The purpose of this project is to create a map showcasing the distribution of charging stations in the surrounding areas of Uppsala city in Uppsala Municipality. Additionally, the project examines the expected development of electric car utilization, identifies essential requirements, and highlights significant actors driving this development. Through an analysis of factors, such as demographic data, geographical data, car fleet data, car density and travel patterns, the project seeks to gain insight into the present and future usage patterns of electric cars. By understanding these factors, the research contributes to a better understanding of the dynamics surrounding the adoption of electric cars outside cities. Moreover, this project provides information on the optimal placement of charging infrastructure to facilitate the transition towards electric mobility. Calculations and assumptions are made to calculate the total number of electric cars in Uppsala city's surrounding areas in 2040. Based on this number, the total installed public power capacity needed is calculated in accordance with an EU regulation called AFIR. The total capacity is distributed on five different power capacities to match the need at each location. To achieve this, key actors have been examined. In addition, development and key actors in Norway are analyzed to examine similarities and to give a brief view into the future.  The results indicate that there will be a significant increase of electric cars in Uppsala Municipality. Therefore, expanding the charging infrastructure is shown to be essential. Due to the expected high usage of home charging outside cities, public charging is believed to be mostly necessary for tourists and passersby. Nevertheless, there are uncertainties that could influence the development of electric cars, which in turn would have an impact on the results. Finally, there follows a discussion both on the results and factors which could have affected the model.

This work examines the local distribution system in two residential areas in two Swedish towns, Oxelösund and Karlskrona, and studies how integration of PV systems and electric vehicle (EV) charging stations (CS) will affect the present distribution system. The research questions focus on the economic feasibility of a LVDC system, how it compares to a traditional LVAC (low voltage alternating current) system from an economic and technical perspective, and the possibilities a LVDC system brings to other DC component applications. The Swedish government aims to have a fossil-free vehicle fleet by 2030 and one of the measures is no fossil-fuel burning vehicle will be produced and sold in Sweden. This means the number of CS, and the charging infrastructure around these, need to be developed, to contribute to this goal and sustain this transformation. A connected issue is that updates on the regulations for non concession-regulated networks (IKN) in January 2022 extended the basic preconditions and allows possibilities for energy sharing between buildings. The new regulations are also in favor of micro-production and contribute to more decentralised systems. Connections of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) to the distribution system are expected to increase in the coming years. Grid-connected solar PV systems in Sweden have increased by 56% between 2019 and 2020, and at the same time EVs are becoming more apparent on the roads. These DC-(direct current) based technologies, and the possible need to strengthen local networks to accommodate new sources and loads, are bringing new opportunities for low voltage direct current (LVDC) based distribution systems. To answer the research questions, two different models with different concepts, parallel pure DC and parallel AC/DC, were built in simulation software. The conclusion of this study is that a traditional LVAC system is preferable over pure DC system from both economic and technical perspective for already connected areas, such as the two areas in this project. A parallel pure DC system might be preferable in newly built areas with substantial PV and EV, where exchange is wanted between buildings with separate AC grid connections. / Detta examnesarbetet undersöker det lokala distributionssystemet i två bostadsområden, i Oxelösund och Karlskrona. Arbetet fokuserar på hur (nya) anslutningar av solceller och laddstationer för elfordon (CS) kommer att påverka det nuvarande distributionsnätet i områdena. Forskningsfrågorna fokuserar på den ekonomiska genomförbarheten av ett LVDC-system, och hur det är jämfört med ett traditionellt LVAC-system (lågspänningsväxelström) ur ett ekonomiskt och tekniskt perspektiv, samt vilka möjligheter ett LVDC-system kan bidra med till andra DC-komponenttillämpningar. Den svenska regeringen ämnar ha en fossilfri fordonsflotta år 2030 och en av åtgärderna till målet är att sluta producera och sälja fossildrivna fordon i Sverige. Det innebär att antalet CS samt en laddingsinfrastruktur behöver utvecklas för att kunna bidra till målet och upprätthålla omställningen. De senaste uppdateringarna i regelverket för icke koncessionspliktiga nät (IKN) i januari 2022 vidgade de grundläggande förutsättningarna och bidrog till större möjligheter till energidelning mellan flera huskroppar. Det nya regelverket gynnar mikroproduktion och bidrar också till mer decentraliserade system. Anslutningar av RES till distributionsnätet förväntas öka under de kommande åren. Nätanslutna solcellsanläggningar i Sverige ökade med 56% mellan 2019 och 2020, samtidigt som det blir fler och fler elbilar på vägarna. Dessa DC-(likströms) baserade teknik kan öppna upp nya möjligheter för ett lågspänningslikström- (LVDC) baserad distributionssystem. För att besvara forskningsfrågorna byggdes två olika modeller med olika koncept, parallell ren DC och parallell AC/DC i simuleringsprogram. Slutsatsen av denna studien är att ett traditionellt LVAC-system är att föredra framför rent DC-system ur både ekonomiskt och tekniskt perspektiv för redan anslutna områden, som de två områdena i detta projekt. Ett parallellt rent DC-system kan vara att föredra i oanslutna områden, dvs nya bostadsområden under utveckling.