Infrastructure made affordable
An important advantage of the Mobile Metering concept is its effect on the price of infrastructure. With all metering and communications components fitted inside the car, charging points can be installed without this equipment, making them much less expensive.
This cost reduction allows for a quick and economic roll-out of charging points for EVs. An EV infrastructure could thus be a reality sooner than later. The new concept will also be compatible with alternate infrastructure installations, allowing users unlimited mobility with flexible charging possibilities.
Smart cars and cheaper charging points = smart integration
The government, network operators and power producers are all interested in using EV batteries as storage units for renewable energy, to be filled up when renewables are at their peak within the system (i.e., when the sun is shining or the wind blowing). This can only happen, however, when certain criteria are fulfilled:
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Cars must be plugged into the systems virtually any time they are parked for any extended period
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Charging must be coordinated in such a way that peak periods of wind- and solar-energy generation can be captured; cars must be ready to charge this energy.
Making charging points as inexpensive as possible represents the only commercially viable way for cars to be plugged in constantly, anywhere they park. Expensive charging points, such as charging poles/towers or wall boxes, cannot be installed everywhere, which excludes many EVs from constant charging. Mobile Metering and affordable system sockets together are an important contribution to making smart integration possible.
