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Electric road vehicle battery charging systems and infrastructure

B. Lunz1,3; D.U. Sauer1,2,3    1 Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany;2 Institute for Power Generation and Storage Systems (PGS), E.ON ERC, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany;3 Jülich Aachen Research Alliance, JARA-Energy, Aachen, Germany

Abstract

An adequate charging infrastructure is important for the market introduction of electric vehicles as they have to be recharged almost every day. In this chapter mobility statistics are analyzed to derive requirements on charging infrastructure. Charging infrastructure is classified according to different dimensions and advantages and disadvantages of contrary ...

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