Introducing wireless charging for drivers of electrical vehicles in Sweden—Effects on charging behaviour and attitudes

• This paper reports on a Swedish large-scale research and demonstration study of wireless charging of electric vehicles. The study is the first of its kind outside North America. The purpose of the 18-month study was to test the technology during real life working conditions using 20 electric vehicles located at eight municipality and company sites in Sweden. The study indicates that the charging behaviour will most likely be different with inductive charging. There are clear benefits of inductive charging that have the potential to increase the attractiveness of electric vehicles, and there are no substantial evidence that perceived safety should hinder a wider adoption of inductive charging. Further, we conclude that the usability of the technology can have a high impact on perceived attractiveness, and should therefore be of focus in future developments of the technology.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Attitudes

Demonstration

Electric vehicles

Inductive charging

User study

Crashworthiness

Demonstrations

Human engineering

Inductive power transmission

Vehicles

Electrical vehicles

High impact

Large-scale research

Most likely

Wireless charging

Charging (batteries)

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

kon (subject category)