Harvard, MIT CEEPR, and Georgia Tech host workshop on the economics of EV charging

The workshop convened researchers and practitioners who are advancing research on EV charging. The workshop spanned several topics:

• Siting and demand: How do EV demand and local conditions determine where chargers should be built? How does charging demand vary across time and place, as seen in real-time EV data?
• Local impact: How does on-street charging affect EV adoption and charging congestion? Do public chargers affect local businesses nearby?
• Incentives and policy design: How do tax incentives, large public investment pushes, and income-based EV incentives affect station entry and network growth, including in low-income and disadvantaged communities?
• Pricing, quality, and willingness to pay: What price are drivers willing to pay for public fast charging, and how do they weigh price against quality at DC fast-charging stations?
• Power sector and grid costs: How do dynamic generation costs and local traffic patterns shape the charging network, and what are the long-run costs of short-run mispricing?
  
  

A practitioner panel titled “Today’s challenges and the future of EV charging” added an industry perspective, and a brainstorming session invited participants to identify priority topics for future research.

To learn more about the Accelerating EV Adoption initiative, see Salata’s webpage on electric vehicle charging.