Periodic Reporting for period 2 - eCharge4Drivers (Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure for improved User Experience)
Reporting period: 2021-12-01 to 2023-05-31
eCharge4Drivers aims to improve the user experience as regards the charging options and services available. Specifically, it targets to develop and demonstrate user-friendly charging stations and smart services and charging solutions including mobile charging and battery swapping stations. User-centric services such as route planner, booking, charging location planner will be developed to further improve user’s experience and fostering e-mobility growth. The sustainable development of public charging network requires the efficient location planning of the charging infrastructures in respect to the current and foreseen charging demand at local level. In this respect, eC4D aims to provide a CP location planning tool which will enable the development of a public network, in terms of location and technology mix, in urban context in a sustainable and cost-efficient way. Finally, eC4D aims to propose tariff schemes and incentives that will facilitate to promotion of e-mobility concept as well as will enable the better exploitation of the charging network under real operational conditions.
The strategic objectives of eCharge4Drivers can be summarised as follows:
•Understand the user needs and collect user requirements so that the project charging solutions and services substantially improve the user charging experience and acceptance
•Design, develop and demonstrate user-friendly and cost-efficient charging stations for passenger vehicles and LEVs
•Deploy and demonstrate innovative charging solutions for on-street residential charging for passenger vehicles (mobile charging service, charging points on lamp posts) and standardised battery swapping stations for LEVs
•Design and demonstrate smart charging strategies and systems serving diverse objectives and unlocking several business opportunities
•Enable and demonstrate interoperability of end-to-end communication and provision of enhanced information to the EV users, before, during and after a charging session
•Accelerate the deployment of charging infrastructure and other charging services in a sustainable and user-centric way (decision support tools, i.e. CP location planning, new tariff schemes/incentives)
The strategic objectives of eCharge4Drivers can be summarised as follows:
•Understand the user needs and collect user requirements so that the project charging solutions and services substantially improve the user charging experience and acceptance
•Design, develop and demonstrate user-friendly and cost-efficient charging stations for passenger vehicles and LEVs
•Deploy and demonstrate innovative charging solutions for on-street residential charging for passenger vehicles (mobile charging service, charging points on lamp posts) and standardised battery swapping stations for LEVs
•Design and demonstrate smart charging strategies and systems serving diverse objectives and unlocking several business opportunities
•Enable and demonstrate interoperability of end-to-end communication and provision of enhanced information to the EV users, before, during and after a charging session
•Accelerate the deployment of charging infrastructure and other charging services in a sustainable and user-centric way (decision support tools, i.e. CP location planning, new tariff schemes/incentives)
In this RP2, the project activities focused in the development and deployment of the project solutions with respect to the design framework defined in RP1 (WP2). The development activities targeted three domains as follows:
i)D1-User-friendly, accessible charging infrastructures:
*A more user-friendly interaction with the user realised via on-board screens integrated providing to EV users useful information prior, during and after the charging process.
*Different accessibility and payment facilities enabled.
*Dedicated solutions for LEVs - two battery swapping technologies - unlocking the deployment of new business models and opportunities.
*V2G interafaces for EVSE and EVs developed and tested.
ii)D2 – user centric and interoperable e-mobility services:
*A route-planner service is developed extracting optimal route profiles considering the driving autonomy constraints, available public charging network and its occupancy status. The route planner is combined with any navigation system offering dynamic re-routing capabilities.
*Short-and long- term booking services were developed allowing users to reserve their preferrable charging station within a time horizon - from a few minutes up to 24-hours ahead.
*Finally, a suite of smart charging services developed serving different business objectives.
iii)D3-Decision support tools - planning services for sustainable e-mobility growth
*A CP location planning tool allowing public authorities and CPOs to estimate the EV demand and define the most cost efficient technology mix and spatial allocation of the public charging network.
*A generalised formula for tariff schemes and incentives to be adopted at local or regional level is extracted by the project, on one hand, to promote e-mobility concept and, on the other hand, to ensure the proper exploitation of the charging network by imposing penalties or time-based tariffs.
Following user’s request to simplify the authorisation process for public charging statin as well the recent standardisation advances, the eC4D’s EV and EVSE’s OEMs delivered their first PnC enabled prototypes bringing the e-mobility market one step further. The development and deployment of such new concept raised significant challenges and, thus, the project is working on the development of open-source ISO15118PnC interfaces.
The project solutions were deployed, integrated in the local systems, and verified in the 10 project pilot. The lessons learned from the deployment of the project solutions as well as the first demonstration results are shared with the stakeholders either via the project website,publications and the EIG workshop organised periodically.
The COVID-19 travel and working constraints in the previous years hindered and delayed the verification testing of some project solutions.
i)D1-User-friendly, accessible charging infrastructures:
*A more user-friendly interaction with the user realised via on-board screens integrated providing to EV users useful information prior, during and after the charging process.
*Different accessibility and payment facilities enabled.
*Dedicated solutions for LEVs - two battery swapping technologies - unlocking the deployment of new business models and opportunities.
*V2G interafaces for EVSE and EVs developed and tested.
ii)D2 – user centric and interoperable e-mobility services:
*A route-planner service is developed extracting optimal route profiles considering the driving autonomy constraints, available public charging network and its occupancy status. The route planner is combined with any navigation system offering dynamic re-routing capabilities.
*Short-and long- term booking services were developed allowing users to reserve their preferrable charging station within a time horizon - from a few minutes up to 24-hours ahead.
*Finally, a suite of smart charging services developed serving different business objectives.
iii)D3-Decision support tools - planning services for sustainable e-mobility growth
*A CP location planning tool allowing public authorities and CPOs to estimate the EV demand and define the most cost efficient technology mix and spatial allocation of the public charging network.
*A generalised formula for tariff schemes and incentives to be adopted at local or regional level is extracted by the project, on one hand, to promote e-mobility concept and, on the other hand, to ensure the proper exploitation of the charging network by imposing penalties or time-based tariffs.
Following user’s request to simplify the authorisation process for public charging statin as well the recent standardisation advances, the eC4D’s EV and EVSE’s OEMs delivered their first PnC enabled prototypes bringing the e-mobility market one step further. The development and deployment of such new concept raised significant challenges and, thus, the project is working on the development of open-source ISO15118PnC interfaces.
The project solutions were deployed, integrated in the local systems, and verified in the 10 project pilot. The lessons learned from the deployment of the project solutions as well as the first demonstration results are shared with the stakeholders either via the project website,publications and the EIG workshop organised periodically.
The COVID-19 travel and working constraints in the previous years hindered and delayed the verification testing of some project solutions.
For RP2:
The development of the charging technologies by ABB and PWD serves user's charging needs for inter/inner city distances enabling different charging opportunities, i.e. work/commercial charging, opportunity charging at highways. The multi-outlet charging solution charging different types of EVs simultaneously (L and M category) offers alternative solutions towards the realisation of the "charging hubs"
The V2G interfaces via CCS type 2 (AC) developed by PWB (EVSE side) and Bosch (EV side) enable the bidirectional power flow between EVs and the electricity grid. Previously, this functionality was realised only via Chademo (DC) interfaces.
The two battery swapping services developed by Swobbee and Silence serves the charging needs of LEVs, especially for logistic companies, and unlock new business models (i.e Battery as a Service).
The CP location planning tool that supports CPOs/public authorities to develop or extend their public network in the most cost efficient way considering different parameters (home charging availability, existing public infrastructure, EV penetration scenarios, available charging powers, etc.)
Booking and route planning services aims to improve EV user's accessibility to the charging public network and eliminate user's concerns as regards where to charge, where to find a non-occupied charging station, etc. These services address such issues which are the key de-motivating factors preventing further growth of e-mobility,
eC4D developed a suite of smart charging services serving different business objectives related to
- electricity markets: minimise overall cost of charging energy
- grid capacity constraints: enabling a more efficient systemic approach for the integration of electric vehicles, i.e prevent charging demand peaks resulting in costly grid investments
- environmental concerns: minimise the environmental footprint of the charging process by enabling EV/RES synergy
The development of the open-source implementation of ISO 15118 facilitates and accelerates the deployment effort for the European automotive industry, EVSE manufacturers, charge point operators and electromobility services providers, enabling them to easily and quickly offer products and services that support the protocol, improve user experience and providing them with new business opportunities.
The development of the charging technologies by ABB and PWD serves user's charging needs for inter/inner city distances enabling different charging opportunities, i.e. work/commercial charging, opportunity charging at highways. The multi-outlet charging solution charging different types of EVs simultaneously (L and M category) offers alternative solutions towards the realisation of the "charging hubs"
The V2G interfaces via CCS type 2 (AC) developed by PWB (EVSE side) and Bosch (EV side) enable the bidirectional power flow between EVs and the electricity grid. Previously, this functionality was realised only via Chademo (DC) interfaces.
The two battery swapping services developed by Swobbee and Silence serves the charging needs of LEVs, especially for logistic companies, and unlock new business models (i.e Battery as a Service).
The CP location planning tool that supports CPOs/public authorities to develop or extend their public network in the most cost efficient way considering different parameters (home charging availability, existing public infrastructure, EV penetration scenarios, available charging powers, etc.)
Booking and route planning services aims to improve EV user's accessibility to the charging public network and eliminate user's concerns as regards where to charge, where to find a non-occupied charging station, etc. These services address such issues which are the key de-motivating factors preventing further growth of e-mobility,
eC4D developed a suite of smart charging services serving different business objectives related to
- electricity markets: minimise overall cost of charging energy
- grid capacity constraints: enabling a more efficient systemic approach for the integration of electric vehicles, i.e prevent charging demand peaks resulting in costly grid investments
- environmental concerns: minimise the environmental footprint of the charging process by enabling EV/RES synergy
The development of the open-source implementation of ISO 15118 facilitates and accelerates the deployment effort for the European automotive industry, EVSE manufacturers, charge point operators and electromobility services providers, enabling them to easily and quickly offer products and services that support the protocol, improve user experience and providing them with new business opportunities.