The Smart Electrical Vehicle Charging Station designed by PolyU has recently won the 2012 Successful Design Awards  – China, organized by the Shanghai Industrial Design Association and Shanghai Creative Industry Centre. It is an interdepartmental design project by the PolyU’s Public Design Lab led by Prof. Michael Siu, in collaboration with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Facilities Management Office and Industrial Centre.

This innovation has overcome the inflexibility and practical deficiency of existing charging stations. It provides different connectors which cover different electric vehicle charging standards for different countries.