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Decarbonisation of road transport was until recently considered the most challenging part of the climate agenda. Still the ascent of electric vehicles is making significant advances possible while, at the same time, opening several new complex conundrums: integration of power and transport systems, establishing supply chains of needed materials and conversion of existing industries to […]
The growth of electric vehicles (EVs) raises new challenges for electricity systems. We implement a field experiment to assess the effect of time-of-use (TOU) pricing and managed charging on EV charging behavior. We find that while TOU pricing is effective at shifting EV charging into offpeak hours, it unintentionally induces new and larger “shadow peaks” […]