Bidirectional charging in public environments

It is not clear whether public bidirectional charging is possible to apply on a larger scale as there are currently many unanswered questions regarding technical systems, how people perceive and use bidirectional charging in public environments, and what value the services create.

Through unique user studies with twelve vehicles in realistic pilots (workplace commuting), the project will evaluate bidirectional charging in public environments from a system innovation perspective. This will allow credible user studies, technical systems, and customer benefits to be validated in a real environment, business models and incentives to be inventoried and analyzed, and policies and regulations to be evaluated. Technical systems for optimizing user interaction and energy optimization will be developed. Large-scale Swedish system demonstrators of bidirectional public charging will be prepared by identifying and mobilizing partnerships for relevant applications and support services for the rollout of hundreds of vehicles.