How we can embrace the electrical vehicle transition by adopting smart charging

May 20, 2019

A electric charging port is seen attached to a 2018 Karma Revero, a plug-in hybrid vehicle, at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mark Blinch - RC18293DF3F0

Two million electric vehicles were sold in 2018 Image: REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Wolfgang Ketter

Professor of Information Systems for Sustainable Society, University of Cologne

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