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RESPONSE TO: Ministry of Transport’s Charging Our Future: Discussion Document

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Further analysis is required to understand this future demand and the scale of response required (in terms of infrastructure, energy, skills, planning etc). There are a range of barriers to investment in public charging that need to be systematically addressed to enable private sector investment to meet future demand.

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BMW, Ford and Honda to create new company focused on optimizing EV grid services: ChargeScape

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ChargeScape will enable the smart use of plugged-in EV batteries by securely providing energy data to electric utilities and system operators such as aggregated demand response, alignment of charging and EV battery utilization with off-peak, low-cost hours and the availability of high renewable energy.

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Electric Vehicle Project Ideas | Ph.D., MTech, MSc | Electrical, Management, Mechanical & More…

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Design and Development of Bidirectional charger 2. Smart selection of charging pattern. If you connect EV to the grid and you need it fully charged by next-day morning, the smart charger should decide when to flow current to the battery and when to flow from the battery to the grid. BMS for EVs would be a good project.

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