TITLE:
A Low-Cost, Smart AC Charging System for Electric Vehicle
AUTHORS:
Bo Wang
KEYWORDS:
Electrical Vehicle; Charging Facility; AC Charging Point
JOURNAL NAME:
Smart Grid and Renewable Energy,
Vol.4 No.2,
May
29,
2013
ABSTRACT: In industry development strategy of electric vehicles, apart from concerns on the development of electric vehicles, we also need to consider the issue of charging facilities construction. Firstly, through analysis, this paper discusses the importance of AC charging points for electric vehicle development. By studying existing AC charging points on the market, it presents a low-cost smart AC charging system to reduce the cost investigated by power companies and operational bodies when laying of a large number of AC charging points. Compared with the conventional one, the proposed system has prominent features of low cost, small footprint and low investment.