Abstract
The transportation sector of the world is in the transformation stage, shifting from conventional fossil fuel-powered vehicles to zero or ultra-low tailpipe emission vehicles. To support this transformation, a proper charging station (CS) infrastructure in combination with information technology, smart distributed energy generating units, and favorable government policies are required. The motive of this paper is to address the key aspects to be taken care of while planning for the charging station infrastructure for electric vehicles. The paper also provides major indagation and developments in planning and technological aspects that are going on for the enhancement of the design and efficient management of charging station infrastructure. The paper addresses the present scenario of India related to electric vehicle charging station developments. The paper specially provides a critical review on the research and developments in the charging station infrastructure, the problems associated with it, and the efforts that are going on for its standardization to help the researchers address the problems.
Highlights
In the present scenario, global warming and climate change are the major concerns that can severely affect the environment and life on earth [1]
The fast-depleting fossil fuels and increasing environmental concerns are playing a major role in promoting the developments in the field of electric vehicles (EVs) and their charging infrastructure
It is found that the recent trends in researches are more focused on the development of new and fast EV charging infrastructure that can minimize the charging time of EVs, increasing the utilization of available renewable energies for EV
Summary
Global warming and climate change are the major concerns that can severely affect the environment and life on earth [1]. Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the prime factors that are responsible for climate change [2,3]. Air pollution and GHG emissions from the fossil fuel-based transportation sector in recent years have received the greatest ever attention, especially in large, dense cities [4,5,6]. In 2016, 7.87 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents of GHG emissions were from the transportation sector [7] and it increased to 8.04 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents of GHG emission in the year 2017. 24 percent of the world’s CO2 emissions are due to the transportation sector in which 3/4th of these emissions account for road transportation [8].
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