Electric Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) Power Transfer with On-Board Network and Capacitor-Link

This paper presents a new configuration and analysis to share energy between electric vehicle to vehicle (V2V). The proposed converter uses on-board equipment of the electric vehicle (EV) and an externally connected capacitor. This configuration is capable of transferring energy between EVs with either identical or non-identical battery ratings. Further, it uses only the DC-DC converter components of the on-board equipment. Thus, reduces the number of devices conduction during the V2V power transfer. The operation of the proposed arrangement is validated by using simulation studies and the results are presented for different battery charging conditions.