Electric Vehicle Conference from 14 to 16 May 2025 in Stuttgart
- The second edition of the international conference series is being organised by DLR. The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) and Napier University Edinburgh are involved in the organisation as official supporters.
- The three-day event will focus on current challenges and developments in the field of electromobility. Key topics include charging infrastructure and freight transport.
- The preliminary conference programme is now available on the event website.
- Focus: Energy, electromobility, transport planning, market design
The 2nd Electric Vehicle Conference (EVC) will address current challenges and developments in the field of electromobility from 14 to 16 May 2025 in Stuttgart. As an international exchange forum for innovations, the three-day event with selected key topics in a total of 18 sessions aims to promote constructive dialogue for a more sustainable transport landscape between experts from industry, business and academia. The German Aerospace Center (DLR; as organiser) as well as the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) and Napier University Edinburgh (both as official supporters) have now published the preliminary conference programme. Registrations are still possible until 20 April 2025.
The thematic spectrum of the conference is divided into political-social, technical and economic aspects. For example, regulatory measures and strategies required to increase the acceptance of electric cars in different countries and population groups will be discussed. Individual case studies will provide an insight into the specific challenges in California, Indonesia and Germany, for example.
Several sessions will deal with the charging infrastructure. Charging electric vehicles in multi-unit residences will be discussed, as will the reliability of solar panels in residential areas as an energy source for electric vehicles. Empirical studies, for example on funding strategies for intelligent charging decisions, or model-based calculations of charging requirements will also be presented. The participants will also discuss the vehicle-to-grid potential, which can enable grid-friendly mobility by means of bidirectional charging stations.
Several sessions will also deal with the topic of load transport and commercial goods transport. These include a simulation tool for modelling the driving costs of heavy commercial vehicles with battery swaps, the load shifting potential of electric vehicle fleets in Germany and the optimised marketing of bidirectional charging capacities for commercial freight transport. A practical example also illustrates the economic impact for a Mexican micro-entrepreneur of converting to electric lorries in freight transport.
The conference programme will be rounded off by a panel discussion and three keynote speeches: Prof. Eleftheria Ria Kontou from the University of Ilinois Urbana-Champaign will speak on the economic challenges of bringing electric vehicles to market uptake. Prof. Joeri Van Mierlo (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) will outline the current technical challenges of charging electric vehicles. In addition, the keynote speech by Franz Loogen (e-mobil BW) will deal with the challenges of finding the right electric vehicles policies.
The biennial international Electric Vehicle Conference is recognised as a beacon for collaboration and innovation in the field of electric mobility, with the goal of a greener future powered by electric mobility. The conference series has its roots in the pioneering work of the Transport Research Institute (TRI) at Edinburgh Napier University. The institute launched annual events on the topic of electric vehicles back in 2015, creating a regular discussion platform for current challenges and developments in the field of electric mobility. The basic idea of a format in which experts from different backgrounds can exchange knowledge and shape the future of sustainable transport ultimately led to the first international Electric Vehicle Conference, which the TRI hosted in Edinburgh in June 2023.