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Long-term strategic planning of inter-city fast charging infrastructure for battery electric vehicles

Journal Article · · Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Here, this study introduces a multistage mixed integer modeling framework for long-term strategic planning of the battery electric vehicle (BEV) inter-city fast charging infrastructure. In response to the growing BEV inter-city travel demand, the framework integrates both an optimization model for decisions on where and when to build charging stations and a stochastic queuing model to determine how many chargers are needed for each station. A genetic algorithm based heuristic method is developed to efficiently solve the problem. The model is applied to investigate the long-term infrastructure requirement in the state of California where significant growth in BEV demand is expected in coming decades. Our findings indicate that the charging infrastructure is expanded in both network coverage (number of stations) and service capacity (number of chargers per station) as the BEV demand grows. We also found that the infrastructure requirement is dependent on many factors, such as the BEV electrified range, the required level of service at charging stations, and the range anxiety cost. For most simulated scenarios, the results show that it is beneficial to invest in the inter-city fast charging infrastructure, even though the range anxiety cost is at its low end.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1471941
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1646907
Journal Information:
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Journal Name: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review Journal Issue: C Vol. 109; ISSN 1366-5545
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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