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What is Plug-In Electric Vehicle

Chapter 6
Electric Vehicles and the Future of Energy Efficient Transportation
A type of electric vehicle which can be recharged by external energy sources, commonly electric sockets which gives rise to the term “plug in.”
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Microgrid-Based Sustainable E-Bike Charging Station
Ghanishtha Bhatti (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India) and Raja Singh R. (Department of Energy and Power Electronics, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7626-7.ch006
Abstract
This chapter focuses on developing a sustainable architecture for public electric motorbike charging stations. Electric motorbikes or electric bicycles (both referred to as e-bikes) are compact electric vehicles which are primarily battery-powered and driven solely by electric motors. This work conceptualizes a microgrid architecture which utilizes the integration of distributed generation energy resources providing the charging station nodes with sustainable power and increased fault tolerance. The charging stations proposed in the study increase the long-time energy savings of the infrastructure maintenance authorities while also reducing reliance on the public grid during peak hours. The photovoltaic-based DC microgrid is integrated with e-bike charging infrastructure, moving towards a future of eco-friendly and power-efficient technology.
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