INSPIRE :An Engineering and Economic Pathway to Electric Vehicle-Based Transportation

该INSPIRE奖的部分资金来自计算机与信息科学与工程局计算和通信基础部门的通信与信息基金会计划(CESE/CCF)和社会、行为与经济科学局社会与经济科学部的经济学计划(SBE/SES)，旨在解决在开发一条可持续发展的电动汽车交通系统途径方面的工程和经济挑战。特别是，该项目旨在开发变革性技术和经济/政策解决方案，以促进从当今的个人和按需收费模式向网络交换、交互和管理收费模式的转变。新模式的主要好处包括降低大规模充电的峰值电力需求，提高充电设施的盈利潜力，增强消费者体验，最终更广泛地采用电动汽车。该项目基于整合可再生能源的架构创新，寻求联合经济和工程解决方案，响应实时电价，并通过动态和服务差异化定价与消费者互动。该项目采用经济建模和优化技术来描述需求和利润状况。将开发一个动态模型来研究充电设施投资和电动汽车保有量之间的相互作用。将进行反事实分析，以深入了解消费者、投资者和政府的角色，以及不同经济、政策和技术因素在电动汽车和充电基础设施推广过程中的影响。

This INSPIRE award is partially funded by the Communication and Information Foundations Program in the Division of Computing and Communication Foundations of the Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE/CCF) and the Economics Program in the Division of Social and Economic Sciences of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (SBE/SES), and addresses engineering and economic challenges in developing a sustainable pathway to an electric-vehicle based transportation system. In particular, the project aims to develop transformative technologies and economic/policy solutions that facilitate a paradigm shift from individual and on-demand charging of today to one of network-switched, interactive, and managed charging. The major benefits of the new paradigm include reduced peak power demand from large scale charging, improved profit potential for charging facilities, enhanced consumer experience, and ultimately the wider adoption of electric vehicles.The project pursues joint economic and engineering solutions based on an architectural innovation that integrates renewable sources, responds to real time electricity pricing, and interacts with consumers through dynamic and service differentiated pricing. The project employs economic modeling and optimization techniques to characterize demand and profit conditions. A dynamic model will be developed to investigate the interactions between charging facility investments and electric vehicle ownership. Counterfactual analysis will be conducted to gain insights into the roles of consumers, investors, and the government and the impacts of different economic, policy and technological factors in the diffusion process of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure.