An Innovative demand forecasting platform for connected electric vehicle fleets: Development & Validation

随着各国转向智能城市模式，并竞相满足巴黎气候变化协议，英国和全球电动汽车（EV）市场预计将呈指数级增长。电动汽车“硬件”和“软件”（应用程序/智能系统/物联网）都迫切需要创新，以扩大全球智能移动市场。EV Technology Ltd正在开发一个智能平台，以解决电动汽车驾驶员面临的主要挑战：充电，范围和基础设施。我们之前已经成功地设计了一个收费管理模块。在这个项目中，我们的目标是通过开发额外的需求预测模块来进一步优化电动汽车车队管理。该模块将有效地分配资源，优化需求-费用-旅程选择周期的决策。通过这个项目，我们将证明所有按需移动提供商使用电动汽车的经济可行性。

The UK and global Electric Vehicle (EV) market is expected to grow exponentially as countries shift to smart-city models, and race to meet the Paris Climate Change Agreement. There is an urgent need for innovation in both EV ‘hardware’ and ‘software’ (apps/intelligent systems/IoT) to enable the expansion of the global intelligent-mobility market. EV Technology Ltd is developing an intelligent platform which addresses major challenges faced by EV drivers: charging, range and infrastructure. We have previously successfully designed a charge management module. In this project, we aim to further optimise EV fleet-management by the development of an additional module for demand-forecasting. This module will allocate resources efficiently, optimising decision-making for the demand-vs-charge-vs-journey selection cycle. Through this project, we will demonstrate the economic viability of using EVs for all on-demand mobility-providers.