AI and Distributed Ledger Technology - Integrated Billing Architecture for EV Roaming

Due to the proliferation of extended travel range electric vehicles (EVs) that will travel through different networks and be served by different utility companies, this research, featuring our insights and published in the IOT Journal, proposes an architecture capable of offering roaming services using blockchain and AI.

Although the energy internet supports both the flow of energy and information, it does not support seamless EV roaming service, because it is based on a centralized architecture. Distributed technology that is based on a decentralized system has the potential to support a secure billing platform for charging the EVs roaming through different electrical jurisdictions. Furthermore, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) ensures that the participating players get a fair portion of the revenue. Thus, the objective of this paper is to develop an AI and blockchain integrated billing architecture that would offer a charging service to the “roaming” EVs and present a fair and unified billing solution.

Read the paper here.