Shared Charging
Shared Charging: A Next-Generation Ecosystem for Smart (Semi-)Public EV Charging
Shared Charging is an Austrian research project that targets public EV charging infrastructure for wider deployment and higher use of renewable energy. The project creates and tests smart and user-oriented charging technologies for modular power distribution systems that operate within existing renewable energy limitations. It also defines sustainable business models to enable large-scale adoption of shared charging networks.
The Challenge
Most EVs remain parked for long periods at offices, residential buildings, and public areas. Yet these locations often lack the capability for charging. The grid, hardware costs, space limitations, and installation complexity make expansion slow and expensive.
Power limitations
For fully developed Electromobility, the current public and private charging technologies can only provide less than 44% of the required charging power.
Domestic constraints
Only around 20% of future BEV drivers have their own parking space near their home and can therefore use a private wallbox. The vast majority do not have this option — a major limiting factor for scaling electromobility.
Scaling pressure
Demand is growing much faster than current charging technologies can be scaled. Economic and widely accessible charging facilities must be made available within the upcoming years.
The Project Vision
Future charging solutions must:
Program Roadmap
1. Simulation & Modelling
Analysing geographic conditions, renewable power availability, population patterns, mobility behaviour, and grid capacity to determine where charging is needed and how much energy is required.
2. System development
Creating the core technology, including smart algorithms, charging electronics, control software, and modular hardware for shared, renewable-based BEV charging.
3. Infrastructure integration
Connecting the developed technology with real sites, grid interfaces, and operator systems to ensure compatibility with actual EV charging environments.
4. Demonstration
Building prototypes, installing them in real locations, and evaluating performance, user experience, and grid impact under practical conditions.
5. Business models
Establishing economically viable concepts and deployment strategies that support large-scale adoption of shared, renewable-powered charging.
Shared Charging project
This Project is funded through the Climate and Energy Fund of the Austrian Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure and guided by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).
Partners
Shared Charging Project in the Press & Media
“Clear signals for Carinthia’s sustainable future.”
“Twelve partners from business and science are developing a jointly usable charging system for electric vehicles.”
“The charging of the future is being created in Carinthia.”