Do I need to charge right now? Tailored choice architecture design can increase preferences for electric vehicle smart charging

A Literature Review on the Charging Behaviour of Private Electric Vehicles

“…Attention to environmental issues emerges when investigating the positive correlation between the WTP and the portion of recharge energy from renewable sources [46]. The willingness to participate in smart-charging projects that can reduce costs and increase the share of renewable energy has also been confirmed [47]. Controlled charging is an efficient method for minimizing peak demand and maximizing the use of renewable sources while reducing costs, although privacy concerns remain [48].…”

“…Morning charging near multi-family homes occurs with a lower initial SOC than charging near single-family homes [116], and public charging, especially fast forms, has the lowest initial SOC values [105,116,128]. Users tend to overestimate the importance of battery SOC in the charging decision, particularly for short trips [47], and tend to charge their batteries at a high SOC [81,92,101,104,112,116]. These findings may suggest that people tend to charge based on the availability of charging opportunities rather than necessity.…”