System for Managing the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations. An Educational Platform

One of the global trends is to develop technologies that help protect the ecological environment through efficient use of electricity. Hence, one important areas of interest is the electric vehicle. For these strategies to be successful in the long run, it is necessary that future engineers be familiar with concepts and problems of these technologies ever since college graduation. In this context, the paper presents the physical scale model design, construction and operation of a system for managing the electric vehicle charging stations. The model created to exemplify the operation of the developed system, used as an educational platform, will allow Electrical Engineering students and electric vehicle enthusiasts to study the issue of charging electric vehicles and the efficient management of several charging stations. This management system for charging stations can be implemented for office buildings with private parking spaces.