Conception of an itinerary planning assistant for EV drivers

Abstract

Electric vehicles (EVs) require charge stops during long trips. Appropriate digital services can ease the usage of EVs and thus could accelerate their adoption. We propose a planning system that interacts with the user's calendar for deriving upcoming journeys. The core of the system is a newly developed itinerary planning algorithm that integrates charge stop planning. The algorithm uses dynamic information distributed between different stakeholders, namely information regarding charging infrastructure and navigational information. A simulation of distinct EV scenarios validates the efficacy of the proposed work.