There is an increasing need for cleaner air within city limits by reducing vehicular emissions both from public and private transport. Electrification of vehicles is one solution that can address this need. The problem with electrifying the current heavy duty vehicles (HD) is that every OEM and charging solution provider has a different type of device which is not compatible with one another.
ASSURED looks into how this can be solved and builds on the interoperability concept where different types of HD medium duty (MD) vehicles can be charged with different charging solutions, thereby making them operate in any kind of environment, alleviating stakeholder concerns. ASSURED also builds on solutions to reduce the charging of the batteries by introducing super-fast charging concept for the heavy duty vehicles, thereby addressing end user and/or stakeholder concerns.
This is very relevant for the society because it solves two problems with one solution viz. improvement in local air quality & reduction of noise. In addition, it increases the user acceptance towards introducing electric vehicle technology in the public domain.
Overall objectives:
- Assessment of the needs of the cities, operators and end users of the next generation of electrically chargeable HD, MD and light-duty (LD) vehicles for urban environment.
- Improvement in the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) by making an assessment of the impact of fast charging profiles on battery lifetime.
- Carrying out the sizing, safety, grid reliability and energy- efficiency study of the electric drivetrain.
- Development of next generation high-power charging solutions (up to 600kW) for electrified HD and MD vehicles in terms of standardized interfaces and interoperability. Defining and developing a common set of standards and protocols for superfast charging systems and their integration with the local grid.
- Development of interoperable and scalable high-power charging solutions among different key European charging solution providers and bus/trucks OEMs.
- Development of a novel simulation platform where innovative energy and charging management strategies can be implemented which not only improves the TCO, operational cost and the impact on the grid but also provides a base to implement the solution to any city thereby helping in scaling up of fleet.
- Development of several use cases to boost confidence among relevant stakeholders and demonstration of the uses cases in cities in real life conditions.
- Evaluation the ASSURED outputs based on defined KPIs for cost, energy efficiency, impact on the grid, battery ageing, noise and environmental and health impact of the different use cases.
- To actively support development of business cases and the exploitation of the project results across Europe.
- To effectively transfer knowledge and network with relevant stakeholders and governmental authorities for exchange of experience with the User Group, cities, PTAs and PTOs
