EVS36 — 36th Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exposition
Lecture Sessions

2B - Strategies for Wireless Charging

Monday, June 12, 2023

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Ballroom B4

11:30 am-11:50 am

Automatically adjustable impedance compensation for electric vehicle wireless charging

Hongliang Pang
The University of Hong Kong
China

Hongliang Pang (Student Member, IEEE) received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees from Tianjin University, China in 2017 and 2020, respectively. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University of Hong Kong. His current research interests include electric vehicle technologies, wireless power transfer, electric vehicle technologies, and Power-electronic-based impedance matching.

11:50 am-12:10 pm

Adaptive variable-current wireless charging for electric vehicles with higher power transfer capability

Zhichao Hua
The University of Hong Kong
China

Zhichao Hua (Student Member, IEEE) received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering and automation from Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2016 and the M.Eng. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2019, respectively. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. His research interests include power electronics, wireless power transfer techniques and electric vehicle technologies.

12:10 pm-12:30 pm

Optimal vehicle routing and energy scheduling in wireless electric vehicle energy network via reinforcement learning approach

Chaoran Si
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Chaoran Si received the B.Eng. and B.M. degrees from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in 2018, and the M.Eng. degree from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2021. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include wireless vehicular energy network, electric vehicle technologies and smart grid.

12:30 pm-12:50 pm

Experience from first year with wireless charging fleet in Gothenburg green city zone

Robert Eriksson
Volvo Cars, Vehicle Propulsion
Sweden

Robert Eriksson has a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University. Robert has more than 30 years of experience at Volvo Cars working with various electrification research and development programs and holds a role as Senior Technical Leader in the field of Electric Propulsion Architecture and Electromobility. Robert is actively leading several activities with external partners in the global arena closely related to the automotive industry transformation with a sustainable society in focus.