A novel dynamic pricing scheme for a large-scale electric vehicle sharing network considering vehicle relocation and vehicle-grid-integration

Shuyun Ren, Fengji Luo, Lei Lin, Shu-Chien Hsu and Xuran Ivan Li

International Journal of Production Economics, 2019, vol. 218, issue C, 339-351

Abstract: With promising benefits such as traffic emission reduction, traffic congestion alleviation, and parking problem solving, Electric Vehicle (EV)-sharing systems have attracted large attentions in recent years. Different from other business modes, customers in sharing economy systems are usually price sensitive. Therefore, it is possible to shift the usage of shared EVs through a well-designed Dynamic Pricing Scheme (DPS), with the objective of maximizing the system operator's total profit. In this study, we propose a novel DPS for a large-scale EV-sharing network to address the EV unbalancing issue and satisfy the vehicle-grid-integration (VGI) service based on accurate station-level demand prediction. The proposed DPS is formulated as a complex optimization problem, which includes two Price Adjustment Level (PAL) decision variables for every origin-destination pair of stations. The two PALs are employed to affect the EV-sharing demand and travel time between each station pair, respectively. Physical and operational constraints from both EV demand and VGI service aspects are also included in the proposed model. Two case study are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Keywords: Electric vehicle-sharing; Dynamic pricing scheme; Demand prediction; Vehicle relocation; Vehicle-grid-integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.06.020

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