Table 13 Key findings, challenges and recommendations for regulatory and political impacts.
From: Analysis of multidimensional impacts of electric vehicles penetration in distribution networks
Impact | Key findings | Challenges | Recommendations |
|---|---|---|---|
Government policies and incentives | Government policies and incentives have been found to significantly improve EV adoption and V2G regulation | Despite existing policies and incentives, still more standardizations and regulations are to be established and more motivations to be offered to enhance EV penetration and V2G use | Governments and policy makers should: Establish a uniform national technical standard in the field of V2G Offer tax reductions and electricity cost discounts to EVs’ users |
Infrastructure availability and quality | Availability of parking facilities, especially public charging stations, positively impacted EV wide-spread and V2G adoption | Upgrading the electricity grid to handle increased EV demand and house advanced V2G technology Upgrading and expanding charging infrastructure is still challenging | Local governments should: Put a roadmap to employ V2G and set infrastructure planning processes with cross-disciplinary groups Standardize charging scheduling per operation level V2G modeling, capacity forecasting, performance analysis and V2G impacts investigate on grid |
Collaboration and partnership with Corporates and stakeholders | Collaboration and partnerships of governments with other organizations, corporates and stakeholders are critical for promoting EV | Establishing agreements with private sectors and investors in the field of EV adoption is still not taken into account by many countries | High upfront costs, lack of charging infrastructure, and consumer education and awareness can be fulfilled by establishing agreements with investors Sharing resources and expertise and offering alternative financing options by organizations to facilitate the transition to e-transportation |
Urban or rural location | Urban users are more likely to have EVs due to the ease of accessing charging stations | Rural users face barriers towards EV adoption due to the limited access to charging infrastructure | Governments and policymakers should expand charging infrastructure in rural areas and incentivize rural consumers to adopt EVs |
