Vehicular Communications in the V-Charge Project

Future requirements for drastic reduction of CO2 production and energy consumption will lead to significant changes in the way we see mobility in the years to come. However, the automotive industry has identified significant barriers to the adoption of electric vehicles, including reduced driving range and greatly increased refueling times. The V-Charge Project, funded by the European Commission, seeks to address these problems simultaneously by developing an electric automated car, outfitted with close-to-market sensors, which is able to automate valet parking and recharging for integration into a future transportation system. In this paper, we describe the research challenges associated with providing a wireless Vehicleto-X (V2X) communication infrastructure for V-Charge-enabled parking areas.