An electric vehicle (EV) battery charging station (EV-BCS) based on a bipolar dc power grid is presented in this paper, which capable of delivering to the (vehicle-to-grid – V2G mode), and directly exchange between different EVs connected EV-BCS (vehicle-to-vehicle V2V besides traditional operation (grid-to-vehicle G2V mode). The three-level bidirectional buck-boost dc-dc converters has modular...

To expand markets for plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) beyond enthusiastic early adopters, investments must be strategic. This research characterizes a segment of EV adoption that points the way toward mainstream: consumers with low or no initial interest in EVs, “EV Converts.” Logistic regression is utilized to profile Convert demographic, household, and regional characteristics; vehicle-transa...

This paper illustrates the study of three isolated zero voltage switched (ZVS) PWM full bridge (FB) converters to charge the high voltage battery in the charger of electric vehicle (EV). EV battery chargers have several challenges such as high efficiency, high reliability, low cost, isolation, and high power density. The cost of magnetic and filter components in the battery charger is reduced w...

This paper presents a decentralized scheduling algorithm for electric vehicles charging. The charging control model follows the architecture of a Multi-Agent System (MAS). The MAS consists of an Electric Vehicle (EV)/Distributed Generation (DG) aggregator agent and ‘‘Responsive” or ‘‘Unresponsive” EV agents. The EV/DG aggregator agent is responsible to maximize the aggregator’s profit by design...

Electric vehicles are considered the automobile technology in the future. However, consumers are not willing to purchase electric vehicles in China. Thus, it is necessary to analyze key factors influencing the willingness to purchase electric vehicles. This paper applies the chi-square test and a binary logistic regression model based on the questionnaires of 1057 Chinese online consumers. The ...

In this paper the impacts of a large deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) on selected distribution grids of the Hellenic Distribution Network are assessed. Mainly technical restrictions are taken into account, such as voltage limits, branches’ congestion levels or losses’ evaluation. EVs are considered as simple loads that charge from the grid. The analysis takes into account driving profiles ...

In recent years, the popularity of wireless inductive power transfer (WIPT) system for electric vehicle battery charging (EVBC) is always ever-increasing. In the WIPT inductively coupled coil structure is the heart of the system and the mutual inductance (MI) between the coupled coils is the key factor for effective power transfer. This paper presents the analysis of mutual inductance between t...

Use of electric vehicles (EVs) has been viewed by many as a way to significantly reduce US oil dependence, operate vehicles more efficiently, and reduce carbon emissions. Due to the potential benefits of EVs, the federal and local governments have allocated considerable funding and taken a number of legislative and regulatory steps to promote EV deployment and adoption. With this momentum, it i...

New perspectives for the electric vehicle (EV) operation in smart grids and smart homes context are presented. Nowadays, plugged-in EVs are equipped with on-board battery chargers just to perform the charging process from the electrical power grid (G2V – grid-to-vehicle mode). Although this is the main goal of such battery chargers, maintaining the main hardware structure and changing the digit...