Electric vehicles revisited: a review of factors that affect adoption

Adoption of electric vehicle: A literature review and prospects for sustainability

Why people want to buy electric vehicle: An empirical study in first-tier cities of China

https://eprints.ncl.ac.uk/file_store/production/239452/1467580F-3551-4096-A3D0-D0FF84859BCD.pdf

Analysing the usage and evidencing the importance of fast chargers for the adoption of battery electric vehicles

Due to the environmental and energy crisis, many countries around the world are electrifying transportation, which will significantly change the way the current power grid operates. It is expected that the deployment of future smart grids will allow two-way energy and information flows through plug-and-play operation of small distributed mobile power generators like electric vehicles (EVs) to benefit the prosumers and at the same time make the grid more efficient and robust. However, the issues associated with the energy and information transfer, battery technologies, battery charging schemes, their standards and management need to be addressed in order to achieve the full benefits of EV integration in the future smart grids and internet of energy (IoE) with local renewable generation. As the current grid with existing infrastructure cannot ensure maximum benefits from EVs, this paper reviews the EV technologies, their connectivity, impacts on grid and standards required for the efficient and economic operation of EVs with distributed energy resources in the IoE. The evolution, comparison, and storage potential of EV technologies are thoroughly discussed. This paper also extensively reviews the connectivity issues, for example current EV charging schemes, software tools required to design smart charging, associated challenges, and possible solutions. The architecture of distributed energy management schemes with EVs and the IoE is discussed in detail. Finally, the standards related to EV integration, energy transfers, and safety aspects are provided. Based on the comprehensive review, future directions are put forward which will be useful for researchers and engineers working with EVs.

Integration of electric vehicles and management in the internet of energy

Methodology for assessing electric vehicle charging infrastructure business models

From the end user perspective, the main barriers for widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption are high purchase cost and range anxiety, both regarding battery capacity and availability of accessible EV charging infrastructure. Governments and public bodies in general are taking steps towards overcoming these barriers by, among others, setting up regulatory requirements regarding standardisation, customer information and recommending objectives of publicly accessible charging infrastructure. However, the economic performance of publicly accessible charging infrastructure is unknown and any deployment plan should be backed up by a rigorous cost-benefit analysis, to check the efficiency of the plan in economic terms.This paper presents the results of the economic assessment performed within the FP7 EU-funded Green eMotion project, where relevant conclusions for helping industry strategic approach and decision makers have been taken.

Economic assessment of strategies to deploy publicly accessible charging infrastructure

The paper presents the Green eMotion Project, the objectives of the business models analysis and preliminary results of such analysis.

Business and services models for electric vehicles

EV integration in smart grids through interoperability solutions

The paper lists the drivers and the barriers for a widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), describes the different stakeholders involved in the electro-mobility ecosystem and summarises the main issues for the integration of EVs in distribution grids. Then, it presents some outcomes of the PlanGridEV Project, including the proposed new grid planning criteria, the envisaged future scenarios for EV integration, the expected services to be provided by EVs to distribution system operators and the ICT requirements linked to those services.

Eduardo Zabala

Papers

Methodology for assessing electric vehicle charging infrastructure business models

Economic assessment of strategies to deploy publicly accessible charging infrastructure

Business and services models for electric vehicles

EV integration in smart grids through interoperability solutions

Economic Impact of Distribution Grid Operation Scenarios for the Integration of Electric Vehicles