Abstract
This paper develops a location model for the recharge services of heterogeneous electric scooter (ES) users. Despite the green and flexible characteristics of an ES, the major barrier for people to adopt electric vehicles (EVs) is range anxiety, a fear caused by uncertain battery life and/or electricity duration. To resolve this problem, this study proposes a location mode whose objective is to minimize the total cost of the supply and demand sides under different levels of ES users’ range anxiety and values of time. The empirical study results indicate that heterogeneous users need more recharge options compared with those of homogeneous users, and users with a higher value of time tend to choose faster recharge services. The ultimate goal of this study is to assist governments and/or commercial operators in making desirable location decisions for ES recharge services.
