TITLE:
Strategic Placement of Charging Stations for Enhanced Electric Vehicle Adoption in San Diego, California
AUTHORS:
Kajal Sheth, Dhvanil Patel
KEYWORDS:
Electric Vehicles, Charging Stations, Energy Policy, Infrastructure Planning, Environmental Sustainability
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Transportation Technologies,
Vol.14 No.1,
January
23,
2024
ABSTRACT: California
mandated that 100% of vehicles sold must be electric by 2035. As electric
vehicles (EVs) reach a higher penetration of the car sector, cities will need
to provide publicly accessible charging stations to meet the charging demand of
people who do not have access to a private charging spot like a personal
garage. We have chosen to limit our scope to San Diego County due to its
non-trivial size, well-defined shape, and dependence on personal vehicles; this
project models 100% of current vehicles as electric, roughly 2.5 million. By
planning for the future, our model becomes more useful as well as more
equitable. We anticipate that our model will find locations that can service
multiple population centers, while also maximizing distance to other stations.
Sensitivity analysis and testing of our algorithms are conducted for Coronado
Island, an island with 24,697 residents. Our formulation is then scaled to set
the parameters for the whole county.