Electric vehicle telematics services built upon charging infrastructure monitoring

Abstract

Aiming at prompting the wide deployment of electric vehicles by employing intelligent information technologies, this paper designs and develops a telematic service framework built upon charging infrastructure monitoring. This framework builds communication middleware working between each charger and the central server to collect and store real-time status change in availability, operation mode, and current price for each charger. As an application supported in this framework, a charging station tracking system displays the current status of each charging station and charger on the Google map. This application is ported to mobile devices running Android operating systems. Next, a charging station manager program allows station owners remotely change the sales price and manipulate the charger. Finally, for an invehicle telematics device, charging station information can create a better tour route combined with the availability of chargers. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014.