Low Cost Charging Station for Electric Vehicle: Design and Prototyping

Electric vehicles are widely used because of their advantages over internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle such as low emission and environment friendly. In Indonesia, electric vehicles have begun to be marketed and developed. One of the weaknesses of electric vehicles in Indonesia is the limited availability of charger stations. For this reason, this research proposes the design and prototyping of low-cost charger station. The charging station equipped with keypad to input how much power that will be purchased and an LCD to monitor the status. This station can be used to charge both electric car and electric motorcycle/ bicycle. Prototype has been built and tested to charge Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) car both for normal charging and fast charging with satisfactory results.