Resilience of Electric Vehicle Charging in Cold Climate

The performance and service life of electric vehicle (EV) batteries degrade deadly in cold climate, and heating is a common-but-expensive option to survive EVs in this case. Coordinating the heating and charging demand at scale has great potential to enhance the climate resilience of EVs. In this talk, we propose a novel station-level decision system to simultaneously manage the EV heating and charging demand. With a thermal dynamic model and a temperature-aware EV charging model, we conduct a rigorous assessment of cold temperature impacts on the EV charging performance and lifespan. The key findings of this talk are informative to enhance the climate resilience of EVs and contribute to the construction of green charging stations.