Prospects for electric vehicles technology with renewable energy sources in a Smart-Grid environment - An introduction

Abstract

This article is focused on issues concerning electric vehicle technology, linked to the use of renewable sources and their incorporation into the concept of modern automated (unattended) traffic systems - ATS. This concept creates an ideal environment for the generation and development of so-called “Smart Grids”. Deployment of electric vehicles (herein abbreviated to EV) and automated traffic systems in the Smart Grids will enormously reduce the costs and accelerate the massive and large-scale onset of electric mobility, which will in turn result in the dramatically increased stability of electricity grids, as well as a revaluation of the hitherto known renewable energy sources which will not be restricted by the limited capacity of the present distribution networks. The interconnection of technologies will result in a complete solution to the use of renewable energy sources as the most lucrative energy source for automotive transport with a new revolutionary perspective on issues concerning the stability of energy and distribution networks, and their transformation into Smart Grids.