Optimal Mileage of Electric Vehicles Considering Range Anxiety and Charging Times
This paper aims to find out the optimal mileage of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) by considering the trade-off between range anxiety and charging times, since frequent charging is a customary way to ease range anxiety for BEV drivers in practice, but declines the life cycle of battery and increase...
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| description | This paper aims to find out the optimal mileage of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) by considering the trade-off between range anxiety and charging times, since frequent charging is a customary way to ease range anxiety for BEV drivers in practice, but declines the life cycle of battery and increases the charging cost. We propose a power function to measure the range anxiety and then solve two types of optimal mileages. The results show that the increment of BEVs’ cruising range increases the optimal absolute mileage but decreases the optimal relative mileage, while the improvement of the driver’s tolerance to range anxiety increases both. It is concluded that improving the driver’s tolerance, such as by expanding charging infrastructures and raising drivers’ practical experience with BEVs, is more effective than the increment of BEVs’ cruising range. The findings help to understand the optimal mileage of EVs and provide recommendations on the design of BEVs’ cruising range. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9415c62112a40768400fd062de460782023-12-01T01:19:38ZengMDPI AGWorld Electric Vehicle Journal2032-66532023-01-011412110.3390/wevj14010021Optimal Mileage of Electric Vehicles Considering Range Anxiety and Charging TimesXiuhong He0Yingying Hu1School of Management, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, ChinaSchool of Information Management and Statistics, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan 430205, ChinaThis paper aims to find out the optimal mileage of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) by considering the trade-off between range anxiety and charging times, since frequent charging is a customary way to ease range anxiety for BEV drivers in practice, but declines the life cycle of battery and increases the charging cost. We propose a power function to measure the range anxiety and then solve two types of optimal mileages. The results show that the increment of BEVs’ cruising range increases the optimal absolute mileage but decreases the optimal relative mileage, while the improvement of the driver’s tolerance to range anxiety increases both. It is concluded that improving the driver’s tolerance, such as by expanding charging infrastructures and raising drivers’ practical experience with BEVs, is more effective than the increment of BEVs’ cruising range. The findings help to understand the optimal mileage of EVs and provide recommendations on the design of BEVs’ cruising range.https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/14/1/21range anxietycharging timeselectric vehiclesoptimization |
| spellingShingle | Xiuhong He Yingying Hu Optimal Mileage of Electric Vehicles Considering Range Anxiety and Charging Times World Electric Vehicle Journal range anxiety charging times electric vehicles optimization |
| title | Optimal Mileage of Electric Vehicles Considering Range Anxiety and Charging Times |
| title_full | Optimal Mileage of Electric Vehicles Considering Range Anxiety and Charging Times |
| title_fullStr | Optimal Mileage of Electric Vehicles Considering Range Anxiety and Charging Times |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimal Mileage of Electric Vehicles Considering Range Anxiety and Charging Times |
| title_short | Optimal Mileage of Electric Vehicles Considering Range Anxiety and Charging Times |
| title_sort | optimal mileage of electric vehicles considering range anxiety and charging times |
| topic | range anxiety charging times electric vehicles optimization |
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