PEPP – Public EV Power Pilots

Through two upcoming pilots, the project will look more closely at the possibilities for bidirectional charging by using parked cars in a parking garage and a public car pool. PEPP is about exploring the large amount of energy available in electric cars when they are not in use. To investigate this, the project partners within PEPP will conduct two user studies in realistic pilots: workplace commuting and carpooling. Exploring this in a public setting will enable analyzes of this from a systems perspective. One of the biggest differences between the two tests is that cars parked in garages stay stationary longer than cars used in a car pool. But there are more questions to focus on regarding technical systems, how people perceive and use bidirectional charging in public environments, policy-related issues and what value the services create. This will be explored by PEPP. The project will also develop technical systems for the optimization of car pools, user interaction and energy optimization. The tests will last for two years and include a total of twelve cars, six in each user study. At the end of 2024, the project should have arrived at what the next step is, and after 2025 studies on a larger scale await, where hundreds and even more cars may be included. The project is funded by the Swedish Energy Agency's Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation program FFI Zero Emissions and Region Västra Götaland's Regional Development.