A collaborative decisional system to support a business model for the development of charging infrastructure

Abstract

The obstacles to the E-Mobility (EM)’s development are widely discussed both in scientific and in industrial fields. Approaches to overcome these obstacles are still not consolidate. At the same time, it is not so clear, what Business Models (BM) are more sustainable for the owners of Charging Infrastructure (CI). With the aim to support the development of charging network (CN), the authors propose a new BM based on intelligent, collaborative and digital services for all actors of the value chain. The implementation of this BM starts with the development of a decisional structure (DS) and the sharing of data and information among all operators that are involved into the charging process. The main elements of the model are explained and the first results of implementation are given. Future development are discussed to enrich the research and to supply at industrial field a useful tool to face decisions in the real context of CNs.