En-Route Battery Management and a Mixed Network Equilibrium Problem Based on Electric Vehicle Drivers’ En-Route Recharging Behaviors

Kai Liu, Sijia Luo and Jing Zhou
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Kai Liu: School of Management, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210003, China
Sijia Luo: School of Engineering and Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Jing Zhou: School of Engineering and Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-14

Abstract: With the rapidly increasing number of electric vehicle users, in many urbans transport networks, there are mixed traffic flows (i.e., electric vehicles and gasoline vehicles). However, limited by driving ranges and long battery recharging, the battery electric vehicle (BEV) drivers’ route choice behaviors are inevitably affected. This paper assumes that in a transportation network, when BEV drivers are traveling between their original location and destinations, they tend to select the path with the minimal driving times and recharging time, and ensure that the remaining charge is not less than their battery safety margin. In contrast, gasoline vehicle drivers tend to select the path with the minimal driving time. Thus, by considering BEV drivers’ battery management strategies, e.g., battery safety margins and en-route recharging behaviors, this paper developed a mixed user equilibrium model to describe the resulting network equilibrium flow distributions. Finally, a numerical example is presented to demonstrate the mixed user equilibrium model. The results show that BEV drivers’ en-route recharging choice behaviors are significantly influenced by their battery safety margins, and under the equilibrium, the travel routes selected by some BEV drivers may not be optimal, but the total travel time may be more optimal.

Keywords: battery management; mixed network equilibrium; battery electric vehicles; gasoline vehicles; en-route recharging behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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