Charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in New Zealand

Regina Rabl, Melanie Reuter-Oppermann and Patrick E.P. Jochem

Transport Policy, 2024, vol. 148, issue C, 124-144

Abstract: The uptake of electric vehicles (EV) is closely interlinked with the availability of charging infrastructure. Fast charging stations (FCS) can facilitate the uptake of EV, but their installation requires significant investments affecting their profitability. An optimal determination of charging locations and capacities based on associated costs can help to provide infrastructure efficiently. As initial FCS affect installations and costs in later years, a strategic infrastructure development plan over multiple years is required to expand the infrastructure to satisfy the charging demand of a growing EV fleet, while pursuing the goal of minimal costs. Based on former work, a model for the investment-optimal allocation and sizing of FCS over multiple years (including costs for grid connection) is developed. For the first time, a multi-periodic capacitated Arc-Cover Path-Cover formulation with an investment-optimal objective is proposed and applied to New Zealand. The results are analysed with respect to the locations and sizes of FCS, the impact on the coverage of traffic flows, and the related trends over time. They indicate that FCS are to be located along highly trafficked corridors in densely populated regions for being applied profitably. The chosen station locations have below-average installation costs and are capable of covering high shares of EV traffic on inter-regional and highly frequented routes.

Keywords: Electric vehicles; Fast charging station; Multi-period optimization; New Zealand; Electric grid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2024.01.010

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