Title :
iV2G Charging Platform
Author :
Monteiro, Vítor ; Ferreira, João C. ; Pinto, Gabriel ; Pedrosa, Delfim ; Afonso, João L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Electron., Univ. of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Abstract :
This paper describes an intelligent Vehicle to Grid (iV2G) Charging Platform for plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles that can be used at user´s home, and which includes a mobile control system. The car drivers can control remotely the charging or discharging process through a mobile communication device. This mobile communication device can also gather information about charging places, their availability and the best road paths to reach them, as well as energy market prices, informing the best periods to charge the car regarding the energy costs.
Keywords :
hybrid electric vehicles; mobile communication; car drivers; electric vehicles; energy market prices; iV2G charging platform; intelligent vehicle to grid charging platform; mobile communication device; mobile control system; plug-in hybrid vehicles; Batteries; Discharges; Driver circuits; Mobile communication; System-on-a-chip; Vehicles; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2010 13th International IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Funchal
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7657-2
DOI :
10.1109/ITSC.2010.5625255
