[en] The growing adoption of Electric vehicles (EVs) puts pressure on the power grid, and implementing smart solutions can ease this pressure. Smart charging at home is a solution where users offer flexibility in their charging schedule, which energy suppliers and/or other aggregators can exploit by charging during times of low demand and low market prices. However, giving charging control to the energy provider can concern EV users, particularly about driving range, and give a sense of loss of control. We conducted an experimental online survey with EV users (n = 289), examining the effect and perception of different behavioral interventions to improve flexibility provision. We found that all monetary incentives (high, low, credit points) resulted in higher flexibility, while environmental framing, feedback and badges, default-setting, and battery-related tips had no effect. The perception of all behavioral interventions did not correlate significantly with the flexibility offered for any of the interventions.
Research center :
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) > FINATRAX - Digital Financial Services and Cross-organizational Digital Transformations
Disciplines :
Management information systems Computer science
Author, co-author :
MARXEN, Hanna ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX
ANSARIN, Mohammad ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust > FINATRAX > Team Gilbert FRIDGEN ; Trinomics BV, Rotterdam, Netherlands
CHEMUDUPATY, Raviteja ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX
FRIDGEN, Gilbert ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Empirical evaluation of behavioral interventions to enhance flexibility provision in smart charging
Publication date :
October 2023
Journal title :
Transportation Research. Part D, Transport and Environment
ISSN :
1361-9209
eISSN :
1879-2340
Publisher :
Elsevier Ltd
Volume :
123
Pages :
103897
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Focus Area :
Security, Reliability and Trust
Development Goals :
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure 11. Sustainable cities and communities 13. Climate action
FNR13342933 - Paypal-fnr Pearl Chair In Digital Financial Services, 2019 (01/01/2020-31/12/2024) - Gilbert Fridgen
Name of the research project :
U-AGR-8002 - Enovos Inductive (01/01/2021 - 31/12/2022) - CORDY Maxime
Funders :
FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche [LU]] Paypal Fondation Enovos
Funding number :
13342933/Gilbert Fridgen
Funding text :
This research was funded in part by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) and PayPal, PEARL grant reference 13342933 /Gilbert Fridgen. For the purpose of open access, the authors have applied a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission. Additionally, the authors gratefully acknowledge the Fondation Enovos under the aegis of the Fondation de Luxembourg in the frame of the philanthropic funding for the research project INDUCTIVE which is the initiator of this applied research . We thank Dr. Valerie Graf-Drasch for her input regarding the study design, Dr. Michael Schöpf for practice-related input and Orestis Papageorgiou for consultations around the statistical analysis.This research was funded in part by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) and PayPal, PEARL grant reference 13342933/Gilbert Fridgen. For the purpose of open access, the authors have applied a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission. Additionally, the authors gratefully acknowledge the Fondation Enovos under the aegis of the Fondation de Luxembourg in the frame of the philanthropic funding for the research project INDUCTIVE which is the initiator of this applied research. We thank Dr. Valerie Graf-Drasch for her input regarding the study design, Dr. Michael Schöpf for practice-related input and Orestis Papageorgiou for consultations around the statistical analysis.
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