Determining optimal locations for charging stations of electric car-sharing systems under stochastic demand

Brandstätter, G.; Kahr, Michael; Leitner, Markus

doi:10.1016/j.trb.2017.06.009

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“…This provides a need for a better understanding under which circumstances fast charging may provide a realistic alternative to level 2 public charging. Additionally, modalities such as taxis [4,5] and car sharing [6] are also switching to electric vehicles. They will make use of the same fast charging infrastructure.…”

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Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Needs in Cities and along Corridors

Wolbertus

Hoed

2019

WEVJ

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Fast charging is seen as a means to facilitate long-distance driving for electric vehicles (EVs). As a result, roll-out planning generally takes a corridor approach. However, with higher penetration of electric vehicles in urban areas, cities contemplate whether inner-city fast chargers can be an alternative for the growing amount of slow public chargers. For this purpose, more knowledge is required in motives and preferences of users and actual usage patterns of fast chargers. Similarly, with increasing charging speeds of fast chargers and different modes (taxi, car sharing) also switching to electric vehicles, the effect of charging speed should be evaluated as well as preferences amongst different user groups. This research investigates the different intentions and motivations of EV drivers at fast charging stations to see how charging behaviour at such stations differs using both data analysis from charging stations as a survey among EV drivers. Additionally, it estimates the willingness of EV drivers to use fast charging as a substitute for on-street home charging given higher charging speeds. The paper concludes that limited charging speeds imply that EV drivers prefer parking and charging over fast charging but this could change if battery developments allow higher charging speeds.

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Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Needs in Cities and along Corridors

Wolbertus

Hoed

2019

WEVJ

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“…Each node n has an estimated cost c N n for constructing a pair of parking spaces at n, as well as a capacity of pairs of parking spaces m N n . We estimate the price c s ′ and the capacity m s ′ of s ′ using the weighted average of the nodes' values within N (s ′ ) in constraints (5) and (6). Constraint (6) sets m s ′ to the rounded value of α T m N .…”

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“…Electric car sharing programs are a method for urban centres to combat traffic congestion and pollution [5,6] as well as to promote the use of green technologies. In one-way electric car sharing programs such as Autolib' [3] in Paris, France, users are able to use and return vehicles to any charging station in the network.…”

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Charging station optimization for balanced electric car sharing

Deza

Huang

Metel

2022

Discrete Applied Mathematics

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This work focuses on finding optimal locations for charging stations for one-way electric car sharing programs. The relocation of vehicles by a service staff is generally required in vehicle sharing programs in order to correct imbalances in the network. We seek to limit the need for vehicle relocation by strategically locating charging stations given estimates of traffic flow. A mixed-integer linear programming formulation is presented with a large number of potential charging station locations. A column generation approach is used which finds an optimal set of locations for the continuous relaxation of our problem. Results of a numerical experiment using real traffic and geographic information system location data show that our formulation significantly increases the balanced flow across the network, while our column generation technique was found to produce a superior solution in much shorter computation time compared to solving the original formulation with all possible station locations.

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“…During the last decade, research has focused on vehicle sharing systems from a variety of perspectives. Several studies are concerned with practical functionalities in the implementation of VSSs, such as the location of bike stations [17], and charging stations for electric cars [18]. Moreover, researchers have modelled the optimisation of the location and number of bicycle stations [19][20][21].…”

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Comfort First! Vehicle-Sharing Systems in Urban Residential Areas: The Importance for Everyday Mobility and Reduction of Car Use among Pilot Users

2019

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The aim of this study is to explore to what extent a vehicle-sharing system (VSS) that includes electric bicycles and cars, connected to a block of apartments in a middle-sized city in Sweden, can cater for individuals’ everyday mobility needs and reduce the need to own a car. The study connects to two different research areas: the usage of VSS and mobility transitions through pilot projects. Our results show a reluctance to voluntarily sacrifice comfort regarding everyday energy use. Owning and using a private car is to a high degree interpreted as convenient. The results from this study suggest that a VSS has the potential to satisfy mobility needs for people living in urban areas. However, in order for it to be successful, both in terms of satisfying mobility needs as well as being regarded as an attractive alternative to private car ownership, we argue that reconfiguration of modal choice and accessibility on different sociotechnical levels is a necessity. Interventions such as satisfactory public transport and better infrastructure for cycling and walking are suggested, as well as stricter parking regulations, banning cars in certain areas and making car use and ownership more expensive. In other words, the deployment of both soft and hard measures in combination is necessary.

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Determining optimal locations for charging stations of electric car-sharing systems under stochastic demand

Cited by 154 publications

References 28 publications

Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Needs in Cities and along Corridors

Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Needs in Cities and along Corridors

Charging station optimization for balanced electric car sharing

Comfort First! Vehicle-Sharing Systems in Urban Residential Areas: The Importance for Everyday Mobility and Reduction of Car Use among Pilot Users

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