Internet of Things Applications in Electric Vehicles—A Review

Abstract

The Internet of things (IoT) is a revolutionary field that contributes to the Fourth Industrial Revolution along with artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning cloud computing, and many other fields that contribute to constructing smart ecosystems. Such rapid developments in these fields affect the lifestyle and daily usage of things around. Since the IoT mainly refers to develop smart behavior of the devices used in the environment and managing the energy consumptions in an efficient and optimized method. However, electric vehicles (EVs) would play a great role in power consumption of daily life specially to meet the environmental concerns and energy insufficiency. This would result in a huge investment in the infrastructure along with new related legislations. Such machines require very huge electrical energy storage which surely needs smart power management and monitoring systems. Batteries of EVs are very huge electrical energy storage which needs an accurate charging estimation to protect the powered equipment in the EVs. This paper discusses the field applications of IoT in EVs that would enhance the experience of using EVs in daily life in terms of environmental issues and improving the experience of having EVs.