Social acceptance of wireless battery charging systems: Belgium case study

Author

Sylvia, Heyvaert ; Omar, Hegazy ; Thierry, Coosemans ; Van Mierlo, Joeri

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Vrije Univ. Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Battery charging systems play an important role in the development of new battery electric vehicles (BEVs). These charging systems can be classified into conductive and inductive/wireless charging systems. Recently, inductive battery charging has received an increasing interest due to their ease of use. Furthermore, many European projects are currently working to develop new wireless power-transfer technologies. One of the ongoing EU research projects is called the UNPLUGGED project (http://unplugged-project.eu). In addition to the technological aspects, it is necessary to investigate the social impact of using inductive charging as part of electric mobility. This paper presents the analysis of a Belgian case study within the Living Labs Electric Vehicles (http://www.proeftuin-ev.be/) focusing on the acceptance of using electric mobility after testing an electric vehicle.

Keywords

battery powered vehicles; behavioural sciences; inductive power transmission; secondary cells; BEV; Belgian case study; European projects; Living Labs Electric Vehicles; UNPLUGGED project; battery charging systems; battery electric vehicles; conductive charging systems; electric mobility; inductive charging systems; social impact; wireless charging systems; wireless power-transfer technologies; Batteries; Electric vehicles; Government; Inductive charging; Roads; Wireless communication; Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs); Social Analysis (SA); Wireless Power Transfer Systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Vehicle Conference (IEVC), 2014 IEEE International

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEVC.2014.7056075

Filename

7056075