Technical review of electric vehicle charging distribution models with considering driver behaviors impacts

Abstract

A massive market penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) associated with nonnegligible energy consumption and environmental issues has imposed a big challenge on evaluating electrical power distribution and related transportation facilities improvement in response to the large-scale EV charging service need. Strategical deployment of EV charging stations including location and determination of number of slow charging stations and fast charging stations has become an emerging concern and one of the most pressing needs in planning. This paper conducts a comprehensive survey of EV charging demand and distribution models with consideration of realistic driver behaviors impacts. This is currently a shortage in academic literature, but indeed has drawn practical attention in the strategic planning process. To address the need, this paper presents an in-depth literature review of relevant studies that have identified different types of EV charging facilities, needs or concerns that are considered into EV charging demand and distribution modeling, alongside critical impacting factor identification, mathematical relationships of the contributing factors and EV charging demand and distribution modeling. Key findings from the current literature are summarized with strategies for optimized plan of charging station deployments (i.e., location and related number of charging station), in an attempt to provide a valuable reference for interested readers.