Abstract
Electro-mobility (EV) is an emerging transportation method, whose charging infrastructure development concerns a key-factor for its growth. EV charging infrastructure has not grown yet in Greece, regardless of the ambitious national targets that have been grounded for 2030 towards a climate-neutral mobility. This study introduces a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework for EV charging infrastructure deployment and operation, which respects both the economic and the technical aspects for public charging stations. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was followed for the MCDM framework’s definition, which used criteria that were in the corresponding literature and performed with interviews by experts from the EV growing market in Greece. The results show that the installation and operation of public EV charging stations, located in private spaces to ensure their protection against vandalism, within the urban areas is the preferred deployment approach. Moreover, this article tests a market model for the EV charging infrastructure ownership and operation. Findings show that the incentive for investment in EV charging infrastructure market in Greece, is driven by the direct investments of limited vendors, while it is not economically oriented, but it focuses on sustainability and environmental protection.
Highlights
Infrastructure for vehicles’ alternative fueling concerns a key factor for the fleet upgrades that will be able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by transportation, especially in cities
The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was selected among other multi-criteria methods such as TOPSIS, PROMETHEE II, VIKOR, COPRAS, Best-Worst, and COMET methods due to its clarity, simplicity, and efficiency [35,36,37], as well as compared to the analytic network process (ANP) [38]
This article addressed the challenges for electric vehicles (EV) market growth and grounded two research questions: The first one (RQ1) aimed to identify the technical characteristics of EV charging stations for publicly accessible and the alternative business models for their deployment
Summary
Infrastructure for vehicles’ alternative fueling concerns a key factor for the fleet upgrades that will be able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by transportation, especially in cities. Electro-mobility has become a popular alternative transportation method both in Europe and internationally. According to the International Energy Agency [5], the global EV fleet exceeded 5.1 million in 2018, with China “leading the race” as the largest. A crucial issue for the adoption of electro-mobility is the deployment of accessible charging infrastructure. The lack of such an infrastructure, together with the comparable high price and the limited range of EV, are key barriers for EV penetration [6,7]
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