How AI is Shaping EVs and EV Charging

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has grown astoundingly fast. Seemingly overnight, AI has been integrated into business and government applications in the United States and around the globe. 

The electric vehicle (EV) industry, as well as the EV charging industry, are now deeply embedded with AI in a wide variety of applications.

AI in the EV Industry

There are a wide variety of uses for AI in the EV industry, listed below:

• Smart Charging: Efficiently managing charging stations, ensuring optimal usage, and reducing energy waste.
• Battery Management: AI is implemented to manage charging, which extends battery life by avoiding harm to the battery. AI can also predict remaining mileage, and other uses.
• Route Optimization: AI can consider factors such as battery range, weather, and real-time traffic to optimize routes that include EV charging stops.
• Renewable Energy: AI is implemented so EVs can use clean energy to their full potential.
• Autonomous Driving: AI uses algorithms with cameras, radar, and a network of sensors to drive EVs autonomously.
• Managing Energy: AI reduces peak loads, intelligently distributes power, and minimizes strain on power generation systems.
• Improved Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS): Features in EVs such as automated emergency braking, lane-keeping, and adaptive cruise control are powered by AI.

Wattsup: Improving EV Charging Reliability With AI

EV charging reliability remains an important barrier to EV adoption in the US. A new study from ChargerHelp provides details on the actual problems in the field today. Study results show that 10% of public DC Fast Chargers (DCFC) experienced prolonged downtimes in the second half of 2023 (defined as six weeks or longer).  

WattsUp uses AI to predict when EV chargers will need maintenance, dramatically increasing charger reliability. Without any user intervention, the WattsUp AI detects anomalies, schedules technicians to make repairs, predicts failures, and autonomously orders parts when needed.

Stable Auto: Reporting EV Charging Profitability, Offering AI-Optimized Pricing

Stable Auto has revolutionized the EV charging industry. Most notably, Stable reports that EV charger utilization is up, proving that EV charging has reached the threshold for profitability. Stable’s dynamic, AI-optimized pricing allows EV charging operators to use real-time market dynamics, current energy costs, nearby competition, and local demand to set the optimal pricing for their EV charging stations.

Bluwave.ai: Forecasting Power Demand and Generation From Renewables Using AI

BluWave-ai uses machine learning and data-driven AI solutions to forecast demand and generation from renewables and optimize the output of energy storage systems.

EVinfo.net and Bluwave.ai released a whitepaper: “How AI Will Leverage Mass Adoption of EVs to Help, Not Break the Electric Grid,” which addresses the great concern among electric power grid operators about larger numbers of electric vehicles entering the market every year.

BluWave-ai’s EV Everywhere consists of a cloud-based AI prediction/optimization system, intelligent EV charging, and a consumer smartphone app for EV owners. With the management of charging events, it shifts more energy from peak demand periods to where more renewable energy is available; additionally avoiding grid congestion and deferring capital upgrades to the grid. 

Automotive Charging Solutions (ACS) Has the EV Charging Answers

ACS works with its customers to find ways to make EV charging profitable and affordable. The company offers industry-leading equipment, software, EV charging network solutions, and much more. Contact the ACS team today!