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Large-scale deployment of electric taxis in Beijing: A real-world analysis

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  • Zou, Yuan
  • Wei, Shouyang
  • Sun, Fengchun
  • Hu, Xiaosong
  • Shiao, Yaojung

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The national and municipal government of China enacted a series of regulations and policies to stimulate/promote the development of new energy vehicles, in order to mitigate the increasingly serious carbon emissions, environmental pollution, and energy shortage. As a large metropolitan and populated city subject to the notorious air pollution, Beijing has been making a remarkable progress in the large-scale demonstration of new energy vehicles in recent years, which could result in a significant impact on both transport and electricity sectors. As a result, there is an urgent necessity to study the characteristics of the large-scale new energy vehicles adoption for a deep understanding of operational status (e.g., energy consumption and battery charging patterns) and benefits, as well as charging facilities. Based on the operational data collected from realistic electric-taxi demonstration in Beijing, the driver behavior and charging characteristics are examined in this paper. The energy consumption and efficiency of two representative electric-taxi platforms are compared, and the influence of the driving schedules is discussed. The results show that the average driving distance per day of these electric taxes is 117.98 km, and 92% of drivers recharge their cars twice per day. Further study shows that the drivers make two trips per day, and the two peaks in the distribution of departure and arrival times coincide with the rush hour in the morning and evening. The taxi recharge duration is largely influenced by the charging power. Generally, the associated battery SOC (state of charge) swing is between 40% and 100%. By evaluating the energy consumption of 282 trips recorded in 2013 and 2014, we find that the two platforms have similar energy efficiency. The micro-trips method is utilized to probe the correlation of energy consumption and average speed.

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  • Zou, Yuan & Wei, Shouyang & Sun, Fengchun & Hu, Xiaosong & Shiao, Yaojung, 2016. "Large-scale deployment of electric taxis in Beijing: A real-world analysis," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 25-39.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:100:y:2016:i:c:p:25-39
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.01.062
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