Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence

We bring together experts from across Cardiff University to investigate and help address the remaining barriers to the widespread introduction of electric vehicles.

The Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence (EVCE) at Cardiff University is a multi-disciplinary centre that is unique in academic electric vehicle (EV) research teams.

We bring together experts from Cardiff University School of Engineering, Cardiff Business School’s Centre for Automotive Industry Research (CAIR) and the School of Psychology to investigate and help address the remaining barriers to the widespread introduction of electric vehicles.

The barriers preventing the widespread introduction of electric vehicles are often not just technological ones, but can be due to regulations, user or potential user attitudes.

There are also potential barriers due to the new relationships along the value chain that these new technologies bring with them. These include the transition needed within the existing automotive supply chain. The future of existing suppliers less secure (e.g. valves, pistons, camshafts), while new suppliers are not necessarily used to working with automotive clients (batteries, traction motors, ICT). But they also go beyond the conventional automotive supply chain where links with energy suppliers are now increasingly valued, while the move towards connected and autonomous vehicles also creates the need for new relationships and partnerships.

All three participating Schools have a track record in various aspects of the EV value chain, including areas such as smart grids, energy demand scenarios for EVs, regulatory options and incentives, consumer barriers and incentives.

All three Schools are among the top ranking in their disciplines in the UK, the Schools of Psychology and Business in the top ten, while in global rankings, the Business School was recently ranked within the top 100 and the School of Psychology in the top 40.

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Investigator(s)	Funder	Title	Date	Amount
Mourshed, Rezgui, Cipcigan, Rana	European Commission (FP7)	Multi-Agent Systems and secured coupling of Telecom and Energy grids for next generation smart grid services (MAS2TERING)	2014-2017	£396,378 and £25,284
Cipcigan, Jenkins, Rana, Burnap	EPSRC (with TSB)	Ebbs and flows of energy systems	2014-2017	£345,145
Cipcigan	Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng)	Future balancing services for high level of embedded electricity generation	2015-2016	£30,000
Burnap, Rana, Cipcigan	EADS UK	SCADA Cyber Security Lifecycle	2014-2016	£277,660
Jenkins, Wu, Cipcigan	EPSRC via Imperial College London	Economics and grid planning for smart electromobility	2013-2016	£325,170
Whitmarsh, Xenias, Cipcigan	European Commission	Empowering e-fleets for business and private purposes in cities (Ebridge)	2013-2016	£146,628
Davies, Nieuwenhuis, Cipcigan	ERDF INTERREG IVb	ENEVATE2	2014-2015	n/a
Cipcigan	National Grid	Energy strategy and policy	2015	£10,000
Cipcigan, Rana	Innovate UK	Ebb and flow energy systems	2013	£10,665
Cipcigan	Innovate UK	Agent-based controllers for electric vehicles and microgenerators	2012-2013	£4,560
Cipcigan	EPSRC	Smart management of electric vehicles	2011-2013	£93,402
Whitmarsh, Xenias, Cipcigan	UKERC via University of Westminster	Scenarios for the development of smart grids in the UK	2011-2013	£140,270
Davies, Nieuwenhuis, Cipcigan	ERDF INTERREG IVb	European network on electric vehicles and transferring expertise (ENEVATE)	2010-2013	£355,408
Cipcigan, Holford, Davies	EPSRC	Pathways Electric Vehicle Value Chain - Bridging the Gaps	2011-2012	£39,164
Ekanayake, Jenkins, Cipcigan, Wu	European Commission (FP7)	Mobile Energy Resources in Grids of Electricity (MERGE)	2010-2011	£238,55