Mobile energy disseminators increase electrical vehicles range in a smart city

Dynamic wireless charging of electric vehicles is becoming a preferred method since it enables power exchange between the vehicle and the grid while the vehicle is moving. Dynamic charging so far is based on stationary charging stations that can be allocated in parking lots or bus stations. The concept of mobile energy disseminators (MED) was recently introduced. In the proposed cooperative methods the charging of vehicles with the use of trucks/busses can be achieved while in motion or immobilized. Based on this concept, optimal routing of electric vehicles is formulated as a shortest path problem with constraints.