Which Factors Can Protect Against Range Stress in Everyday Usage of Battery Electric Vehicles? Toward Enhancing Sustainability of Electric Mobility Systems

Franke, Thomas; Rauh, Nadine; Günther, Madlen; Trantow, Maria; Krems, Josef F.

doi:10.1177/0018720815614702

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“…Driving experience of BEV is not included in our research. However, assuming that the driver's driving experience of BEV is positively connected with the total driving experience and combining the results of [1,2] with ours, the size of safety buffer can be found to be negatively connected to the level of range anxiety. That is currently a hypothesis and the connection between safety buffer and range anxiety level requires further investigation.…”

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“…High levels of range anxiety can potentially lead to negative effects on BEV drivers' emotion and even cause dangerous driving behaviors. Due to this potential safety issue, several research projects ( [1,2]) have been developed in order to understand range anxiety including appraisal models and influential factors, and further, several solutions are proposed in the literature to reduce the range anxiety.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To enhance the understanding of factors which can relieve range anxiety, Thomas Franke et al [2] designed a field study setting to examine several factors that possibly contribute to lower everyday range stress (ERS). The study revealed the fact that variables such as less encounter with critical range situations, higher practical experience, subjective range competence, tolerance of low range, and experienced trustworthiness of the range estimation system 2 Journal of Advanced Transportation were related to lower ERS, and range stress is found to be related to range satisfaction and battery electric vehicle acceptance.…”

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Investigation on Range Anxiety and Safety Buffer of Battery Electric Vehicle Drivers

Yuan

Hao

et al. 2018

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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Drivers tend to have more range anxiety compared with driving traditional fuel vehicles if they are driving battery electric vehicle (BEV) with a long trip. Range anxiety could potentially have negative effect on driver's emotions and behaviors. In order to understand this behavior and improve the related safety issues, this paper will focus on BEV drivers' study in China. A survey on BEV drivers' actual range anxiety as well as the effect of range anxiety on drivers' behaviors is conducted in this research. Levels of feelings and attitudes of the interviewees are quantized with Likert scales using mathematical tools of the relationship. Safety buffer is defined as a measurement of the period given range anxiety starting to significantly intervene in driver's operation. The research reveals the proportional quotative relationship between BEV drivers' safety buffer and the mileage of trip. Factors, including driving experience, satisfactory level of recharge accessibility, and resistibility to emotions, are found to be significant contributing factors to influence the perceived range anxiety level of BEV drivers. This research will provide implications to the future study on the interface design of BEV.

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Investigation on Range Anxiety and Safety Buffer of Battery Electric Vehicle Drivers

Yuan

Hao

et al. 2018

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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“…Positive market response to targeted support measures [13,15,[17][18][19][20] Zero tailpipe emissions [21][22][23] Low operational noise levels [24][25][26] Local air quality benefits [21,22] Low operational costs [10,22] No fossil fuel use [22,23] Improved driving experience [27,28] Positive public image [27,29] Weaknesses High sticker prices for EVs [10,13,19,21,22,30] Shorter range and long recharging time [19,21,30,31] Lack of sufficient charging infrastructure and harmonized standards [15,[21][22][23] Grid restrictions [22,23,32] High battery prices [12,21,22] Limited model choice and after sales support [25,33] Higher emissions in EV and power production [21,23] Lower range real life vs certified…”

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Will Electric Vehicles Be Killed (again) or Are They the Next Mobility Killer App?

2020

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Electric vehicles (EVs) have been around for more than a hundred years. Nevertheless, their deployment has not been a sustainable success up until now. Many scientists, engineers and policymakers argue that EVs are a promising, maybe even indispensable option to achieve ambitious decarbonization goals, if powered by electricity from renewable energy sources. At the moment, the EVs market is gaining a lot of momentum and we may be near the point of no return for a sustained mass market deployment of electric vehicles. Many papers exist that describe future prospects of EVs. In our commentary we try to provide a bigger picture view and look at market and societal aspects. We analyze why previous generations of EVs were not successful and how current electric vehicles could become a sustainable success. We perform a semi-quantitative Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) analysis and find that current electric vehicle designs are technologically on par with or better than conventional alternatives. Car buyers go electric when the economics make sense to them. We conclude that incentives are needed for electric vehicles until battery costs lower—as much as to allow EVs to become cheaper—from a total cost of ownership (TCO) perspective, than other alternatives. Other policy measures are needed to overcome remaining barriers, especially in supporting the setup and operation of publicly accessible recharging points to overcome range anxiety. EVs in isolation may not be the next mobility killer app. The real next mobility killer app may emerge as an autonomous shared EV in a world where the border between public and private transport will cease to exist. The findings of our commentary are relevant for scientists, policymakers and industry.

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“…With regard to BEV usage, limited range is frequently under discussion as a major challenge for acceptance-in particular, when compared to vehicles with ICE [21]. In this context, the terms range anxiety and range stress are commonly used to describe concerns about getting stranded with a BEV due to a discharged battery [22,23]. Regarding the terminology, range anxiety and range stress are often considered in close connection, due to conceptual overlaps [24].…”

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Under Pressure—Users’ Perception of Range Stress in the Context of Charging and Traditional Refueling

Philipsen

Brell

Biermann

et al. 2019

WEVJ

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Although electric drives can locally reduce the environmental impact of traffic, the penetration rates of battery electric vehicles (BEV) are far below expectations, not least because the charging infrastructure network is still considered insufficient by potential users. Therefore, the planning of charging infrastructure that considers both needs and user requirements is essential to remove an important barrier to widespread adaptation of e-vehicles, but it is also a challenge. A better understanding of the charging behavior and the underlying usage motivation is therefore needed. A frequently mentioned factor is the so-called range stress. While there are many studies on this subject with new BEV users, there is a lack of approaches that also include experienced e-vehicle users and at the same time allow a comparison with drivers of cars with internal combustion engines (ICE). In this paper, this is realized with the help of a questionnaire study ( n = 204 ). The results show that ICE and BEV users at different experience levels hardly differ regarding the perceived range stress; BEV users even perceive less stress. BEV users also showed more trust in the vehicle and in the tank/battery indicators, while this trust depends only marginally on the type of information provided by the car. Furthermore, there is a correlation between users’ technology commitment and risk-taking, on the one hand, and range stress, on the other. However, for the prediction of range stress, gender, experience with e-cars, and the question of whether cars are privately owned, or car-sharing is used, are more relevant.

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Which Factors Can Protect Against Range Stress in Everyday Usage of Battery Electric Vehicles? Toward Enhancing Sustainability of Electric Mobility Systems

Abstract: Trustworthiness should be employed as a key benchmark variable in the design of range estimation systems, and assistance systems should target increasing drivers' adaptive capacity (i.e., resilience) to cope with critical range situations.

Cited by 39 publications

References 37 publications

Investigation on Range Anxiety and Safety Buffer of Battery Electric Vehicle Drivers

Investigation on Range Anxiety and Safety Buffer of Battery Electric Vehicle Drivers

Will Electric Vehicles Be Killed (again) or Are They the Next Mobility Killer App?

Under Pressure—Users’ Perception of Range Stress in the Context of Charging and Traditional Refueling

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