Actual Congestion and Effect of Charger Addition in the Quick Charger Station: Case Study Based on the Records of Expressway

SUMMARY There were 18 electric vehicles, in average, per quick charger (QC), in Japan as of 2012, and this value may increase by a factor of several dozen by 2020. It is, therefore, necessary to model and analyze QC service, identify the causes of wait time, and provide countermeasures to avoid significant QC congestion and to encourage the spread of QC stations. This research analyzed usage data of a QC installed at an existing service area on expressway, and showed the characteristics of QC demand as distribution functions. QC service was modeled as a queuing problem, and simulations were carried out using derived distribution functions. The results showed that the QC station needs additional charger in the case of daily charging times over 10 times.