HOW MANY EV CHARGERS WILL CITIES ACTUALLY NEED?
Cities across the world are transitioning to electric mobility. Electric buses, two-wheelers, cars, and commercial fleets are increasingly becoming part of urban transport systems.
However, one critical planning question remains:
How many EV chargers will cities actually need?
Installing charging infrastructure without understanding transport activity, vehicle fleets, and energy demand can lead to under-utilised or poorly located chargers.
Planning EV charging infrastructure requires an analytical understanding of:
- The structure of the transport sector
- Vehicle activity and travel demand
- Transport sector emissions and electrification strategies
- EV economics and adoption trends
- Charging technologies and infrastructure requirements
Plug & Plan is a practical course designed to introduce students and early-career professionals to the analytical foundations required to understand and plan EV charging infrastructure.
The course demonstrates how transport data, energy analysis, and EV economics can be used to estimate charging demand and inform infrastructure planning.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- How to source and analyse transport and energy data
- How to estimate on-road vehicle activity
- Understanding transport sector emissions and electrification pathways
- Vehicle emission standards and regulatory frameworks
- EV economics using Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Fundamentals of electric vehicle charging systems
HANDS-ON LEARNING
Participants will complete practical exercises including:
- EV Charging Demand Lab Estimate EV charging demand for a city using an EV Charging Planning Toolkit
- EV Charging Planning Studio Identify potential locations for EV charging infrastructure.
- Final Project Develop a mini EV charging infrastructure plan for a selected city with real city data