Impact of public electric vehicle charging infrastructure
Abstract
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.
- Authors:
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- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1399883
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2016-12274J
Journal ID: ISSN 1361-9209; PII: S136192091630757X
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Transportation Research. Part D, Transport and Environment
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 64; Journal ID: ISSN 1361-9209
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; transporation energy; battery electric vehicle
Citation Formats
Levinson, Rebecca S., and West, Todd H. Impact of public electric vehicle charging infrastructure. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.trd.2017.10.006.
Levinson, Rebecca S., & West, Todd H. Impact of public electric vehicle charging infrastructure. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2017.10.006
Levinson, Rebecca S., and West, Todd H. Mon .
"Impact of public electric vehicle charging infrastructure". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2017.10.006. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1399883.
@article{osti_1399883,
title = {Impact of public electric vehicle charging infrastructure},
author = {Levinson, Rebecca S. and West, Todd H.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1016/j.trd.2017.10.006},
journal = {Transportation Research. Part D, Transport and Environment},
number = ,
volume = 64,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {10}
}
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