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Abstract
Carsharing services have been shown to be effective in reducing numbers of cars on the road ([1]). They have further incorporated electric vehicle (EV) fleets in some cities to be more sustainable.
For example, car2go owns a fleet of 1400 EVs in Stuttgart, Madrid, and Amsterdam. Other companies like GM’s Maven and Chevy Bolt EVs are available in cities like Los Angeles ([2]). However, EV carsharing is a risky investment that adds operational constraints from the EV requirement ([3]).The underlying problem is that one-way carsharing systems require some degree of rebalancing to be effective in meeting demand, depending on the service area covered and demand patterns. This operational constraint is further exacerbated in EV systems that have an additional requirement to rebalance vehicles for charging. Such systems are doubly-constrained: there is demand for vehicle service and demand for electric charging that both exhibit spatial-temporal imbalances. [...]
For example, car2go owns a fleet of 1400 EVs in Stuttgart, Madrid, and Amsterdam. Other companies like GM’s Maven and Chevy Bolt EVs are available in cities like Los Angeles ([2]). However, EV carsharing is a risky investment that adds operational constraints from the EV requirement ([3]).The underlying problem is that one-way carsharing systems require some degree of rebalancing to be effective in meeting demand, depending on the service area covered and demand patterns. This operational constraint is further exacerbated in EV systems that have an additional requirement to rebalance vehicles for charging. Such systems are doubly-constrained: there is demand for vehicle service and demand for electric charging that both exhibit spatial-temporal imbalances. [...]
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 7th TSL Transportation Science and Logistics Society Workshop "Transportation in the Sharing Economy" |
Subtitle of host publication | Vienna, July 15-18 2019 |
Place of Publication | Catonsville |
Publisher | INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences |
Pages | 134-137 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2019 |
Projects
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ModLux: Developing mobility-on-demand solutions for sustainable mobility - the case of Luxembourg
Ma, T., Klein, S. & Chow, J. Y. J.
Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
1/07/17 → 31/08/19
Project: Research