EV-Cockpit - Mobile personal travel assistance for electric vehicles

Abstract

This paper describes the concept and a prototype proposal for a mobile information system to support the mobility process in cities, such as it gives recommendations to drivers about public transportation, car or bike sharing systems. Electric vehicles (EVs) integration will contribute to the reduction of usage of private cars in the cities and also to decrease the CO2 emissions. EVs will play an important role in the integration of renewable energy sources (intermittent sources) in the open electrical market, and the complexity of the charging process will be a great opportunity for the development of systems oriented to mobile devices and to social networks. The main objective of this proposal is the creation of a platform based on successful approaches developed in the computer science area, like recommender systems, cooperative systems and social networks, to help the creation and establishment of smart cities. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011.