This book examines electric car sharing in cities from a variety of perspectives from service
design to simulation from mathematical modeling to technology deployment and from energy use
improvement to the integration of different kinds of vehicle. The contents reflect the outcomes
of the Green Move project undertaken by Politecnico di Milano with the aim of fostering an
innovative and easily accessible electric vehicle sharing system. The first section of the book
illustrates the car sharing service covering service design the configuration of the vehicle
sharing model and the Milan mobility pattern analysis of local demand and supply testing of
the condominium-based car sharing model and communication design for social engagement. The
second section then explains the technological choices from the architecture of the system and
dynamic applications to information management the smartphone-based energy-oriented driving
assistance system automatic fleet balancing systems and real-time monitoring of vehicle
positions. In the final section readers will find descriptions of the simulation model a
model to estimate potential users of the service and a model for a full-scale electric car
sharing service in Milan.
