Battery Ownership Model: A Tool for Evaluating Economics of Electrified Vehicles and Related Infrastructure
Electric vehicles could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on imported petroleum. However, for mass adoption, EV costs have historically been too high to be competitive with conventional vehicle options due to the high price of batteries, long refuel time, and a lack of charging infrastructure. A number of different technologies and business strategies have been proposed to address some of these cost and utility issues: battery leasing, battery fast-charging stations, battery swap stations, deployment of charge points for opportunity charging, etc.