Development of a localisation tool to determine the charging location of electric vehicles (Schiel 2022)
Moritz Schiel
Abstract – According to the German government’s climate targets, CO2 emissions are to be reduced by 65% by 2030 compared to 1990. For the transport sector, the Federal Climate Protection Act stipulates a reduction of approx. 43%. This poses a particular challenge, as emissions are at the same level as 20 years ago. In order to improve the climate balance of the transport sector in the short term, the main focus is on electromobility. As part of sector coupling, vehicles are becoming consumers of electricity and are therefore dependent on climate-friendly electricity generation and the expansion of the German electricity grid. A prerequisite for linking the energy sector and road transport is the installation of publicly accessible charging infrastructure. The RLI has developed a localisation tool called TracBEV in order to be able to view this charging infrastructure geographically. The aim of this thesis is to expand an existing prototype of the tool and to improve the methodology for placing the charging points.