EPFL gets its first fast-charging station for electric vehicles

EPFL's fast-charging station includes an interactive screen where users will be able to select how they'd like to charge their cars. ©Alain Herzog/EPFL - A team of EPFL engineers, in association with local businesses and authorities, are testing novel algorithms for the deployment of greener EV fast-charging stations. Electric cars can be great - except when you're short on time to charge them. Fast-charging stations partially address this issue but doing so with renewable electricity and without stressing the grid is a challenging task. Thanks to technologies being developed at EPFL's Distributed Electrical Systems Laboratory (DESL) and, its spin-off GridSteer, you'll soon be able to charge your car fast and on a greener way. A new fast-charging station is installed on EPFL's Lausanne campus, in collaboration with the EV charging stations operator GOFAST, with both station's charging slots open to the public. The main idea behind the station is to try out an innovative solution being developed at DESL and GridSteer and investigate new business models for electrifying Switzerland's transportation sector.