With e-vo into the future of electric mobility
Through close cooperation in various research and development projects, we actively shape the mobility of tomorrow.
FriendlyCharge
Research project
Enabling grid-friendly charging through costumer interface in residential areas
The development of intelligent charging infrastructure in residential areas plays a central role in a successful switch to e-mobility in order to achieve climate neutrality. In order to ensure a smooth transition and avoid bottlenecks in the electricity grid, the project friendlyCharge aims to develop and demonstrate an innovative solution for demand-oriented and grid-friendly charging in residential areas.
In cooperation with the friendlyCharge research project, e-vo is therefore committed to the development of an innovative, user-friendly charging infrastructure in residential areas. The aim is a smooth, grid-friendly charging of electric vehicles without restrictions for the users of electric vehicles. The project deals with the development of an interface for real-time communication between the power grid and the users, taking into account communication security and legal-regulatory aspects.
"Don't ask what the grid can do for your electric car. Ask what the electric car can do for the grid.”
Bob Elders by John F. Kennedy
The interplay between ‘distribution grid’, ‘energy trading’ and the flexibilities in electromobility have enormous (national) economic potential. In this project, we show how intelligent e-mobility solutions can be used to implement robust and secure network-friendly integrations of charging stations and other consumers.
DI Dr. Michael Hirschbichler, E-VO eMobility GmbH
Project partners
Montanuniversität Leoben, Chair of Energy Composite Technology
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Energie Steiermark AG
Siemens AG
Vienna University of Technology Institute of Telecommunications
E-VO eMobility GmbH
Invitation to tender: | Luminaires eMobility, Zero Emission Mobility, Zero Emission Mobility 2022/01 |
Status: | constantly |
Start of project: | 01.03.2023 |
End of project: | 28.02.2026 |
Keywords: | grid-friendly charging; costumer interface; grid communication; e-mobility |
Funding programme
This project is funded by the Climate and Energy Fund and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and implemented as part of the Zero Emission Mobility programme.
EBusCharge
Research project
Flexible load management of e-bus fleets
Verkehrsverbund Vorarlberg GmbH sees the future of the bus fleet in battery-electric buses (BEB) and is expanding to 134 buses by 2025 and a total of 200 buses in less than 10 years. The EBusCharge project at the FHV's Research Centre for Energy accompanies this ambitious infrastructure project, develops and researches technical solutions for the charging management of growing e-bus fleets.
Project objective
The aim of the project is to research important planning guidelines for Austrian network operators and transport associations for the successful integration of scaling e-bus fleets into regional energy systems. The challenge here is not only to look for a successful, but also for a grid-friendly, infrastructurally sustainable and climate-friendly as well as economically optimal solution for the integration of the e-bus fleets into the higher-level energy system.
Together, the project partners want to develop, test and evaluate intelligent charging strategies by examining the technological constraints and needs at a currently available location in Feldkirch, with a focus on an operator solution. Since a complete transition to zero-emission public transport is sought, concepts for nationwide expansion are also being explored. In a coupled distribution network simulation, fleet loading management approaches for all planned locations in the Vorarlberg region are investigated. The impact and potential costs for the energy system as well as the potential benefits of charging management are estimated.
For us, the two research projects EBusCharge and FreeE-Bus offer the opportunity to enter into exchanges with bus operators and transport associations, thus expanding our expertise in the field of e-buses.
DI Christian Eugster, E-VO eMobility GmbH
Project partners
University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg
illwerke vkw AG
Municipal utilities Feldkirch
Vorarlberg Energy Networks
Transport Association Vorarlberg GmbH
E-VO eMobility GmbH
Project name: | EBusCharge - Flexible E-Bus Fleet Charge Management |
Programme: | Climate and Energy Fund Programme Lighthouses eMobility, FFG Programme Zero Emission Mobility and Zero Emission Mobility 2022/01 |
Start of project. | 01.04.2023 |
End of project: | 31.03.2026 |
Funding programme
This project is supported by the Climate and Energy Fund under the "Lighthouses eMobility" programme and funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG under the "Zero Emission Mobility" and "Zero Emission Mobility 2022/01" programmes.
FreeE bus
Research project
flexible, responsive, renewable, efficient e-buses
In public transport, many diesel buses are to be replaced by electric buses. However, the large-scale operation of e-bus fleets is still untested. The project collects measurement data and IT framework conditions of the charging infrastructure as well as experiences and needs in the Lake Constance area in order to develop an optimized charging management. An optimization model generates control signals for the e-buses and the charging infrastructure on the basis of current timetable, weather and energy network information.
Project objective
In the project, an optimized charging management for e-buses in the public transport of the Lake Constance area will be developed. Optimum charging curves are created from the determined parameters of the technical infrastructure as well as from current system information. Sustainable, cost-efficient and flexible charging management is intended to support the transformation of the still fossil-fuelled public transport system into climate-friendly e-mobility. At the same time, transnational knowledge transfer is to be promoted.
Project partners
University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten
illwerke vkw AG
Transport Association Vorarlberg GmbH
E-VO eMobility GmbH
Lead partner: | University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg GmbH, Hochschulstraße 1, A-6850 Dornbirn |
NUTS3 Lead Partner: | AT342 – Rhine Valley Lake Constance area |
Start of project: | 01.03.2023 |
End of project: | 28.02.2026 |
Funding programme
This project is funded by the Interreg VI programme Interreg Alpenrhein-Bodensee-Hochrhein, which is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund. For more information, please visit: https://www.interreg.org/
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