TRENDS OF ELECTRIC TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IN SMART CITIES

Abstract

A smart city should provide comfort, convenience and safety for citizens. One of the main directions of smart city development is transportation infrastructure. A trend for the introduction of smart electric transport has been formed in recent years in the field of urban transport infrastructure research. However, in addition to a number of advantages, such implementation also carries a number of challenges for the urban environment. The aim of the paper is to determine the pace of development of electric transportation in Russia and the world, to identify the trend and forecast based
on existing statistics. The article analyzes the existing problems of introduction of smart electric transport into the urban infrastructure, as well as the development of electric transport in smart city. Forecasting of the growth of the number of electric vehicles in Russia based on the growth statistics for the last 5 years has been carried out. Based on the forecast, the share of electric vehicles presence by 2030 is approximately estimated. At the moment electric vehicles occupy less than 0.1 % of the total number of vehicles on the roads of Russia, however, if the trends of growth in demand for
EVs formed over the last 5 years continue, EVs will begin to displace vehicles with other types of engines already by 2030. In this regard, measures to solve the problems of EV’s implementation in the city's transportation infrastructure should be taken in advance.