EV Charging Design

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Electric vehicles (EV)’s have been the center of the car trend for years now ever since Tesla motors was able to captivate the world with their sleek electric cars and prove to the automobile industry that building EV’s can be profitable. It has also become a western agenda for countries to begin cutting down on carbon emissions that lead to ozone depletion and global warming. With this major initiative and consumer trend continuing, electric vehicles expected to be nearly 30% of new vehicle sales by 2025 and more than 50% by 2040. Annual sales of EVs will be nearly 5.6 million in 2030, reaching more than 32 percent of annual light-duty vehicle sales in 2030. 

Along with this trend is the need for charging this new wave of vehicles that will be on the road shortly. Currently, charger installation is falling far behind the pace of EV production. There are now more than three million EVs on the road and over 130,000 public chargers across the country. Private, commercial, and public property owners must now look at ways to accommodate these new types of vehicles in order to appeal to these drivers and allow for streamlined commerce. Fleet vehicle owners are also incorporating EV’s into their fleets and must begin investigating ways to upgrade their facility in order to be able to charge their vehicles.

This summary intends to educate the reader on the types of chargers, ways to implement EV charging, and the impact that charging will have on electrical systems. The report will outline typical electrical diagrams for installations.