Inequitable access to EV charging infrastructure

Securing the information infrastructure for EV charging

We consider the functional and security requirements for the information exchanges in the infrastructure for EV charging being trialled in the Netherlands, which includes support for congestion management using the smart charging protocol OSCP. We note that current solutions do not provide true end-to-end security, even if all communication links are secured (for instance with TLS), as some dat...

Congestion Games for V2G-Enabled EV Charging

A model of the problem of charging and discharging electrical vehicles as a congestion game is presented. A generalization of congestion games – feedback congestion games (FCG) – is introduced. The charging of gridintegrated vehicles, which can also discharge energy back to the grid, is a natural FCG application. FCGs are proven to be exact potential games and therefore converge to a pure-strat...

Identifying EV driversʼ needs for information communication technology to ease the EV charging process

Known barriers of Electric Vehicles (EVs) include their limited range and, to some extent, the underdeveloped charging infrastructure. This position paper presents initial results from a field study investigating the experience of EV drivers who are supported by a newly developed charging concept (ELVIIS) consisting of a web, smartphone and in-vehicle application. By connecting power grid owner...

A Novel Infrastructure Facilitating Access to, Charging, Ordering and Funding of Assistive Services

Given that, nowadays, access to ICT is required for almost any kind of education, employment and commerce form, and is increasingly required for travel, it is mandatory to focus on integrating groups of users with any type of disability at a personally and societally affordable cost. In this paper, we outline an ICT-enabled novel infrastructure that significantly facilitates user access to a la...

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