AI-informed Holistic EVs integration
Approaches for Distribution grids / AHEAD
The AHEAD (AI-informed Holistic Electric Vehicles Integration Approaches for Distribution Grids) project
will create a simulation environment capable of predicting the most convenient location to place the electric
vehicle (EV) charging stations and optimise both the usage of the power grid resources, and the charging stations
located in urban and rural areas. This simulation environment will exploit the unique features of currently
available AI models and include two layers: the spatial mapping one (placing the chargers where the people need
them to be), and the power grid one (placing the chargers where the grid can support them). Innovative smart
charging algorithms will be designed and tested in the model, to minimise the impact of EV charging pools on
the network, and ensure the consumers have economic benefits. Moreover, these smart charging algorithms will
be tested in three demonstration sites, dedicated to assessing the technical and economic feasibility of smart
charging light and heavy-duty EVs, and boats. To this end, AHEAD gathered relevant partners from all the EV
value-chain: technology providers who want to test their equipment in the real world, grid operators, who want
to optimise the usage of the grid resources and mitigate the EV charging impact, and research institutions, who
aim at advancing the knowledge on the topic and producing value for society. Particular attention is going to be
placed on the user experience and cybersecurity part of the demonstrators, with specific partners who focus their
efforts on understanding how to minimize the impact of smart charging on the user experience and on creating
a model to represent cyber-attacks on the chargers to suggest efficient defensive mechanisms for system
protection.
Partners:
Politecnico di Milano, Coordinator
Technical University of Denmark
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores
A2A
Spirii
Instituto Superior Técnico
Amina
Kempower
Polytechnic University of Tirana
Ease-Link GMBH
Unareti
EEM-Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira, S.A.
Elektro Gorenjska
Funchal Municipality
MOBI-E
L’Association Europeenne de la Mobilite Electrique
CNET – Centre for New Energy Technologies, S.A.
Norsk elbilforening
NTT DATA
Roskilde University
Azienda Trasporti Milanesi