Placement of Infrastructure for Urban Electromobility: A Sustainable Approach

Over the last few years, electric vehicles (EVs) have turned into viable urban transportation alternatives. Charging infrastructure is an issue, since high investment is needed and there is a lot of demand uncertainty. Seeking to fill gaps in past studies, this investigation proposes a set of proced...

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Published in:Sustainability 2020-08, Vol.12 (16), p.6324
Main Authors: Machado, Cláudia A. Soares, Takiya, Harmi, Yamamura, Charles Lincoln Kenji, Quintanilha, José Alberto, Berssaneti, Fernando Tobal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternating current
Electric vehicles
Geographic information systems
GNP
Gross National Product
Infrastructure
Integer programming
Keywords
Literature reviews
Researchers
Social factors
Studies
Sustainability
Systematic review
Transportation corridors
Travel
Urban areas
Urban transportation
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Summary:Over the last few years, electric vehicles (EVs) have turned into viable urban transportation alternatives. Charging infrastructure is an issue, since high investment is needed and there is a lot of demand uncertainty. Seeking to fill gaps in past studies, this investigation proposes a set of procedures to identify the most adequate places for implementing the EV charging infrastructure. In order to identify the most favorable districts for the installation and operation of electric charging infrastructure in São Paulo city, the following public available information was considered: the density of points of interest (POIs), distribution of the average monthly per capita income, and number of daily trips made by transportation mode. The current electric vehicle charging network and most important business corridors were additionally taken into account. The investigation shows that districts with the largest demand for charging stations are located in the central area, where the population also exhibits the highest purchasing power. The charging station location process can be applied to other cities, and it is possible to use additional variables to measure social inequality.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su12166324