Advantages for Drivers
- Charging points can be installed wherever they are needed
- Lower costs (reduced system costs, even smaller batteries)
- Range anxiety is lifted, and electric appliances (e.g. heater, AC) can be used without second thoughts
- Drivers who don’t have a garage or even a regular parking space will still be able to chose from plenty of charging points
- Fully automated, itemized billing means peace of mind for customers – including separate billing for mobile electricity
- Possibility of discounted rates for nighttime and other low-usage periods
- Widespread charging possibilities for future Vehicle-to-Grid services
Advantages for Infrastructure Providers
- No more giving electricity away: comfortable and cost-effective micro billing
- Low hardware costs translate into an inexpensive installation of system sockets – future infrastructure providers (such as employers or operators of private parking lots) can easily install any number of charging points
- No operating costs, particularly no metering costs, for infrastructure providers
- Users have their own contract and infrastructure providers interact with ubitricity (or their supplier of choice) only, no matter how many vehicles use their charging points
- Radically simplified charging points reduce the risks (and related costs) of damage from accidents or vandalism
- High customer/employee satisfaction: anyone can easily become an infrastructure provider
Advantages for the Automotive Industry
- Infrastructure as a competitive advantage – the better car is one that can be easily recharged anywhere
- On-Board Metering reduces number of parties that influence prices, access and infrastructure, cost of vehicle
- Widely available infrastructure greatly incentivizes consumers, including urbandrivers with no garage, to buy EVs
- Low infrastructure costs enable investments supporting research and development or price incentives
- In-car solution supercedes regional and national differences – possible worldwidestandard for in-vehicle infrastructure
- Potential for commercializing added-value "vehicle-to-grid" solutions
Advantages for Municipalities and Authorities
- Low costs: 40 to 50 Euros per socket compared to conventional all-in-one stationary charging point cost of €2,500 to €10,000
- Widespread infrastructure can be easily grafted onto existing electric transmission equipment
- Low cost and easy infrastructure installation enables dense charging networks and facilitates the diffusion of electric vehicles
- Encourages renewably sourced energy and "smart grid" technology
- Flexible taxation base for the future
