Society Impact of EV charging infrastructure

EU Horizon CL5 awards the project AI-informed Holistic EVs integration Approaches for Distribution grids (AHEAD).

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Mobility, Space, Place and Urban Studies (MOSPUS) (Research Group)

By: Thomas Skou Grindsted

The Danish WP on Society Impact is led by Thomas Skou Grindsted. 2024-2029 (6 years) DKK 2.700 000

As part of the project MOSPUS research the Society Impact of EV charging infrastructure. being implemented in cities. Implementing EV (Electric Vehicle) charging stations effectively requires careful consideration of location-based strategies. The EV infrastructure foster path dependencies and dependent on specific locations both affect other means of transportation and sustainable mobility patterns. Little research exists on consumer/prosumer integration with location-based strategies. Accessibility is a key to convenience, consumer satisfaction along the value chain. Some areas have a higher acceptance of charging e.g., in peak and off-peak periods than others, why prosumer integration is also place dependent and may generate more traffic in the vicinity of the charging infrastructures. Thus, we examine different location-based strategies and their society impact (renewable energy peaks and transportation peaks etc.). Research of consumer acceptance at the test sites allows a data driven approach on consumer acceptance and value chains to optimize EV infrastructure, so that the AI design adopt a spatial logic of consumer integration to different locational optimization logics.

Lead and project team

Samuelle Grillo, Politechnico de Milano. The project has 26 partners incl. Mattia Martinelli, DTU and Thomas Skou Grindsted, RUC, Denmark.