The range of options available for EV charging today (UK-style domestic plug shown)
DC charging is preferred anywhere that faster charging is needed because of the higher power available. Chargers can deliver anything from 24kW to over 150kW and are found at highway service areas, supermarkets, and parking lots at various other commercial enterprises, as well as at educational, medical, and governmental facilities. Charge point operators and installers must decide what to order from charge point manufacturers for these public charging environments. UNDERSTANDING DRIVER BEHAVIOR IS CRITICAL Data-sharing partnerships are appearing along the EV supply chain so that charge point installers get to know a lot about likely demand from drivers before vehicles even make it onto the roads. Data is not just flowing to drivers; it is coming back from them too.
working with major EV charging providers, including Blink Charging, ChargePoint, EV ConnectSM, EVgo, FLO, Greenlots, and SemaConnect. In addition, apps such as MyChevrolet will allow customers to “see real-time information from approximately 80,000 places to charge throughout the U.S. and Canada, find charging stations along a route, and initiate and pay for charging.” The key factors that will determine what type of chargers are built and where they will be installed include: • The number of deposits paid on EVs, the vehicle types (and range), and the geographic location of upcoming drivers. • Sales of EVs by type and locality. • Patterns in car movements in various locations extracted from mobile phone location data (mobile phone apps are integral to the EV driving experience). • Availability of grid resources to power the chargers and whether these resources are from sustainable assets such as solar farms.
General Motors announced its plans to make charging more convenient for its customers by
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