Full Implementation of Electric Mobility in a Countryside Region of Spain

Andrés Montero Romero, Andrea Di Martino (), Michela Longo, Linda Barelli and Dario Zaninelli
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Andrés Montero Romero: Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Madrid, Spain
Andrea Di Martino: Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milan, Italy
Michela Longo: Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milan, Italy
Linda Barelli: Department of Engineering, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
Dario Zaninelli: Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milan, Italy

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 17, 1-19

Abstract: The ongoing spread of electric sustainable mobility is transforming the local ways of transport in metropolitan areas. This is meant to be extended outside of big cities in the near future thanks to new technological developments. Little towns should adapt to these changes, as they are located geographically far from the big cities and are generally characterized by low economic and demographic indicators. Hence, little towns must keep pace with these changes in mobility to avoid being isolated from the main cities in a country. People living in the countryside usually move toward big cities for various reasons, either related to work or living necessities. Therefore, it must be possible to conduct usual displacements through the use of electric vehicles (EVs), i.e., reaching the destinations and supplying the batteries through charging infrastructures. This paper studies the full implementation of electric mobility applied in the case of Cuenca, a city located in middle Spain. A brief geographical context is provided, together with the routes and destinations of interest considered. Then, different EVs are considered and an analytical vehicle model is provided. The model was exploited to simulate the electrical energy demand to reach the destinations chosen; the results allow comparing the performances offered by different types of EVs. This aspect is then considered as the basis to propose further upgrades in the charging infrastructures where needed, to comply with the widespread use of electric mobility.

Keywords: e-mobility; transportation; simulation; charging stations; electric vehicles (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: 2022
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