Location and pricing of charging stations for electric vehicles

魁北克水电公司是一家公用事业公司，管理魁北克的发电、输电和配电。该公司积极参与交通电气化，最引人注目的是开发了一个公共快速充电站网络，旨在补充家庭和工作场所的充电站。目前，魁北克省有942个公共充电站，支持超过14,000辆电动汽车。鉴于魁北克省相对较低的成本和广泛的电力供应，电动汽车已被魁北克省政府确定为减少该省温室气体排放的关键手段。特别是，政府的目标是到2020年将魁北克的电动汽车数量增加到10万辆。只有在全港设立大量的公共充电站，才能达致这个目标。在这种背景下，魁北克水电必须就其充电网络的发展做出关键决策，以成功地提高民众对电动汽车的普及率。这些决定包括：目前的网络应该增加多少个公共充电站？这些额外的充电站应该设在哪里？每个地点应该增加多少个充电站？在这些站点收费的成本应该是多少？这个为期六个月的Engage项目是解决这些问题的第一步。

Hydro-Québec is a public utility that manages the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity inQuebec. The company is actively involved in transportation electrification, most notably by developing anetwork of public fast-charging stations designed to complement stations at home and at work. Currently, thereare 942 public charging stations in Quebec that support more than 14,000 electric vehicles. Given the relativelylow cost and widespread availability of electricity in Québec, electric vehicles have been identified by thegovernment of Québec as a critical means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the province. In particular, thegovernment aims to increase the number of electric vehicles in Québec to 100,000 by 2020. This goal can onlybe achieved if a significant number of public charging stations are deployed across the territory. In this context,Hydro-Québec has to make crucial decisions about the development of its charging network to successfullyincrease the adoption of electric vehicles by the population. These decisions include: How many publiccharging stations should be added to the current network? Where should these additional stations be located?How many charging stations should be added at each location? What should be the cost of charging at thesestations? This six-month Engage project is a first step in addressing these issues.