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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

CHARGE-MAP: An integrated framework to study the multicriteria EV charging infrastructure expansion problem.

Kazi Ashik Islam, Aparna Kishore, Rounak Meyur, Swapna Thorve, Da Qi Chen, H Vincent Poor, Madhav V Marathe

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kazi Ashik Islam *Department of Computer Science, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903.ORCID 0000-0003-0997-5106
Aparna Kishore *Department of Computer Science, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903.
Rounak Meyur *Data Science and Machine Intelligence Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352.
Swapna ThorveAmazon Robotics, North Reading, MA 01864.
Da Qi ChenDepartment of Computer Science, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903.
H Vincent PoorDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.ORCID 0000-0002-2062-131X
Madhav V MaratheDepartment of Computer Science, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903.ORCID 0000-0003-1653-0658

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University of Virginia (UV) SIF160University of Virginia (UV) SIF176AUniversity of Virginia (UV) SIF186
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Abstract

The widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in recent years has necessitated the development of effective charging infrastructures. However, charging infrastructure expansion is a multifaceted problem that requires careful consideration of the existing infrastructure, spatiotemporal distribution of charging demands, power-grid capacity, and budget constraints. To approach this complex problem, we present charge-map, a data-driven simulation-optimization framework, focused on ensuring meaningful charging experience for individual EV owners. charge-map integrates three modules: an agent-based simulation module that estimates spatiotemporal distribution of charging demands by modeling EV adopter mobility and charging behavior; an optimization module that determines optimal new charging station/charger locations and capacities, while minimizing expected detour distances and wait-times with a limited number of new stations; and a power module that determines how to connect the stations to the power grid while maintaining its stability. Using the state of Virginia (consisting of 95 counties and 38 independent cities) as a case study, our results show that charge-map can meet the demand of [Formula: see text]198,600 predicted EVs with 1,305 new public charging stations and 2,164 new chargers. It reduces average detour distances for charging by 66% and wait-times at stations by 72% compared to the existing infrastructure. Furthermore, transformer capacity requirement analysis reveals that only 1.8% of residential transformers require upgrades, while over 80% of commercial charging locations can be supported with modest transformer infrastructure (25 to 50 kVA). This indicates that targeted investments can facilitate cost-effective EV integration. Consequently, charge-map provides policymakers and urban planners with crucial data-driven insights for effective EV charging infrastructure expansion.

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charging infrastructureelectric vehiclelocation optimizationmobility simulationpower grid

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PMCPMC12745753

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