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In this paper, we use car-following theory to study the traditional vehicle's running cost and the electric vehicle's running cost. The numerical results illustrate that the traditional vehicle's running cost is larger than that of the electric vehicle and that the system's total running cost drops with the increase of the electric vehicle's proportion, which shows that the electric vehicle is better than the traditional vehicle from the perspective of the running cost. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we propose a car-following model to explore the influences of the electric vehicle’s driving range on the driving behavior under four traffic situations. The numerical results illustrate that the electric vehicle’s behavior of exchanging battery at the charge station can destroy the stability of traffic flow and produce some prominent jams, and that the influences are related to the electric vehicle’s driving range, i.e., the shorter the driving range is, the greater the effects are. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we use car-following model to study the effects of battery exchange at the on-line charging station on the vehicle’s driving behavior and running time. The numerical results illustrate that battery exchange will produce one prominent starting process at the upstream of the charging station and one prominent braking process at the downstream of the charging station and enhance each vehicle’s running time and the system’s total running time and that the influences of battery exchange on each vehicle’s driving behavior (including the starting and braking processes, the personal running time and the system’s total running time) are directly related to each vehicle’s arrival rate at the origin, the electric vehicle’s proportion and each electric vehicle’s series number in the vehicle fleet. The results can help traffic engineer to reasonably design the on-line charging station and optimize each vehicle’s arrival rate at the origin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]