Joint optimization of electric bus charging and dispatching plans using mobile charging vehicle

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2026

Subject Area

mode - bus, technology - alternative fuels, infrastructure - fleet management, infrastructure - vehicle

Keywords

Electric bus scheduling, mobile charging strategy, mobile charging vehicle

Abstract

The emerging Mobile Charging Vehicle (MCV) is used to deal with the range anxiety and limited coverage of chargers. The existing studies have not explored how MCV impacts the operational efficiency of fixed-route Battery Electric Buses (BEB). To better charge BEBs with both MCVs and immobile charging stations, this study proposes a joint MCV and BEB dispatching optimization model. To solve the proposed model, an adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm is tailored. In numerical case analyses, compared to the charging-at-station strategy, the proposed mobile charging strategy significantly increases the effective operating time of battery electric buses by 19.27%. Sensitivity tests show that the mobile charging is more economical when the charging rate is greater than 160 kW, and the mobile charging can fully replace charging stations when the daily deadheading time is greater than 60 min.

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Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Taylor&Francis, copyright remains with them.

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