ABSTRACT
The notion of connected vehicles is becoming a reality with advances and as standards for vehicle communications becoming ready for the market. In parallel, with ever-growing electric vehicle (EV) penetration, the load introduced by EV charging operations will be one of the most important challenges for demand response systems in the smart grid. Efficient energy management for EV supply will become central to achieving an efficient operation of the smart grid. For this, communication capabilities linking smart EVs to the smart grid are essential. Also, advanced scheduling algorithms seen as a part of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) interaction [1,2] are equally pivotal. Integrated into the smart grid, these algorithms should enable the reaching of particular objectives such as grid stabilization (i.e., regulation service), by reducing power fluctuation while controlling EV charging procedures.
