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Diffusion of Electric Vehicles: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach

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Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XXXI

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In recent years, most European governments have clearly stated their aims to promote the production and sale of electrical vehicles (EVs), which are seen to be an environmentally-friendly means of transport. At the beginning of 2018, the Polish government introduced legislation to promote the diffusion of electric vehicles. In conjunction with this, the authors present some preliminary work on a major study on the diffusion of EVs on the Polish market. This project aims to simulate the behaviour of the market using an agent-based model, which will be based on the results of a survey carried out among the purchasers of new cars in two major Polish cities, Wrocław and Katowice. Agent-based models allow the decision of agents to be affected by interactions with neighbours. The diffusion of EVs in Poland is at its very beginning, but according to experts the perspectives for further market development are promising. This article describes some of the basic factors behind a household’s decision to buy an EV. A simple model is presented, together with a discussion of how such a model will be adapted to take into account the results from the study.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW, Poland) core funding for statutory R&D activities.

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    David M. Ramsey, Anna Kowalska-Pyzalska & Karolina Bienias

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Ramsey, D.M., Kowalska-Pyzalska, A., Bienias, K. (2018). Diffusion of Electric Vehicles: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach. In: Nguyen, N., Kowalczyk, R., Mercik, J., Motylska-Kuźma, A. (eds) Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XXXI. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11290. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58464-4_11

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