Infrastructure Development for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Cluj-Napoca Municipality—A Case Study

Horatiu Pop, Alin Grama (), Alexandra Fodor and Corneliu Rusu
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Horatiu Pop: Cluj-Napoca City-Hall, 400001 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Alin Grama: Applied Electronics Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400027 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Alexandra Fodor: Applied Electronics Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400027 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Corneliu Rusu: Basis of Electronics Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400027 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 8, 1-14

Abstract: This paper presents the status regarding electric vehicles (EVs) and public charging stations managed by Cluj-Napoca City Hall. The types of charging stations and the quantity of the used energy were stated. The behavior of EV owners in charging their vehicles was also studied. The presented work proposes an extension of the EV charging infrastructure to support current and future EV owners. Simulations were carried out in Simulink to create an overview of the existing infrastructure. The simulation results showed the amount of greenhouse gas (CO 2 emissions) reduced by using EVs. An estimated number of kilometers traveled with EVs was calculated by tracking the loads in all public charging stations.

Keywords: EV charge station; energy efficiency; electric vehicle (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: 2023
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