July 2021 IIPR Bulletin Issue #4 The most relevant information on EV charging

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Recent News A selection of international news published between May and June 2021.

Academic Papers Journal or conference articles on EV charging published in the last two months.

Patents and Reports Other relevant contents for Incit-EV project: patents, reports and more

ElectReon joins Italian “Arena of the future” project to demonstrate contactless charging – Published on May 21, 2021, in Battery Industry ElectReon, a leading provider of inductive in-road charging technology for commercial and passenger electric vehicles in any mode – parked, slow-moving or driving at speeds, announced today that it will be joining the “Arena of the Future” project in , where the company will integrate its wireless technology to charge two vehicles, and an while driving. The project aims to demonstrate contactless charging for a range of EVs as they drive on highways and toll roads as a potential pathway to decarbonizing our transportation systems along motorway transport corridors. “We are honored to be the technology partner of yet another European consortium of world class partners, including automotive giants IVECO and Stellantis, to … [Continue reading…]

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Are consumer preferences for attributes of alternative vehicles sufficiently accounted for in current policies? – Published on May 03, 2021, in ScienceDirect International research illustrates some attributes of electro‐mobility such as charging infrastructure and range which are crucial reveals European determinants of market development. Between 2017 and EV drivers are driving 2020 the number of battery electric vehicles in has increased further than ICE drivers much more compared to the number of charging points. High – Published on June 8, 2021, in TheDriven preferences for these attributes in In a blow likely to stun electric vehicle critics the world over, combination with insufficient new research commissioned by Japanese automaker Nissan infrastructure require further has found that European EV drivers annually travel on clarification to explain why the average more than 14,200-kilometres, 630-kilometres development of markets for electro‐ further than their internal combustion engine (ICE) mobility in Germany during the last compatriots. years is not as expected. This study Nissan commissioned the research which surveyed 700 aims to examine the willingness to respondents from the UK, , Germany, Netherlands, , pay for attributes of different types Italy, and the Nordics (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) earlier of electric vehicles and for this year. sharing to derive recommendations The survey found that EV drivers travelling on average over for marketing and policy. [continue 14,200-kilometres each year, while European ICE drivers reading…] averaged 13,600-kilometres. [continue reading…]

Does environmental awareness fuel the electric vehicle market? A Twitter keyword analysis – Published on September 1, 2021, in ScienceDirect

Zero emission battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles have the ability to reduce CO2 emissions and hence mitigate climate change. Consequently, understanding the macroeconomic drivers of sales has been of increasing interest in the past years. One factor that has frequently been investigated in relation to an individual's electric vehicle purchase intentions is his or her level of environmental awareness (EA). Previous research analysing this question on a macroeconomic level is, however, very limited. Applying a novel method in this field in form of a Twitter keyword analysis, this study aims to analyse the [Continue reading…]

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Study finds Dutch EV drivers would prefer not to participate in V2G with current charging times, opposite true with fast charging – Published on June 20, 2021, in GreenCarCongress "According to a new study by researchers from Delft University of Technology, in the context of current recharging time, Dutch EV drivers in general prefer not to participate in “vehicle-to-grid” (V2G) contracts, while the opposite is true in the context of fast recharging … [Continue reading…]

ViriCiti report finds that fast chargers are underutilized in 24% of opportunity charging sessions – Published on June 3, 2021, in GreenCarCongress "Twenty-four percent of opportunity charging sessions start when the battery is already more than 80% charged, according to a report released by ViriCiti, a provider of electric fleet and infrastructure management solutions. ViriCiti connects to more than 1,200 charger sockets (plugin & pantograph) across the world and has registered almost 3 million charging transactions from more than 1,000 vehicles since 2018. For the report, ViriCiti analyzed 40,000 charging sessions from ~190 charging stations in the US and EU."… [Continue reading…]

Consumer adoption of electric vehicles in alternative business models – Published on August 01, 2021, in ScienceDirect Electric vehicles (EVs) are one of the major green technologies, and existing literature has extensively examined consumer adoption of EVs in an EV-buying business model. By contrast, little attention has been paid to consumers' adoption of EVs in non–ownership-based business models. To fill this literature gap, this study examines the psychological antecedents to, and influencing mechanism for, consumers to adopt EVs in different business models. [Continue reading…]

Electrifying the company car: Identifying hard and soft barriers among fleet managers in Switzerland – Published on July 01, 2021, in ScienceDirect Electric mobility has an important role to play in the transition to a more sustainable transportation system. However, adoption is still relatively slow in most countries, also within organizations and their corporate fleets. Much cited hard barriers such as the limited availability of charging infrastructure do not fully explain this slow uptake. Consequently, the research field of social acceptance of electric mobility with a focus on acceptance. [Continue reading…]

Social & locational impacts on electric vehicle ownership and charging profiles – Published on May 01, 2021, in ScienceDirect Electric vehicles have been acknowledged as a key element of future low-carbon transportation. Unlike conventional vehicles, additional barriers to uptake exist in respect of the availability of charging provision and, for the immediate future, higher capital costs. In this work, we apply an agent-based behaviour and vehicle use model based on the UK National Travel Survey to explore how housing-derived social class, income and access to charging provision at home affect the uptake of electric vehicles. [Continue reading…]

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CoMotion Miami — FLO’s Nathan Yang Reiterates The Need For Reliable Design In EV Charging – Published on June 29, 2021, in CleanTechnica

On Wednesday, June 16th,

Nathan Yang, Vice President and Chief Product Officer at FLO, a leading North American EV Hands-Free: Improving EV charging network and provider of smart charging solutions, Wireless Charging at Oak delivered an insightful keynote address at CoMotion Miami on Ridge National Laboratory “Reliability by Design” as it – Published on June 9, 2021, in CleanTechnica pertains to the future of e- With custom magnetic coils, silicon carbide-based power mobility. Yang underscores the electronics, and novel controls and shielding technology to importance of reliability as a key handle stray emissions, ORNL scientists have proven that their driver in providing the best system can wirelessly charge both a light-duty passenger car charging experience for EV across a six-inch airgap and a medium-duty delivery drivers across an 11-inch airgap at the 20-kilowatt level at greater than “We are living in an experience 92% power transfer efficiency — on par with a wired system. economy,” explains Yang. He Power can even flow in both directions, enabling vehicles to goes on to point out that, “This is serve as energy storage. where FLO needs to shine, to really identify through primary The researchers have successfully demonstrated a 120-kW wireless research the fundamental user charging system with 97% efficiency, and are planning to install needs, insights, and trends that higher voltage systems, up to 270-kW, on passenger vehicles to should guide our roadmap to meet or exceed the 15-minute charging goal. ensure our products come out at The research is supported by the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency the right time with the right and Renewable Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office. The systems feature set and the right holistic are built and evaluated at the National Transportation Research experience.” Center at ORNL, the only DOE-designated user facility focused on performing early-stage research and development in transportation [continue reading…] technologies. The medium-duty vehicle wireless charging demonstration was held at the new Grid Research Integration and Deployment Center, or GRID-C, at ORNL, which combines multiple electrification research across the vehicle, buildings, and grid space. [continue reading…]

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SAE WPT Taskforce urges FCC to move on commercialization of wireless charging – Published on 17 May 2021, in GreenCarCongress SAE International’s Wireless Power Transfer and Alignment Task Force, SAE J2954, is urging the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to act to support the commercialization of wireless charging operating in the frequency band of 79 kHz to 90 kHz as well as type approval based on SAE J2954 standards as well as ANSI C63.3. The SAE task force consists of more than 150 international experts representing automakers, suppliers, users, national laboratories, and government agencies. [Continue reading…]

A critical review of metamaterial in wireless power transfer system – Published on May 02, 2021, in IET Wireless power transfer (WPT) is a promising charging method without physical contact for the electronic products energy supply. However, low transfer efficiency, short transmission distance, as well as the electromagnetic (EM) leakage are commonly main bottlenecks of the WPT technology in the practical applications. The electromagnetic metamaterials (EMMMs) used in WPT system have opened up a brand- new approach for better transfer properties and EM shielding. [Continue reading…]

Wide Bandgap Semiconductor-Based Converters for EV and HEV Magnetically Coupled Resonant Wireless Power Transfer – Published on May 7, 2021, in Ieeexplore This paper evaluates the feasibility of wide-bandgap semiconductors as a replacement for silicon semiconductors, applied in a full bridge resonant converter for EV and HEV magnetically coupled resonant wireless power transfer, as a way to increase the efficiency of the process. The work consists of a series of simulations to study the impact of different input voltages, switching frequencies, and output load values on the overall efficiency of the system, for three distinct semiconductor technologies: Si MOSFET, GaN transistor, and SiC MOSFET. [Continue reading…]

Semi-Dynamic Wireless Power Charging System for Autonomous Electric Vehicle – Published on June 4, 2021, in Ieeexplore In this paper, semi-dynamic wireless charging system with dynamic/static power line module and pick-up system for autonomous electric vehicle is presented as result of joint research between KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and KU (Khalifa University) in UAE. We progressed magnetic field simulation for our system and obtained test result of 91.8% of max. power efficiency, 16.96kW of max. output power and 86.44% of average power efficiency after applying the finally designed system to test-bed in KAIST and manufactured vehicle. [Continue reading…]

Review of Electric Road Systems. Both a conventional and innovative technology – Published on May 1, 2021, in Diva-portal The purpose of this thesis is to expand the knowledge of different charging technologies and present, analyze and compare various ERSs. Based on a comprehensive literature study conductive, inductive, and capacitive supply systems are found to be the main charging technologies. After explaining the physics, the dynamic charging systems using these technologies from the side, above, underneath the vehicle, and via the wheels are presented together with my concepts. [Continue reading…]

Incit-EV Bulletin Page 6 WP4 – Infraestructure Nissan Leaf owners could start feeding energy into grid by end of year – Published on May 12, 2021, on TheDriven Owners of Nissan Leaf electric vehicles in could start using their ’ batteries to power their homes and feed back into the grid as early as the end of 2021. Nissan Australia’s head of electrification Ben Warren said the company was awaiting regulatory UK Energy Regulator to approval for its bi-directional charger, which was expected to come in the Install More EV charging next couple of months. That would allow the chargers to be ready for Infrastructure market by the third quarter of the – Published on May 26, 2021, in InsideEVs year… [Continue reading…] Ofgem will put in cabling for around 1,800 new "ultra- rapid charging points" at motorway service areas. Audi funding UK energy regulator Ofgem has confirmed plans to provide expansion of renewable cabling for more than 3,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging points. In total, more than £300 million will be spent on more energy to increase the than 200 “low-carbon projects” that will prepare the UK to use number of charging more electricity for transportation and heating purposes. stations in Europe that Ofgem says it will install cabling for around 1,800 “ultra-rapid use green power charge points” at motorway services and “key trunk road locations” across the country. When those charge points are – Published on May 12, 2021, on installed, it will see the existing network triple in size. GreenCarCongress "Electric cars do not emit carbon on At the same time, Ofgem says it plans to provide infrastructure the road, but the generation of for another 1,750 charge points in towns and cities. Both electricity also produces carbon projects are expected to take place over the next two years, as emissions—far more when the power part of a larger low-carbon transport and heating investment is generated from fossil fuels than that is expected to amount to more than £40 billion. from renewable energy sources. Audi … [Continue reading…] is thus partnering with energy providers to support the expansion of renewable energy sources in Europe. The aim is to work with these different partners to build new wind and solar farms in various European countries by … [Continue reading…]

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DOE releases Request for Information on EV-grid integration – Published on June 16, 2021, in GreenCarCongress The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), and DOE’s Office of Electricity (OE), issued a request for information (RFI) (DE-FOA-0002528) seeking feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to integrating electric vehicles (EVs) with the grid. This RFI is being jointly issued by EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office and OE’s Advanced Grid Research and Development Division. [Continue reading…] Vehicle-to-X (V2X) implementation: An overview of predominate trial configurations and technical, social and regulatory challenges – Published on July 01, 2021, in ScienceDirect The uptake of electric vehicles supports decarbonization and increasingly interconnects the electricity and transport system. While the integration of electric vehicles could challenge electricity grids, bidirectional power flows between vehicles and grids could support grid operations. Despite the globally increasing number of Vehicle-to-X trials, including Vehicle-to-Grid and Vehicle-to-Customer, an in-depth understanding of trial implementations and expert experiences has largely been overlooked although they are both crucial for technological development and deployment. [Continue reading…] Research on the assessment of the capacity of urban distribution networks to accept electric vehicles based on the improved TOPSIS method – Published on May 25, 2021, in IET This study proposes a TOPSIS-based method for assessing the ability of distribution net- works to accept electric vehicles. This method establishes an assessment index system in terms of the rationality, safety, and economy of the distribution network operation, and assesses the capacity of the distribution network in all aspects. [Continue reading…] Electric Vehicles as a Flexibility Provider: Optimal Charging Schedules to Improve the Quality of Charging Service – Published on June 24, 2021, in DOI The sub-aggregation of electric vehicles provides significant potential to power systems in the form of ancillary services. This means with smart charging it is possible to shift loads from peak to off-peak hours. For the flexibility from privately owned electric vehicles to be offered to the electricity market, customer participation is crucial; however, the impacts of sub-aggregation on customers have not been studied thoroughly. In this paper, charging data covering over 80,000 real-world charging sessions from various commercial charging sites are introduced and the charging characteristics are analyzed. [Continue reading…] Coordinate scheduling of electric vehicles in charging stations supported by microgrids – Published on Oct 01, 2021, in ScienceDirect When both the renewable energy sources (RES) generation and utilization occur simultaneously, energy storage costs can be reduced, and voltage oscillation and system instability caused by RES grid connection can be reduced. Therefore, this paper constructs a microgrid model that includes EVs, defines the charge and discharge capacity (CDC) of EVs, and uses the flexibility and dispatchability of EVs to overcome the intermittency and volatility of RES. [Continue reading…]

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Load Management Solutions for Electric Vehicle Chargers in a Software as a Service Platform – Published on May 1, 2021, in Theseus Electric vehicle charging poses a problem to the current electrical system infrastructure. The total energy consumption can rise to an exceptionally high level when multiple EV charging stations are using high power simultaneously. Electrical system overload is risky because it can lead to power outages and high-cost electrical bills. The problem can be resolved by upgrading hardware on the charging site. However, it is not cost-efficient.

This thesis presents an alternative solution by utilizing load management. The main goal of this project was to design and implement load management solutions for electric vehicle chargers in the cloud platform. Solutions were developed utilizing microservice architecture, and various technologies were used: Docker, Kubernetes, React.js, Node.js, Express, Redis, PostgreSQL, and TimescaleDB. Power consumption on the site was measured with an external hardware module. Solutions support chargers that operate on Open Charge Point Protocol version 1.6 JSON. [Continue reading…]

A Crypto-Token Based Charging Incentivization Scheme for Sustainable Light Electric Vehicle – Published on May 1, 2021, in Norbert-Pohlmann Since the charging stations are powered by solar energy the most efficient way to utilize them would be to charge the vehicles when the sun is shining. In order to make users charge the vehicle it is necessary to provide some form of benefit for them doing so. This could be either a discount or free rides. A particularly robust and well-established mechanism is controlling incentives via means of blockchain-based crypto- tokens. This paper demonstrates a crypto-token based scheme for incentivizing users to charge sharing vehicles during times of considerable solar irradiation in order to contribute to more sustainable mobility services.[Continue reading…]

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Intelligent in 5G environments: Challenges and perspectives – Published on May 30, 2021, in WileyOnlineLibrary The popularity of the electric vehicles has been growing due to the concern of increase in environmental pollution. In order to overcome the environmental issues, electric vehicles have been introduced all over the globe. As the use and number of electric vehicles is growing, there is a great demand to identify the sustainable solutions for intelligent charging station dedicated to electric vehicles. The objective of this paper is to explore the possibilities for intelligent charging station using 5G services. This paper is a state-of-the-art concept to identify the current challenges and issues of intelligent charging station. [Continue reading…] Smart Mobility Adoption: A Review of the Literature – Published on June 1, 2021, in DOI Traffic congestion and continue to be serious concerns, especially in large cities, and going forward, this is not sustainable. Urban transport around the world is facing challenges, such as air pollution and inefficient use of resources, that often inhibit economic development. Simply building more roads cannot address such challenges. There is a need to integrate the urban infrastructure through smart connectivity. Smart mobility, as a vital cornerstone of a smart city, will potentially reduce traffic jams, commuting times, and road crashes and create an opportunity for passengers to customize their journeys. In fact, planning smart mobility solutions is among the top challenges for large cities around the world. [Continue reading…] A survey on the blockchain techniques for the Internet of Vehicles security – Published on June 17, 2021, in WileyOnlineLibrary Blockchain technology has been recently used for cybersecurity due to the robustness and integrity preserving nature of its design. This review article provides a detailed survey of existing work in the literature to secure IoV through blockchain techniques such as security, privacy, reputation, distributed, decentralized, data sharing, authentication, and trust-based approaches. The paper presents the detailed discussion and analysis of these blockchain techniques to secure IoV. In addition, we present the gaps and research challenges identified from the existing research works. This provides work directions for future research in blockchain techniques to secure IoV. [Continue reading…] Demand Side Management Using Blockchain for Peer-to-Peer Electric Vehicle Charging Networks – Published on June 1, 2021, in Chalmers University Electric vehicles (EV) are penetrating the consumer market at a rapid pace and remains an attractive alternative to fossil-fuel cars. Integrating a huge fleet of EVs in the existing grid infrastructure is challenging and expensive. Nevertheless, EVs provide an opportu- nity to tackle the growing renewable energy penetration since unused millions of EV’s battery capacity can be used to shift loads in order to manage intermittency and peer- to-peer (P2P) energy trading services. A novel permissioned blockchain based EV charg- ing framework with P2P energy trading services is proposed in this thesis. Within this framework, smart contracts are formulated to create proof-of-concept for decentralised P2P EV charging networks. Additionally, an optimal EV scheduling optimization using non-cooperative [Continue reading…] Edge Intelligence for Plug-in Electrical Vehicle Charging Service – Published on June 14, 2021, in Ieeexplore The poor operation of charging stations has been clearly listed as one of the major drawbacks for the wide adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). Currently, service providers (SPs) of PEV charging are still struggling to make a decent profit, which has caused problems such as poor management of charging stations and degraded experience for PEV users. This article is aimed at exploring the potential of edge intelligence to decide PEV charging pricing strategies under various scenarios, in which the SP's pricing strategies can quickly respond to the dynamic needs of PEV users and load of the grid. [Continue reading…]

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Introducing Plug&Charge Payment

Technology for Simplified Charging Experience – Published on June 18, 2021in Electriccarsreport Electrify Canada is introducing of Plug&Charge payment technology which allows Canadians to charge their electric vehicles without pulling out their wallet, smartphone or bank card. This innovative system is now available on all Electrify Canada EVgo Launches chargers across Canada and can be used with Plug&Charge-capable EVs Reservation Program including the 2021 Porsche Taycan – Published on May 31, 2021, in InsideEVs models equipped with the feature. Initially, only at selected locations in Southern California, The company expects other Northern California, and the Seattle area. Plug&Charge capable EV’s to add the payment feature later in 2021. EVgo announced a new reservation program - EVgo To enable the service, drivers of Reservations - that enables drivers to reserve EV chargers Plug&Charge-capable vehicles need ahead of time. to register online and add a payment The rollout is quite limited at this point and concerns only 17 method for a simplified charging locations in Southern California, Northern California, and the experience. Once plugged-in, the Seattle area (see the list down below). charger communicates directly with The company explains that the ability to reserve a charger the vehicle to identify, authenticate, increases customer flexibility and convenience. Customers were authorize, and bill the customer’s actually asking for such a paid feature. [Continue reading…] registered account for the charging session, eliminating the need for any interaction with the payment system on the charger. [Continue reading…]

TomTom expands EV-specific routing services –Published on June 18, 2021in Electrive Navigation specialist TomTom expands its software suite for electric vehicles to include improved range and routing features and information on charging points. The expansion comes amid news of a collaboration with Hubject and Eco-Movement that increases the number of charging points on TomTom’s maps significantly. [Continue reading…]

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AA to provide customer support to InstaVolt network users – Published on May 10, 2021, in GreenFleet Rapid electric vehicle charging network InstaVolt is joining forces with the AA to offer its EV drivers support on a 24/7 basis. The AA will provide call centre support for InstaVolt customers using its network of over 600 electric vehicle chargers nationwide via a dedicated phone number. The AA customer service team will be able to resolve common charging queries; direct customers to InstaVolt charging stations and help with account or payment queries. [Continue reading…] Allocation optimisation of rapid charging stations in large urban areas to support fully electric taxi fleets – Published on Aug 1, 2021, in ScienceDirect Electric taxis can help reducing air pollution in crowded urban areas but their city-wide operation requires a distributed rapid charging infrastructure. Building such rapid charging networks is currently capital intensive and therefore requires careful planning. Here, we propose a novel data-driven framework for deploying suitable rapid charging infrastructures in large urban areas for electric taxis. This framework combines an iterative clustering technique with a modified numerical optimisation method to… [Continue reading…] Hierarchical Optimization of Charging Infrastructure Design and Facility Utilization – Published on May 21, 2021, in Cornell University This study proposes a bi-level optimization program to represent the electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure design and utilization management problem with user-equilibrium (UE) decisions. The upper level aims to minimize total facility deployment costs and maximize the revenue generated from EV charging collections, while the lower level aims to minimize the EV users’ travel times and charging expenses. An iterative technique is implemented to solve the bi-level mixed… [Continue reading…] Optimal location of EV charging stations in a neighborhood considering a multi- objective approach – Published on Oct 1, 2021, in ScienceDirect Despite the environmental and economic benefits of Electric Vehicles (EVs), distribution network operators will need to understand the location where the charging infrastructure will be placed to ensure EV users’ needs are met. In this sense, this work proposes a methodology to define the optimal location of EV semi- fast charging stations (CS) at a neighborhood level, through a multi-objective approach. It applies a hierarchical clustering method to define CS service zones, considering both technical [Continue reading…] Multiple‐Criteria‐Based Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Design Problem – Published on May 21, 2021, in DOI The article presents the issue of designing a network of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs) for servicing passenger and commercial vehicles and taking into account the already existing locations. The authors propose a five‐stage multicriteria‐ and GIS‐based EVCS location methodology (5MAGISEV) for designing the EVCS network that includes defining potential EVCS locations (stage 1), constructing a family of evaluation criteria (stage 2), generating alternatives (stage 3), selecting an… [Continue reading…] Ground Control launches EV installation & management system – Published on June 14, 2021, in GreenFleet A new fully automated and managed system to supply, install and manage all aspects of the EV charger process has been launched to make it easier for companies transitioning to an electric fleet. Designed by landscape construction and maintenance contractor Ground Control, the system has undergone rigorous field testing and is already used by national organisations who have started the transition to an electric fleet. [Continue reading…]

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Audi Explores Premium Fast Charging Hub Concept – Published on May 28, 2021, in InsideEVs It will be easy to deploy and offer exclusive reservations.

Audi has announced recently a new premium fast charging hub concept, that "addresses future peak demands and the lack of charging opportunities at home."

The main point is to offer exclusive reservations for fast charging so the EV driver would be sure that he/she will not have to wait. Well, that's a premium feature that obviously will require a premium price.

The other elements of the hubs are not new - multiple 300 kW chargers, a lounge on top and a solution that's easy to transport and deploy, thanks to modular design and own battery energy storage system.

The pilot project will be deployed in the second half of this year in Germany to determine whether it's a good idea or not. [Continue reading…]

Quebec: 4,500 AC Charging Points Coming To Urban Centres – Published on Jun 01, 2021, in InsideEVs Hydro-Québec's Electric Circuit - the largest public charging network in Québec - announced that in partnership with Québec's municipalities it will be rolling out 4,500 standard AC charging stations. However, there is a catch - the timeline is "by 2028".

Those AC charging stations (each with two outputs) are envisioned for electric vehicle drivers who do not have access to home charging. Hydro-Québec intends to provide financial assistance of up to $12,000 (CAD) per charging station, while municipalities will offer access to the curbside spaces. [Continue reading…]

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7-Eleven To Introduce 500 EV Fast-Charging Ports At 250 Stores – Published on June 3, 2021, in CleanTechnica Convenience store behemoth 7-Eleven has announced that it will be installing 500 EV charging ports at 250 selected stores across the US and Canada. The company currently has 22 charging stations located at 14 stories across four states in the US, so this represents a significant increase in provision and signals a big commitment to the EV charging market and infrastructure. [Continue reading…] Give the power back: Discover Energy partners with ACE-EV to trial V2G tech – Published on June 11, 2021, in TheDriven A new vehicle-to-grid trial will commence under a partnership between “smart energy” retailer Discover Energy and the Australian Clean Energy Electric Vehicles Group, better known as ACE-EV. The trial will also involve telecoms giant Optus, power electronics company Watt & Well and Melbourne- based AI Solutions provider SenSen Networks,. It will use ACE-EV vehicles and Discover’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) software to optimise charging times, enabling users to sell excess energy back to the grid at peak prices. The aim is to develop a product for energy consumers that, once commercially available, will save money for EV drivers as well as stability benefits to the grid. [Continue reading…] BP Pulse opens fleet rapid charging hub in London – Published on June 14, 2021, in GreenFleet BP Pulse has opened a rapid charging hub for fleet vehicles on Park Lane, London, which can provide rapid charging for 10 vehicles simultaneously. The company intends to open hundreds of similar hubs across London and other UK and European cities by 2030. Richard Bartlett, ’s senior vice president, future mobility & solutions, said: “London anticipates that by 2025 taxis and private hire vehicles will account for 80% of all public charging demand in the city. Fast, reliable charging infrastructure in convenient locations is essential to give business and fleet customers the confidence to make the switch to electric. That’s why we’re opening our new hubs at the heart of major cities across the UK and Europe, aiming to keep fleets charged and ready for business - whilst producing zero emissions.” [Continue reading…] An electric-vehicle corridor model in a dense city with applications to charging location and traffic management – Published on July 1, 2021, in ScienceDirect In this paper, we investigate an interesting commuting problem for an electric vehicle (EV) corridor in a dense city where en-route charging (including home- and workplace-charging) services are provided, and apply the proposed EV corridor model for charging location optimization and traffic management. Along a transport corridor in a dense city, EV commuters can choose either road paths (with/without en-route charging) or transit path to complete their home-to-workplace travel journeys. [Continue reading…]

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UK: Electric Highway Opens Largest Motorway Fast- Charging Site

– Published on May 03, 2021in InsideEVs Electric Highway, the UK's first nationwide charging network, has Here's Why Tesla's 'Pre- launched the first ultra-fast charging site under its new partnership with Fab' Superchargers May Gridserve, which acquired 25% in the network. Be A Game Changer The site is located at MOTO’s brand- – Published on May 03, 2021, in InsideEVs new Rugby services at Junction 1 of the M6 and offers a total of 12 ultra- Tesla installed some 32 V3 Supercharger stalls in a few days fast charging stalls (350 kW each). in Utah. The chargers were supplied by Tritium. Tesla is known for its proprietary Supercharger network, which It's game-changing for Electric is often cited for being fast, convenient, and reliable. However, Highway, which entered into the EV the network isn't free of issues, and road trips can still be game early, but then faded behind difficult for folks in some areas. with old 50 kW chargers and poor reliability. Now that some Tesla owners have become acquainted with the Now, the old chargers will be new, faster V3 Superchargers, V2 units can seem slow. In replaced with new ones (more addition, station locations are limited in some areas, some only reliable, higher power and with two have a handful of charging stalls, and they're still V2. power outputs), and on top of that, the Moreover, stalls can be broken or offline at times. company will install new 350 kW ultra-fast chargers (6-12 per site). With that said, Tesla's new pre-fab Superchargers can help [Continue reading…] solve such problems very quickly. As first pointed out by Quinn Nelson on Twitter, the Beaver, Utah Supercharger station seemed to have many of the issues listed above. It only had four stalls, they were all V2, and sometimes they weren't online or working. [Continue reading…]

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Shell launches European EV mobility hub in Paris – Published on May 5, 2021, in GreenFleet Shell has launched its first European electric vehicle (EV) Mobility hub in Paris, which is aimed at car sharing, ride hailing and last mile delivery companies. The mobility hubs will provide drivers with electric vehicle charging services in the centre of the city and beyond. The first hub, consisting of eight rapid chargers, is now open in central Paris, at Paris City Hall car park. [Continue reading…] EV charging Superhub due to open in Oxford – Published on May 21, 2021, in GreenFleet An EV charging Superhub is due to open in Oxford, thanks to a partnership between Pivot Power, EDF Renewables, Oxford City Council, Fastned, Tesla Superchargers, and Wenea. The hub, initially featuring 38 fast and ultra-rapid chargers in a single site, is reported to be the most powerful in Europe – with up to 10MW of power on site – and will scale up to help meet the need for EV charging in the area for the next 30 years. It is the first of up to 40 similar sites planned across the UK to help deliver charging infrastructure needed for the estimated 36 million EVs by 2040. [Continue reading…] Workforce Projections to Support Battery Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Installation – Published on June 8, 2021, in Etcommunity This report assesses the workforce needs associated with light-duty and medium/heavy-duty battery electric vehicle charging infrastructure build-out and identifies equitable pathways towards “high road” jobs for priority communities within the electric vehicle charging infrastructure landscape. This work provides policymakers and interested stakeholders with an overview of the electric vehicle landscape, discussion of the current state of the workforce, survey-derived bottom-up estimates of workforce needs to support infrastructure buildout, and perspectives on potential pathways to address issues of equity in the burgeoning electric vehicle infrastructure workforce. [Continue reading…]

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EU: ChargeUp Europe sets concrete demands – Published on Jun 24, 2021, in Electrive

ChargeUp Europe, the lobbying association of European charging infrastructure providers founded last year, is appealing to the EU Commission to set binding France writes-off national targets for charging infrastructure as part of the reform ChaDeMo standard in new of the Alternative Fuels Directive (AFID). legislation – Published on May 10, 2021, in Electrive In a position paper developed The end of the CHAdeMO fast-charging standard is on the together with consultancy Arthur horizon in France. While a 2017-decree made CHAdeMO D. Little, ChargeUp Europe calls mandatory for DC-charging stations alongside CCS and for minimum requirements for a Type 2 by the end of 2024, the government has now revised total of at least 29,000 MW of its plans. installed capacity across the EU by The decree, published in its revised form earlier this month, ends 2025 to serve the number of cars the requirement to implement the Japanese standard. From now with electric drives expected on on, only CCS for DC charging and Type 2 for AC charging (22 European roads by then. [Continue kW) is considered mandatory for newly installed and replaced reading…] fast-charging stations in France.

Operators remain free to deploy CHAdeMO if they wish, of course. At the same time, most manufacturers selling electric cars in Europe have implemented CCS and are mostly moving away from CHAdeMO. However, the latter was dominant in the first- gen EV in France, such as the Nissan Leaf, which remains among the best-selling models worldwide. More than 20,000 Leaf have been sold in France since 2015, and the car continues to rely on CHAdeMO. The iOn, C-Zero, and Mitsubishi i- Miev also came equipped with… [Continue reading…]

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JOINT STATEMENT: MULTI-STAKEHOLDER COALITION SPANNING INDUSTRY AND CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR UPCOMING E-MOBILITY POLICIES TO SUPPORT ELECTRIFICATION OF CORPORATE AND URBAN FLEETS – Published on June 3, 2021, in Avere Ahead of major upcoming initiatives on electrifying mobility by the European Commission, the undersigned organisations have come together to call for clear measures that fast-track the electrification of corporate and urban fleets (henceforth ‘fleets’). We represent a broad cross-section of industries and those working within and around them, including ride-hailing, logistics, electrification and tech, alongside leading campaigners from civil society and think tanks. [Continue reading…] ELECTRIFICATION ALLIANCE FIT FOR 55% PACKAGE: JOINT POSITION – Published on June 1, 2021, in Avere The Fit for 55% package provides the European Commission (EC) with a unique opportunity to put the right policies in place, aligning these with the EC Energy System Integration, Hydrogen and Industrial Strategies, putting Europe on track to reach the 2030 and 2050 climate and energy objectives. The package will only be fit for 55% if it is fit for electrification. The Electrification Alliance suggests that the European Commission considers the following points: [Continue reading…] Charging infrastructure roll-out strategies for large scale introduction of electric vehicles in urban areas – Published on April 19, 2021, in HvA On the eve of the large-scale introduction of electric vehicles, policy makers have to decide on how to organise a significant growth in charging infrastructure to meet demand. There is uncertainty about which charging deployment tactic to follow. The main issue is how many of charging stations, of which type, should be installed and where. Early roll-out has been successful in many places, but knowledge on how to plan a large-scale charging network in urban areas is missing. Little is known about return to scale effects, reciprocal effects of charger availability on sales, and the impact of fast charging or more clustered charging hubs on charging preferences of EV owners. [Continue reading…] Emissions of electric vehicle charging in future scenarios – Published on May 4, 2021, in WileyOnlineLibrary Electrification of transport is an important option to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Although many studies have analyzed emission implications of electric vehicle charging, time-specific emission effects of charging are inadequately understood. Here, we combine climate protection scenarios for Europe for the year 2050, detailed power system simulation at hourly time steps, and life cycle assessment of electricity in order to explore the influence of time on the greenhouse gas emissions associated with … [Continue reading…] Evaluation of innovative solutions for e-mobility – Published on April 30, 2021, in Inderscience This paper presents a methodology for the evaluation of innovative solutions designed by the GreenCharge project to advance electric mobility. The methodology is based on the CIVITAS evaluation framework and it is specialised according to the GreenCharge requirements. In particular, this paper provides an extensive list of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and which of them will be evaluated in three pilots to provide a quantitative estimation of impact of technology innovation. Evaluation will use automatic computation of data collected in pilots, simulation techniques and analysis of surveys and interviews. The paper describes how to deliver and how to present evaluation results… [Continue reading…]

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Rocsys closes multi- million dollar financing round – Published on May 11, 2021, in Electrive Rocsys, which specialises in robotic charging solutions for electric vehicles, has raised 6.3 million US dollars (5.25 million ) in a new financing round from existing investors. This will be used to drive expansion in the EU and North America.

Since its founding in 2019, Rocsys has thus received a total of nine million US dollars (7.5 million euros) from backers. Rocsys plans to use the StoreDot Partner with capital to expand its operations across Europe and establish a North EVE Energy to American business unit. [Continue reading…] Manufacture Silicon-

Ample expands Dominant Extreme Fast automated battery Charge Battery for Evs swapping system – Published on May 18, 2021, in ElectricCarsReport – Published on Jun 21, 2021, in StoreDot, the pioneer of extreme fast charging (XFC) Electrive battery technology for electric vehicles, announces a new framework agreement with its strategic battery Ample, the American start-up manufacturing partner EVE Energy Co., Ltd (EVE) to supported by Shell, among others, support the commercialization of StoreDot’s silicon- announced two partnerships in the dominant anode XFC FlashBattery for EVs. The first past few days to deploy its technology samples will be available later this year, with a plan for for EV battery swapping in Japan and mass production via conventional lithium-ion battery the USA. Ample supports fully manufacturing lines in 2024. automated modular battery exchanges and says it is working with various EVE, which is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, is one manufacturers. of the top tier suppliers of EV and electricity storage system The company first made our news in (ESS) batteries in . The scope of the new framework 2018 when Shell came on board as an agreement includes scale-up activities of StoreDot’s XFC investor. At the time, Ample revealed technology, followed by the production of engineering samples very little about what it was working targeted at showcasing the technology to EV clients. The on. Three years later, the company is framework agreement also covers the intention to set up a joint ready to test its battery swapping venture for mass production. [Continue reading…] system and claims [Continue reading…]

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BoostEV is an on-demand mobile EV charging network, like UberEats for hungry Evs – Published on May 18, 2021, in ChargedEVs The EV ecosystem is a work in progress, and when it comes to charging infrastructure, there are some key pieces missing from the puzzle. There will surely be a need for some form of portable charging on demand, and this is the niche that SparkCharge is looking to fill with its new app platform, BoostEV. The company’s modular, portable system—called the Roadie—is designed to make DC fast charging mobile. Now, EV drivers can order a charge at the push of a button on a smartphone app the way you might order a rideshare vehicle—anytime, anywhere. [Continue reading…] Analysing the suitability of flywheel energy storage systems for supplying high-power charging e-mobility use cases – Published on July 1, 2021, in ScienceDirect The trend towards increasing the charging power of future e-mobility will challenge existing distribution power systems and raise grid utilization- and connection costs. Flywheel energy storage systems (FESSs) may reduce future power grid charges by providing peak shaving services, though, are characterized by significant standby energy losses. On this account, this study evaluates the economic- and technical suitability of FESSs for supplying three high-power charging electric vehicle use cases. [Continue reading…] Machine Learning Technologies in Internet of Vehicles – Published on June 10, 2021, in SpringerLink Recently, there was much interest in Technology which has emerged greatly to the development of smart cars. Internet of Vehicle (IoV) enables vehicles to communicate with public networks and interact with surrounding environment. It also enables vehicles to exchange information in addition to collect information about other vehicles and roads. However, actual applications of smart IoV systems face many challenges. These challenges are related to different problematic issues like big data connection with IoV, cloud network, data processing, and efficient communication between a large amount of different vehicles types, in addition to optimum decision data processing on or off board. Intelligence of the huge amount of data that can be processed to reduce road congestion and improve traffic management, as well as ensuring road safety is an important issue in future IoV trends. [Continue reading…] A Smart Coordination System Integrates MCS to Minimize EV Trip Duration and Manage the EV Charging, Mainly at Peak Times – Published on June 9, 2021, in SpringerLink The fixed public charging stations (FCS) network is challenged by widespread of electric vehicle (EV) uses. Therefore, there is exploitation of the many parks spread over the territory of a smart city by means of mobile charging stations (MCS). That can be set up or moved anywhere as needed. This allows for the rapid expansion of the charging infrastructure. In this work, we propose an architecture system consisting of a set of algorithms to manage electric vehicle charging plans in terms of minimizing journey time, including waiting and charging time at charging stations (CS). [Continue reading…] RAC to have more mobile EV charging vans on the road – Published on May 28, 2021, in GreenFleet RAC patrol vans will be fitted with new, more advanced EV Boost units in the coming months, which will be used to charge EVs that have run out of battery, rather than having them picked up and recovered on a flatbed truck. [Continue reading…]