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In Conversation: Vehicle-to-Gautham

Gautham Ram completed an electrical engineering degree in his home city of Chennai, India, and won a scholarship to complete a master’s at TU Delft in the Netherlands. He subsequently completed a PhD on the topic of charging EVs with solar. Speaking with pv magazine, Ram gave insights on his life, ongoing research, and his thoughts on EVs and charging.

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Tristan Rayner

08 Jul 2021

Image: TU Delft

A key outcome of Gautham Ram’s recent research on where solar intersects with EVs was a collaboration with industry to build a bidirectional vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charger. Importantly, the charger is powered by solar panels using smart-charging algorithms. Ram started as an assistant professor at TU Delft in 2019, and said academia’s opportunities continue to …

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