Operations of a shared, autonomous, electric vehicle fleet: Implications of vehicle & charging infrastructure decisions

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 243-254

  Chen, T Donna ^a   Kockelman, Kara M ^b   Hanna, Josiah P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Autonomous vehicles; Carsharing; Electric vehicles

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FAST CHARGING (BATTERIES); SIMULATION PLATFORM;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; CARSHARING; CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURES; CHARGING STATION LOCATIONS; DC FAST CHARGING; FINANCIAL ANALYSIS; PRIVATE VEHICLES; TRANSPORTATION SERVICES;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; MODELING; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

AUSTIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84989360960     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2016.08.020     Document Type: Article

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