Electric car integration in Vilnius

Abstract

Rapid increase in the car ownership level in the towns of Lithuania cause environmental problems (noise, pollution, etc.). One of the ways to solve these problems would be a wider use of electric cars instead of usual cars. It is important to analyse and substantiate the optimal deployment of plug-in stations in accordance with the chosen criteria, the related problems and the possibilities. Vilnius was selected as a reference point for the installation and integration of plug-in systems for electric cars in Lithuania. For electric cars to be widely used, a plug-in network should be developed in towns. A pilot electric car battery plug-in and switch infrastructure network is planned to be developed in Vilnius until 2015. Different measures should be taken to motivate Lithuania’s citizens to choose green cars, namely: free parking of cars in the downtown area, partial compensation for battery charging, free entrance into the pay zones, free registration of a car, no road charges, etc. Three possible concepts were worked out for the integration of electric cars. In future these three concepts could be implemented and joint into a common electric car plug-in network.