Part of RAP and ICCT’s Benefits of EVs Through Smart Charging Global Project 

With economic forces and policy efforts encouraging transport electrification, it is critical that electric vehicle (EV) demand on the power grid be carefully integrated to avoid unnecessarily high costs for consumers and for the environment, all of which could slow down the transition to a cleaner transportation sector. Significant amounts of electric transport load can be made flexible and controllable, and this flexibility offers utilities a resource to help manage conditions as they change on the grid.

The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) in collaboration with the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has undertaken a global study series to assess the economic and environmental benefits of managing EV charging in the four largest global EV markets: China, the United States, Europe and India. Optimising electric heavy-duty truck charging in India is the second report of this global project. The report draws on scenario analysis of the Delhi-Jaipur transport corridor to explore the potential impact of smart charging by freight vehicles in India. Optimising electric heavy-duty truck charging in India points to reduced system and consumer costs as well as environmental benefits of using smart price signals to move a portion of e-truck charging into solar hours to utilise cheap solar PV energy.