About FEVER

FEVER aims to develop and demonstrate a fully grid independent, cost-effective, and socially acceptable, renewables powered electric vehicle charger.

About FEVER

Working towards meeting the UK government’s 2035 zero-emission pledge, and later 2050 climate goal, the FEVER project concentrates on the design, development, and demonstration of a 100% renewable-powered EV charging station, facilitated by an innovative off-vehicle energy store (OVES).

This will create a secure, year-round, grid-independent charging solution for EVs. Moving beyond the state-of-the-art technologies, a cost-effective and socially acceptable 'hybrid' OVES will be developed, that is suitable for both urban and rural deployment and use.

This interdisciplinary project, a Programme Grant funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), unites a diverse team of academic scientists and engineers (mechanical, electronics and electrical, computer science) and social scientists (psychology, economics and management) across four research-led UK universities: Southampton, Sheffield, Surrey and Portsmouth.

Working to pioneer the future of electric vehicle charging

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Responsible Research and Innovation

We will employ a responsible research and innovation (RRI) approach, working hard and reflexively to ‘do the right thing’ by those who will be affected by the FEVER project and its outcomes.

We will seek to anticipate and respond to direct and indirect risks and opportunities presented by our research programme.

Where relevant and possible, we will seek to involve stakeholders (including publics) in our decision-making processes in a meaningful, inclusive and participatory way.

We will operate transparently and seek to create opportunities for knowledge exchange, including with those from affected and/or underrepresented groups.

Environmental sustainability will be at the heart of all project activities and outcomes, and we will work hard to mitigate the environmental footprint of these activities and outcomes at global and local levels.

The consortium will work actively to unlock and promote the skills and knowledge among all members of the team, irrespective of disciplinary or demographic background.

Key focus:

01 — Decouple EV load from the National Grid

Renewable generation within an innovative off-vehicle energy storage (OVES) system will offer a secure, year-round, grid-independent charging system for the country’s electric vehicles.

02 — Help meet Government strategic targets

Through the electrification of transport, polluting fossil fuels and the harmful emissions generated by their consumption can be significantly reduced. This contributes towards meeting the Government’s 2035 zero-emission pledge, and subsequent 2050 climate goal.

03 — Commercially viable charging

We will design, develop and trial viable, low-cost, and socially endorsed grid-independent EV chargers through a combination of different energy storage technologies (including different battery technologies, flow cells, fuel cells and supercapacitors).

04 — Encourage wider take-up of EV charging

Moving beyond state-of-the-art technologies, a cost-effective and socially acceptable 'hybrid' OVES solution will be suitable for both urban and rural deployment and use.