The Electric Vehicle Symposium, EVS 38, took place in Gothenburg in June, and was attended by about 3800 participants from over 55 countries. Swedish Electromobility Centre had a strong presence at the conference with many speakers and partners in the exhibition area. SEC also had the opportunity to participate at both Chalmers University Technology’s and RISE’s exhibition stands.
One of the conference highlights was when Anders Nordelöf, leader of SEC theme area Environment & Society, together with Anita Bongards, received EVS 38 Best Lecture Paper Award. The selection was done by the EVS 38 International Programme Committee based on the quality of the abstracts, the full paper reviews, and the overall contribution to the field.
Title: “Allocating the environmental burdens in co-production of rare earth elements for EV magnets”.
Increasing interest in charging and infrastructure
One reflection from the conference was the trend of an increasing interest for charging and infrastructure. At EVS 30 in Stuttgart 2017 the conference contributions within this topic was 17 percent, which then increased slightly in Lyon and Oslo. At EVS 38 in Gothenburg the interest had risen up to 30 percent. The increasing interest in charging and infrastructure was also visibly notable in the exhibition area with many different actors present. There was also a lot of focus on heavy duty vehicles and megawatt charging.
Linda Olofsson, director of Swedish Electromobility Centre
“I’m very proud that we had so many SEC researchers presenting at EVS38, and of course, I want to congratulate Anders on winning the best paper award. EVS is an arena that gives a lot of value to all actors, so it’s important for us as a research centre to participate. I found it very interesting to listen to many influential actors and their discussions on how tariffs and other global uncertainties are affecting e-mobility. The path towards e-mobility might not be as a straight path as we thought, but my impression is that everyone is working on solutions to overcome these obstacles. At the exhibition floor it was clear that megawatt charging solutions are emerging on a broad front, and this was the first time that I’ve seen the heavy duty vehicle manufacturers at EVS. This shows that e-mobility is constantly progressing,” says Linda Olofsson.
Interviews with participants at EVS 38
SEC also had the opportunity to interview some of the participants at EVS 38, to get their views on the conference and e-mobility.
International Energy Agency
Floox
Enedis
Gustav Klein