN M40 opens a category of charging that has had almost no real-world deployment in Australia to date.

The need is most immediate in three settings. In roadside recovery, an EV can be stranded well beyond the nearest charging station. In mobile automotive service, a charge needs to come to the vehicle rather than the vehicle to a charger, and in remote industries such as mining, where deployable off-grid charging can keep fleets and site operations moving where no grid reaches. All three share the same problem: an electric vehicle needs charge, and there is no charger or no grid within reach. Using energy stored on a mobile asset, the MGEN M40 is built to serve these sectors, with emergency response, keeping vehicles and equipment running in bushfire, flood and cyclone-affected areas, another priority sector as the platform proves out.

Mobile DC fast charging has long been an engineering challenge, requiring power delivery, battery management, communications and mobility to be integrated into a single deployable platform. The MGEN M40 has been designed and manufactured in Australia to meet it. The current prototype delivers up to 40 kW of DC output - approximately 65 km of driving range for every 15 minutes of charging - with OCPP-compliant telemetry and 4G/LTE connectivity. The unveiling marks a major engineering milestone as the Company moves into prototype deployment, systems integration and operational field validation.

“Until today, charging an electric vehicle has meant bringing the vehicle to the infrastructure. The MGEN M40 is built to do the opposite, to bring rapid charging to the vehicle, wherever it is,” said Mark Wexler, Founder and Managing Director of Alpine Energy. “The cases that drive us are the hardest ones: getting a stranded driver moving again when there’s no charger for kilometres and keeping fleets running where the grid simply doesn’t reach. There is real field-validation work ahead, but a mobile, vehicle-to-vehicle approach points to a genuinely new way of delivering energy where it’s needed most.”

Alpine Energy is developing the MGEN M40 with global engineering and connectivity partners, including EXOR Oceania, which supports the platform’s deployment and is helping open access to operators in the mining sector.

“EXOR partners with organisations applying technology to solve practical operational challenges in emerging industries,” said Carlo Sportiello, Founder of EXOR Oceania. “The MGEN M40 represents an innovative approach to mobile energy deployment and EV charging infrastructure, particularly in environments where conventional charging solutions may not be practical. We are pleased to support Alpine Energy as the platform progresses through its next phase of development and field validation.”

A core hardware collaboration underpins the platform: Alpine Energy’s partnership with Ampernext. The two companies have adapted Ampernext’s battery-coupled DC-DC charging technology to the operational requirements of the Australian market, giving the MGEN M40 a hardware foundation purpose-fitted to its deployment environment.

“V2V charging is exactly the kind of application our DC-DC technology was built for, and Alpine Energy is approaching it with the engineering rigour the category needs,” said Vasil Merdzhanov, Founder and CEO of Ampernext. “The MGEN M40 takes mobile fast charging into a genuinely new operating envelope. We’re proud to support what we believe will be a global product as it moves into pilot validation.”

Alpine Energy is now seeking a limited number of operational partners, including roadside-recovery and fleet operators, mobile automotive service providers and remote-industry businesses, to join the MGEN M40 early deployment and field-validation program. Participants will receive early access to prototype systems alongside engineering and integration support and will help shape the platform as it develops. The Company is also engaging with research institutions, industry collaborators and Australian Government innovation programs as it scopes the platform’s next phase.

Organisations interested in participating can register at alpineenergy.com.au/contact-us