The EU-funded eCharge4Drivers project will improve the user experience as regards available charging options and services.
Specifically, it will develop and demonstrate user-friendly charging stations, smart services and charging solutions, including mobile charging and battery swapping stations. User-centric services such as route planning, booking, and charging location planning will be developed to further improve users' experience and foster e-mobility growth.
The work will start with wide surveys in 10 demonstration areas, to capture the a priori users’ perceptions and expectations as regards the various charging options and their mobility and parking habits. Based on the survey findings and after matching with the perspective of authorities, operators and service providers, the project will develop and demonstrate in 10 areas, including metropolitan areas and TEN T corridors, easy-to-use, scalable and modular, high- and low-power charging stations, low-power DC charging stations and components with improved connection efficiency and standardised stations for LEVs. All stations will offer various direct payment methods and bigger user-friendly displays. The charging stations and all actors’ back-ends will support the ISO 15118 Plug & Charge feature and will enable the standardised transfer of enhanced information in the ecosystem, thus enabling the interoperability of communication and the provision of more sophisticated services to the users before, during and after the charging process, including smart charging services. The project will demonstrate additional convenient charging options within cities, a mobile charging service, charge points at lamp posts and networks of battery swapping stations for LEVs.
Using the knowledge generated, the project will propose an EV Charging Location Planning Tool to determine the optimum mix of charging options to cover the user needs. It will conclude with recommendations for legal and regulatory harmonisation and guidelines for investors and authorities for the sustainability of charging infrastructure and services.
Participating public authorities
Urban areas
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Grenoble-Alpes (FR)
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Barcelona (ES)
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Bari (IT)
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Berlin (DE)
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Luxembourg (LU)
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Zellik (BE)
TEN-T
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Austria
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North-Italy
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Istanbul &amspan; Western Turkey
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Greece
Cordis link & TRIMIS link to project
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure for improved User Experience | eCharge4Drivers Project | Fact Sheet | H2020 | CORDIS | European Commission (europa.eu)
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure for improved User Experience | TRIMIS (europa.eu)
Project contacts (coordinator & communication manager OR contact page link)
Coordinator: Angelos Amditis, ICCS, a.amditis@iccs.gr
Communication manager: info@eCharge4Drivers.eu
Project website