Booking Public Charging: User Preferences and Behavior towards Public Charging Infrastructure with a Reservation Option
Electric vehicles offer a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in passenger transport. The availability of reliable charging infrastructure is crucial for the successful uptake of electric vehicles in dense urban areas. In a pilot project in the city of Hamburg, Germany, public charging infrastr...
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| author | Michael Hardinghaus John Erik Anderson Claudia Nobis Kerstin Stark Galya Vladova |
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| description | Electric vehicles offer a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in passenger transport. The availability of reliable charging infrastructure is crucial for the successful uptake of electric vehicles in dense urban areas. In a pilot project in the city of Hamburg, Germany, public charging infrastructure was equipped with a reservation option providing exclusive access for local residents and businesses. The present paper combines quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the effects of the newly introduced neighborhood charging concept. We use a methodology combining a quantitative questionnaire survey and qualitative focus group discussions as well as analyses of charging infrastructure utilization data. Results show that inner-city charging and parking options are of key importance for (potential) users of electric vehicles. Hence, the neighborhood concept is rated very positively. Providing guaranteed charging and parking facilities is therefore likely to increase the stock of EVs. On the other hand, this could to a large extent lead to additional cars with consequential disadvantages. The study shows that openly accessible infrastructure is presently utilized much more intensely than the exclusive option. Consequentially, the concept evaluated should be part of an integrated approach managing parking and supporting efficient concepts like car sharing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-799c41ce2536462e8e764e6c1492d5352023-12-01T23:38:01ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922022-08-011116247610.3390/electronics11162476Booking Public Charging: User Preferences and Behavior towards Public Charging Infrastructure with a Reservation OptionMichael Hardinghaus0John Erik Anderson1Claudia Nobis2Kerstin Stark3Galya Vladova4German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Transport Research, Rudower Chaussee 7, 12489 Berlin, GermanyGerman Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Transport Research, Rudower Chaussee 7, 12489 Berlin, GermanyGerman Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Transport Research, Rudower Chaussee 7, 12489 Berlin, GermanyGerman Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Transport Research, Rudower Chaussee 7, 12489 Berlin, GermanyhySOLUTIONS GmbH, Burchardstraße 21, 20095 Hamburg, GermanyElectric vehicles offer a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in passenger transport. The availability of reliable charging infrastructure is crucial for the successful uptake of electric vehicles in dense urban areas. In a pilot project in the city of Hamburg, Germany, public charging infrastructure was equipped with a reservation option providing exclusive access for local residents and businesses. The present paper combines quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the effects of the newly introduced neighborhood charging concept. We use a methodology combining a quantitative questionnaire survey and qualitative focus group discussions as well as analyses of charging infrastructure utilization data. Results show that inner-city charging and parking options are of key importance for (potential) users of electric vehicles. Hence, the neighborhood concept is rated very positively. Providing guaranteed charging and parking facilities is therefore likely to increase the stock of EVs. On the other hand, this could to a large extent lead to additional cars with consequential disadvantages. The study shows that openly accessible infrastructure is presently utilized much more intensely than the exclusive option. Consequentially, the concept evaluated should be part of an integrated approach managing parking and supporting efficient concepts like car sharing.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/16/2476electric vehiclespublic charging infrastructureneighborhood chargingreservation systemurbancity |
| spellingShingle | Michael Hardinghaus John Erik Anderson Claudia Nobis Kerstin Stark Galya Vladova Booking Public Charging: User Preferences and Behavior towards Public Charging Infrastructure with a Reservation Option Electronics electric vehicles public charging infrastructure neighborhood charging reservation system urban city |
| title | Booking Public Charging: User Preferences and Behavior towards Public Charging Infrastructure with a Reservation Option |
| title_full | Booking Public Charging: User Preferences and Behavior towards Public Charging Infrastructure with a Reservation Option |
| title_fullStr | Booking Public Charging: User Preferences and Behavior towards Public Charging Infrastructure with a Reservation Option |
| title_full_unstemmed | Booking Public Charging: User Preferences and Behavior towards Public Charging Infrastructure with a Reservation Option |
| title_short | Booking Public Charging: User Preferences and Behavior towards Public Charging Infrastructure with a Reservation Option |
| title_sort | booking public charging user preferences and behavior towards public charging infrastructure with a reservation option |
| topic | electric vehicles public charging infrastructure neighborhood charging reservation system urban city |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/16/2476 |
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