Claudiu Butacu, President EFdeN: “The coherent and functional 24/7 EV infrastructure is needed”

Claudiu Butacu, President & co-Founder EFdeN @ Grid Integration Of Electric Mobility Forum 2020: The coherent and functional 24/7 EV infrastructure is needed

“Within the overall development of the EV environment, the lack of a structured and 24/7 functional charging station national system is an impediment. Also, for prosumers, there is some lagging in reaching the financings, there are blockages, and this is a little bit disengaging. We are in touch with a lot of feedback from consumers, prosumers and they complain about that, even within the context of existence of technology, apps, tokens and online support, they sometimes face the sudden situation of not being able to fast charge the vehicle due to inadvertencies in the charging infrastructure. And this can be majorly disengaging.

Also, within the European and global context, when countries such as UK or Germany plan to forbid the selling of traditional-fueled cars and even hybrid, we, in Romania, still discuss about the development of parking lots. The mentality in Romania has to be changed in this respect and catch up with the surrounding trends.”

The statement has been uttered within the first edition of GRID INTEGRATION OF ELECTRIC MOBILITY FORUM 2020  organized recently by The Diplomat Bucharest.

Electric mobility is the power key-topic of the present demanding a fluent synergy of technology solutions providers, innovators, car producers and energy suppliers. The focus should be maintained on delivering the right technologies to enable a user-friendly integration of electric vehicles into INTELLIGENT POWER GRIDS. 

The event benefited from the support of GOLD PARTNERS Engie, Eximprod Grup, PARTNERS MOOn, Polifazer, ACUE, AFEER, World Energy Council, ARPEE, Asociatia Energia Inteligenta, EFdeN, Sea One, Wave, MEDIA PARTNERS Outsourcing Today, Financial Intelligence, Economistul, Romania Durabila, Club Economic.

The development of smart grid concept in power grid has advanced the role of ELECTRIC VEHICLES to grid technology. In recent years, it has seen an increasing interest in the deployment of Vehicle-to-Grid as a service to users of Electric Vehicles. The integration of grid technology allows bidirectional energy exchange between electric vehicles and the power grid.

Consequently, the automotive industry, the power suppliers and the developers of charging stations will synchronize within safe, feasible and effective smart power grids that include and enable the use of electric vehicles and the innovative technology.

The new era of mobility is already here. Critical technology trends in autonomous driving, electrification, and vehicle communication come with extraordinary pressures beyond the here and now.