This book examines electric car sharing in cities from a variety of perspectives, from service design to simulation, from mathematical modeling to technology deployment, and from energy use improvement to the integration of different kinds of vehicle. The contents reflect the outcomes of the Green Move project, undertaken by Politecnico di Milano with the aim of fostering an innovative and easily accessible electric vehicle sharing system. The first section of the book illustrates the car sharing service, covering service design, the configuration of the vehicle sharing model and the Milan mobility pattern, analysis of local demand and supply, testing of the condominium-based car sharing model, and communication design for social engagement. The second section then explains the technological choices, from the architecture of the system and dynamic applications to information management, the smartphone-based energy-oriented driving assistance system, automatic fleet balancing systems, and real-time monitoring of vehicle positions. In the final section, readers will find descriptions of the simulation model, a model to estimate potential users of the service, and a model for a full-scale electric car sharing service in Milan.

Examines electric car sharing in cities from a multidisciplinary perspective

1 Introduction: car sharing evolution and Green Move project.- 2 Service idea.- 3 Traditional and innovative vehicle sharing models.- 4 Analysis of mobile phone data for deriving city mobility pattern.- 5 Analysis of peer-to-peer car sharing potentialities.- 6 Testing a new model for a sustainable mobility in the city of Milan: the condominium car sharing.- 7 Communication design for social engagement. Micro TV and the integration of branding and storytelling into participatory processes.- 8 Architecture of the Green Move System.- 9 Green Move Dynamic Applications.- 10 Context Driven Pervasive and Personalised Information Management.- 11 A smartphone-based energy-oriented driving assistance system.- 12 Automatic fleet balancing in one-way VSSs via closed-loop dynamic pricing.- 13 Information system: georeferenced database.- 14 The general model: estimation of economic, social and environmental impact of car sharing services.- 15 Creation of O/D matrix model - Grid driven estimate of the O/D matrices for a car sharing service.- 16 System sizing model - Simulation model of the service.- 17 Conclusions and future trends: from ownership to sharing.