Cartel formation in charging network for electric vehicles

Subhasis Thakur; Giovanni De Gasperis

doi:10.1109/EEEIC.2016.7555829

Cartel formation in charging network for electric vehicles

Subhasis Thakur, Giovanni De Gasperis

University of L'Aquila

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Abstract

Electric Vehicles (EVs) depend on the charging network for their range and uninterrupted traversal across the city. Such dependency may be exploited by the firms who establish the charging stations. In this paper, we analyse the cartel formation among the firms who establish the charging stations. By forming cartel, the firms can establish individual monopoly at various localities across the city, i.e., the charging stations in a locality is controlled by only one firm. Hence it can manipulate the price as the limited range of the EVs compel them to use the stations only in their respective localities. In this paper, we analyse complexity of deciding on such cartel and we also propose mechanism that can prevent such cartel formation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	EEEIC 2016 - International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509023196
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EEEIC.2016.7555829
Publication status	Published - 29 Aug 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2016 - Florence, Italy Duration: 7 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016

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Name	EEEIC 2016 - International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering

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Conference	16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2016
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	7/06/16 → 10/06/16

Keywords

Cartel formation
Charging station
Collusion
Electric Vehicles

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Thakur, S., & De Gasperis, G. (2016). Cartel formation in charging network for electric vehicles. In EEEIC 2016 - International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering Article 7555829 (EEEIC 2016 - International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/EEEIC.2016.7555829

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Cartel formation in charging network for electric vehicles. / Thakur, Subhasis; De Gasperis, Giovanni.
EEEIC 2016 - International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. 7555829 (EEEIC 2016 - International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering).

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