1st ICAI 2020

International Conference on Automotive Industry 2020

Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

additional demand for electricity in the system. Studies indicate, however, that the aggregate impact on electricity demand is manageable. The Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz (CPFL – Brazilian Electric Power Plant Company) said that if the share of electric cars in the total vehicle fleet is 10% by 2030, the consumption of additional electric energy caused by these vehicles would be 1.6% (Gonçalves, 2018). The main transformation is the need for local electrical power required by these vehicles, which may vary depending on how the batteries will be recharged. In the case of disordered refills, there will most likely be an increase in the system’s peak demand, which can be mitigated if there are incentives for these refills to be carried out abroad. Smart grids will enable better management of vehicle recharging so that their impacts are minimized. This network configuration will allow electric vehicles to also become generators and not only energy consumers, injecting electricity into the network through the vehicle to grid (V2G) system. If used on a scale, the batteries of electric vehicles can contribute to compensate for the increased demand for energy caused by them and, eventually, even reduce the need for expansion of the system. For example, considering that an owner uses his car for 2 hours daily, equivalent to 8% of daily hours, the vehicle will be stopped for a considerable time during the day. In this time when you are stopped, the battery is powered by the grid and becomes available to the electricity system when necessary, such as at peak consumption times, for example. Likewise, V2G technology could act as a support for the intermittency of renewable energies. The electric sector model is already studying how to modernize itself to incorporate these new technologies and the new needs of the current consumer of electric energy. Considering that, until 2026, the projections made by EPE do not consider the entry of pure electric vehicles in the Brazilian scenario, the great challenge today for the agents of the sector is to prepare it for the moment when the EVs are fully established in the country. A Bill that is already being developed by the National Congress seeks to make it mandatory for electric utilities to install electrophores for EVs on public roads, in residential and commercial environments, in addition to requiring the public authorities to develop mechanisms that promote the installation, in residential buildings, of plugs for recharging EVs in parking spaces. This measure, in turn, already shows that there is a tendency towards the initial implementation of a regulated model in Brazil. The discussions, however, continue, so that there is still no indication for what will be the final model adopted by Brazil. 3. How the automotive sector in Brazil sees the arrival of the electric car The arrival of the electric car in Brazil is seen as an opportunity for the automotive sector, and not a threat. Undoubtedly, evolution for electric mobility will affect the oil industry, car manufacturers and the parts and equipment sectors for combustion vehicles. But these changes are part of the natural evolution of the industry. It is up to the automotive sector to adapt to the new times and to look at electric cars as new business opportunities.

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