Charging or Idling: Method for quantifying the Charging and the Idle Time of public Charging Stations
- The study at hand presents a methodology to determine the utilization of public charging infrastructure by the proportion of effective charging time and idle time. The results of the study can be used by decision makers to better understand the usage behavior of public charging infrastructure and to align the provision of charging infrastructure with the behavior of users. The user behavior is analyzed using charging areas and scenario-based analysis of charging sessions. More than 300,000 charging sessions at AC and DC charging stations in the urban area of Munich in 2020 were recorded as the data basis for the study. The methodology takes the available vehicle models in the study area as well as the characteristic charging behavior of plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) with a decreasing charging power at high states of charge of the battery into account. The results show a high proportion of idle time at AC charging stations. The outcome of a correlation analysis additionally indicates a correlation between the share of idle time and the proportion of high-density urban living in the survey area.
Author: | Markus Fischer, Cornelius Hardt, Wibke Michalk, Klaus Bogenberger |
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Parent Title (English): | TRB 101st Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers, Washington DC, USA |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Publication Year: | 2022 |
Contributing Corporation: | Transportation Research Board |
Tag: | Hogging; Idling; Plug-In Electric Vehicles; Public Charging Stations; User Behavior |
Page Number: | 22 |
Peer reviewed: | Ja |