TY - JOUR A1 - Friese, Philipp A. A1 - Michalk, Wibke A1 - Fischer, Markus A1 - Hardt, Cornelius A1 - Bogenberger, Klaus T1 - Charging Point Usage in Germany—Automated Retrieval, Analysis, and Usage Types Explained JF - Sustainability N2 - This study presents an approach to collect and classify usage data of public charging infrastructure in order to predict usage based on socio-demographic data within a city. The approach comprises data acquisition and a two-step machine learning approach, classifying and predicting usage behavior. Data is acquired by gathering information on charging points from publicly available sources. The first machine learning step identifies four relevant usage patterns from the gathered data using an agglomerative clustering approach. The second step utilizes a Random Forest Classification to predict usage patterns from socio-demographic factors in a spatial context. This approach allows to predict usage behavior at locations for potential new charging points. Applying the presented approach to Munich, a large city in Germany, results confirm the adaptability in complex urban environments. Visualizing the spatial distribution of the predicted usage patterns shows the prevalence of different patterns throughout the city. The presented approach helps municipalities and charging infrastructure operators to identify areas with certain usage patterns and, hence different technical requirements, to optimize the charging infrastructure in order to help meeting the increasing demand of electric mobility. KW - charging infrastructure KW - electric mobility KW - usage types KW - analysis KW - automated retrieval KW - clustering KW - machine learning KW - socio-demographic data KW - usage prediction Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313046 VL - 13 IS - 23 PB - MDPI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fischer, Markus A1 - Michalk, Wibke A1 - Hardt, Cornelius A1 - Bogenberger, Klaus T1 - Bill It Right: Evaluating Public Charging Station Usage Behavior under the Presence of Different Pricing Policies JF - World Electric Vehicle Journal N2 - This study investigates for the first time how public charging infrastructure usage differs under the presence of diverse pricing models. About 3 million charging events from different European countries were classified according to five different pricing models (cost-free, flat-rate, time-based, energy-based, and mixed) and evaluated using various performance indicators such as connection duration; transferred energy volumes; average power; achievable revenue; and the share of charging and idle time for AC, DC, and HPC charging infrastructure. The study results show that the performance indicators differed for the classified pricing models. In addition to the quantitative comparison of the performance indicators, a Kruskal–Wallis one-way analysis of variance and a pairwise comparison using the Mann–Whitney-U test were used to show that the data distributions of the defined pricing models were statistically significantly different. The results are discussed from various perspectives on the efficient design of public charging infrastructure. The results show that time-based pricing models can improve the availability of public charging infrastructure, as the connection duration per charging event can be roughly halved compared to other pricing models. Flat-rate pricing models and AC charging infrastructure can support the temporal shift of charging events, such as shifting demand peaks, as charging events usually have several hours of idle time per charging process. By quantifying various performance indicators for different charging technologies and pricing models, the study is relevant for stakeholders involved in the development and operation of public charging infrastructure. KW - charging tariffs KW - electric vehicles KW - pricing mechanisms KW - pricing models KW - pricing of PEV charging KW - pricing policy KW - usage behavior of charging infrastructure Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15040175 VL - 15 IS - 4 ER -