Impact of EV Charging Stations Reliability, Resilience, and Location on EV Adoption
This online engineering PDH course provides an in-depth analysis of how charging station reliability, resilience, and geographic deployment affect electric vehicle (EV) adoption in the United States.
This course explores the role of charging infrastructure in reducing range anxiety, ensuring equitable access, and accelerating EV adoption. It covers charging station performance factors such as uptime, maintenance, and failure causes, while highlighting how availability, reliability, and location shape consumer confidence and long-term market growth. This course also addresses resilience issues, including weather impacts, durability, and grid reliability.
In addition, this course examines the interaction between EVSE and the electric grid, focusing on peak demand, load management, and smart charging for greater resilience. Through case studies and modeling, it shows how infrastructure density, incentives, and policies influence EV adoption, equipping participants with a clear view of the technical and policy levers driving market expansion.
This 4 PDH online course is applicable to automotive engineers, transportation designers, as well as other technical professionals interested in the design infrastructure strategies that accelerate EV adoption while supporting a stable and sustainable grid.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Understanding the current state of EV charging infrastructure in the U.S., including charger types and reliability metrics
- Differentiating between EVSE availability, reliability, and resilience, and explaining their impact on EV adoption
- Identifying major causes of charging failures and customer pain points from industry surveys and reports
- Evaluating maintenance requirements, costs, and emerging business models for sustaining EVSE uptime
- Analyzing the relationship between charging station density and EV sales through surveys and modeling data
- Examining challenges of deploying EVSE in different contexts, such as urban vs. rural settings and varied grid conditions
- Assessing the impacts of extreme weather, disasters, and outages on EVSE performance and adoption
- Understanding how EVs and EVSE affect grid reliability, including load growth, demand management, and smart charging
- Applying insights from case studies and modeling to guide infrastructure planning and equitable EV policies
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