An EV charging network is popping up across the country, driven by efforts from private companies and various government initiatives. Where will future chargers be built? That depends on what’s used to determine the optimal charge station layout.
The study’s resulting charging maps imagine a network of chargers splayed at roughly even intervals, with clusters around the state’s population centers, where dozens or even hundreds of chargers will be necessary to support the higher number of EV owners and the lower likelihood that those owners will be able to charge their EVs at home.
“The infrastructure needs to be there, and users need to be educated about these vehicles” before they’ll feel comfortable purchasing one. “The state wanted to build the chargers, and the demand will follow,” Mehrnaz Ghamami, an assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering at Michigan State University says.
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