An Innovative Service for Electric Vehicle Energy Demand Prediction

In the electro-mobility sector there is a rising necessity of providing new infrastructures, services, tools and solutions to support the diffusion of electric vehicles (EVs). In this framework, this paper aims to propose an innovative service that can improve the experience of electric vehicle users by providing customized information to reduce the range anxiety risk before starting the trip. In particular, an Information Technology (IT) service based on cooperative virtual sensors (VSs) is designed to predict the charge demand by an electric vehicle, driven by a specific user, to accomplish a predefined trip. To this goal, three virtual sensors are designed as software components each one implementing an algorithm to perform a specific task. It is shown how the cooperation of the three VSs is necessary to achieve the final service objective that is to provide customized information to help the user in preparing the EV for the trip. In addition, the effectiveness of the proposed service is demonstrated through a use case implemented by the developed IT application prototype.