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Chapter 3 Advanced Charging System for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Battery Electric Vehicles Muhammad Aziz Additional information is available at the end of the chapter http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.68287 Abstract The increase of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) results in higher electricity demand for their charging. In addition, the uncon- trolled and timely concentrated charging is potential to decrease the quality of electricity. This condition has encouraged the development of advanced charging system, which is able to facilitate quick charging with minimum impacts on the electrical grid. This chapter explains some issues related to charging of PHEVs and BEVs including some available charging systems, charging behaviour and developed charging system employ- ing battery for assistance during charging. In analysis of charging behaviour, the effect of ambient temperature to charging rate is clarified. Higher ambient temperature, such as during summer, leads to higher charging rate compared to one during winter. As advanced charging system, a battery-assisted charging system for PHEVs and BEVs is also described. The evaluation results in terms of their performance to facilitate a quick, simultaneous charging as well as reduce the stress of electrical grid due to massively uncontrolled charging are also provided. This system is considered as one of the appro- priate solutions that can be adopted in the near future to avoid problems on electrical grid due to massive charging of PHEVs and BEVs. Keywords: simultaneous charging, battery assistance, charging behaviour, charging rate 1. Introduction Electric vehicles (EVs) have received an intensive attention during the last decade due to their characteristics as vehicles as well as other additional benefits that cannot be offered by conven- tional vehicles. A massive deployment of electric vehicles can reduce the total consumption of fossil fuel, therefore, cuts down the greenhouse gas emission [1]. In addition, as they have © 2017 The Author(s). Licensee InTech. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.