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Antonio Pais Antunes - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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optimal location of charging stations for Electric vehicles in a neighborhood in lisbon portugal
Transportation Research Record, 2011Co-Authors: Ines Frade, Anabela Ribeiro, Goncalo Goncalves, Antonio Pais AntunesAbstract:Growing concerns about environmental issues have led to the consideration of alternatives to current Mobility. Electric Mobility is one such alternative that is receiving a great deal of attention in Europe. In particular, a new legal framework for the introduction of an Electric Mobility system in Portugal has recently been set up by the government. A key issue in this system is recharging the batteries and, consequently, the location of charging stations. This paper presents a study on the location of Electric-vehicle charging stations for an area of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, characterized with a strong concentration of population and employment. This type of area is appropriate for slow charging because vehicles stay parked for several hours within a 24-h period. The methodology used here is based on a maximal covering model to optimize the demand covered within an acceptable level of service and to define the number and capacity of the stations to be installed. The results clearly indicate...
Jakob Puchinger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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optimizing charging station locations for urban taxi providers
Transportation Research Part A-policy and Practice, 2016Co-Authors: Johannes Asamer, Martin Reinthaler, Mario Ruthmair, Markus Straub, Jakob PuchingerAbstract:Recently, Electric vehicles are gaining importance which helps to reduce dependency on oil, increases energy efficiency of transportation, reduces carbon emissions and noise, and avoids tail pipe emissions. Because of short daily driving distances, high mileage, and intermediate waiting time, fossil-fuelled taxi vehicles are ideal candidates for being replaced by battery Electric vehicles (BEVs). Moreover, taxi BEVs would increase visibility of Electric Mobility and therefore encourage others to purchase an Electric vehicle. Prior to replacing conventional taxis with BEVs, a suitable charging infrastructure has to be established. This infrastructure consists of a sufficiently dense network of charging stations taking into account the lower driving ranges of BEVs.
Josef F Krems - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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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
Human Factors, 2016Co-Authors: Thomas Franke, Nadine Rauh, Madlen Gunther, Maria Trantow, Josef F KremsAbstract:Objective:The objective of the present research was to advance understanding of factors that can protect against range anxiety, specifically range stress in everyday usage of battery Electric vehicles (BEVs).Background:Range anxiety is a major barrier to the broad adoption of sustainable Electric Mobility systems. To develop strategies aimed at overcoming range anxiety, a clear understanding of this phenomenon and influencing factors is needed.Method:We examined range anxiety in the form of everyday range stress (ERS) in a field study setting. Seventy-two customers leased a BEV for 3 months. The field study was specifically designed to enable examination of factors that can contribute to lower ERS. In particular, study design and sample recruitment were targeted at generating vehicle usage profiles that would lead to relatively frequent experience of situations requiring active management of range resources and thereby potentially leading to experienced range stress.Results:Less frequent encounter with cr...
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Experiencing Range in an Electric Vehicle: Understanding Psychological Barriers
Applied Psychology, 2012Co-Authors: T. Franke, Franziska Bühler, Peter Cocron, Isabel Neumann, Josef F KremsAbstract:Range of Electric vehicles (EVs) has long been considered a major barrier in acceptance of Electric Mobility. We examined the nature of how range is experienced in an EV and whether variables from other adaptation contexts, notably stress, have explanatory power for inter-individual differences in what we term comfortable range. Forty EVs were leased to a sample of users for a 6-month field study. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of range experiences were performed, including regression analyses to examine the role of stress-buffering personality traits and coping skills in comfortable range. Users appraised range as a resource to which they could successfully adapt and that satisfied most of their daily Mobility needs. However, indicators were found that suggested suboptimal range utilisation. Stress-buffering personality traits (control beliefs, ambiguity tolerance) and coping skills (subjective range competence, daily range practice) were found to play a substantial role in comfortable range. Hence, it may be possible to overcome perceived range barriers with the assistance of psychological interventions such as information, training, and interface design. Providing drivers with a reliable usable range may be more important than enhancing maximal range in an Electric Mobility system.
Ines Frade - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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optimal location of charging stations for Electric vehicles in a neighborhood in lisbon portugal
Transportation Research Record, 2011Co-Authors: Ines Frade, Anabela Ribeiro, Goncalo Goncalves, Antonio Pais AntunesAbstract:Growing concerns about environmental issues have led to the consideration of alternatives to current Mobility. Electric Mobility is one such alternative that is receiving a great deal of attention in Europe. In particular, a new legal framework for the introduction of an Electric Mobility system in Portugal has recently been set up by the government. A key issue in this system is recharging the batteries and, consequently, the location of charging stations. This paper presents a study on the location of Electric-vehicle charging stations for an area of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, characterized with a strong concentration of population and employment. This type of area is appropriate for slow charging because vehicles stay parked for several hours within a 24-h period. The methodology used here is based on a maximal covering model to optimize the demand covered within an acceptable level of service and to define the number and capacity of the stations to be installed. The results clearly indicate...
Marcel Weil - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Potential metal requirement of active materials in lithium-ion battery cells of Electric vehicles and its impact on reserves: Focus on Europe
Resources Conservation and Recycling, 2015Co-Authors: Bálint Simon, Saskia Ziemann, Marcel WeilAbstract:Shifting of motorized Mobility toward Electric propulsion has become an inevitable development direction in vehicle technology in the last few years. It raises some important questions from environmentally consciousness point of view. One of these aspects is the demand and availability of raw materials. Recent papers and studies on raw material availability are relating to a narrow topic, for example, focusing only on lithium in global consideration, or take into consideration an average metal content of batteries. Present paper makes a step toward expanding information on net metal demand of battery cell active materials and metal reserves focusing on Europe, as one of the world largest economy doing large effort to become world leader in Electric Mobility. Five potential cell chemistries were identified based on research trends and future expectations of researcher, car and battery manufacturers. Furthermore, a potential share of battery- and Electric vehicle types in hypothetical car fleet was proposed, as well. Lithium, cobalt, manganese and nickel requirement and European reserves were examined. Present study pointed out that the potential share of Electric Mobility in road traffic of the European Union had a detectable, but insignificant impact on global metal production and reserves. In the case of a hypothetical European production of future traction battery cells, shortage in European lithium and nickel reserves might be expectable at around 2025. Demand on cobalt and manganese are found to be far below the available European reserves.