Impact of public electric vehicle charging infrastructure
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Our work uses market analysis and simulation to explore the potential of public charging infrastructure to spur US battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales, increase national electrified mileage, and lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. By employing both scenario and parametric analysis for policy driven injection of public charging stations we find the following: (1) For large deployments of public chargers, DC fast chargers are more effective than level 2 chargers at increasing BEV sales, increasing electrified mileage, and lowering GHG emissions, even if only one DC fast charging station can be built for every ten level 2 charging stations. (2) A national initiative to build DC fast charging infrastructure will see diminishing returns on investment at approximately 30,000 stations. (3) Some infrastructure deployment costs can be defrayed by passing them back to electric vehicle consumers, but once those costs to the consumer reach the equivalent of approximately 12¢/kWh for all miles driven, almost all gains to BEV sales and GHG emissions reductions from infrastructure construction are lost.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Program (EE-2G)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1399883
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2016-12274J; PII: S136192091630757X
- Journal Information:
- Transportation Research. Part D, Transport and Environment, Journal Name: Transportation Research. Part D, Transport and Environment Vol. 64; ISSN 1361-9209
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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