AHEAD Project

The AHEAD project will create a simulation environment capable of predicting the most convenient location to place electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and optimise the usage of the power grid resources located in urban and rural areas. This simulation environment will exploit the unique features of available AI models and include spatial mapping (placing the chargers where the people need them to be) and the power grid (placing the chargers where the grid can support them). Innovative smart charging algorithms will be designed and tested in the model, to minimise the impact of EV charging pools on the network and ensure the consumers have economic benefits. These smart charging algorithms will be tested in three demonstration sites, dedicated to assessing the technical and economic feasibility of smart charging light and heavy-duty EVs, and boats. User experience and cybersecurity are key to the demonstrations and will seek to understand how to minimize the impact of smart charging on the user experience and create a model to represent cyber-attacks on the chargers to suggest efficient defensive mechanisms for system protection. https://horizon-ahead.eu/ *This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101160665. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.