Comprehensive Review of Recent Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

The uncertainty associated with modelling and performance of Electric Vehicle (EV) design could be easily and efficiently reduced by using hybridized renewable energy sources. During the past decade the struggle for effective utilization of EVs was very high due to its unreliability interns of durability and sources of charge. This review classified charge station into renewable, nonrenewable and hybrid based on its sources of power generation. In addition, for this decade there is no extensive and comprehensive review on applicability of renewable, non-renewable and hybrid models for performance prediction and modelling of EVs. Therefore, this article focuses on extensive review of design, modelling, battery backup, battery durability, Efficiency Enhancement (EE) components and connectors, advantages and disadvantages of each design based on renewable, non-renewable and hybrid EV charge stations. Furthermore, a total of 15 selected recent articles on the EV charge station together with its technology were reviewed. The review showed the suitability and reliability of renewable, non-renewable, and hybridized EV charge stations. It also showed that hybridization of renewable energy sources with suitable EE components and connectors gave the best EV design in terms of fast charging, priority scheduling and excellent battery backup. Finally, this review presents guide for researchers and engineers in the field of EVs in selecting the best and suitable design to adopt when designing EV charge stations