Mitigating Range Anxiety via Vehicle-to-Vehicle Social Charging System

Vehicle-to-vehicle charging/discharging system can provide more flexibility to electric vehicles (EV) with increased range operation. In this paper, we propose the usage of EVs with excess energy than they need as alternative charging points for other EVs that are in need of urgent charge energy. To this end, we develop a mobility model for EVs during their trips and provide communication with other EVs in proximity through a location based social networking system. Simulation results show that such a system can decrease the number of drivers with range anxiety yielding larger number of EVs operating in the area while providing mutual benefits to sellers and buyers without having installation costs of new dedicated charging stations.