Electricity for even more: Decision-support tools for equitable & efficient roll-out of public charging

Purpose and goal

"El för ännu fler" aims to enable an equal and efficient rollout of public home charging through an improved decision support tool as well as enhance knowledge of user needs, local contexts and business models. An important foundation in this work is a developed and applicable decision support tool that can estimate charging needs and suitability with high geographic resolution on a national scale. The long-term goal is for the results to assist relevant actors nationally in the planning and construction of an efficient and fair public charging infrastructure in cities.

Expected effects and result

The project´s results have potential to increase knowledge and influence decisions for the future expansion of public charging infrastructure. The public charging infrastructure is already today a critical factor for the choice and use of rechargeable vehicles, but the importance will only increase as the proportion of users without their own parking and thus without access to their own charger increases. The project´s developed decision support tool are expected to be used by both private and public actors to prioritise the future expansion of public home charging.

Planned approach and implementation

The project will be implemented in seven work packages (WPs). WP 1-2 is related to the development of the decision support tool and WP 3-6 are qualitative WPs with aim of partly creating new knowledge but also assisting with qualitative results to improve assumptions and variables in the decision support tool. The project will be carried out iteratively between WP and project participants. WP7 is responsible for coordination and dissemination of results, where ongoing contacts and dissemination of results with both private and public stakeholders is a high priority.