Smart charging of large fleets of Electric Vehicles: Independent Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning approaches

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.31347v1
• Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:43:55 GMT
• Title: Smart charging of large fleets of Electric Vehicles: Independent Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning approaches
• Abstract summary: This work compares two independent multi-agent reinforcement learning approaches for optimizing decentralized EV charging.<n>Using a realistic simulation environment with autonomous agents making decisions based on local environmental information, we evaluate their performance across varying congestion levels.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: The electrification of transportation through electric vehicles introduces new challenges for power grid management, such as increased peak demand, voltage fluctuations, line overloads, and the integration of variable renewable energy sources. To enable efficient integration of EVs while minimizing costs for users and avoiding network overloads, implicit coordination between EVs is required. This work compares two independent multi-agent reinforcement learning approaches for optimizing such decentralized EV charging: contextual combinatorial bandits and policy gradient algorithms. Using a realistic simulation environment with autonomous agents making decisions based on local environmental information (including price signals, state-of-charge, and temporal constraints), we evaluate their performance across varying congestion levels, and mixed-strategy configurations with heterogeneous agent groups under dynamic electricity pricing derived from real photovoltaic production data.

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