System Sizing Model—Simulation Model of the Service

Abstract

The model estimates the number of vehicles of a fleet that are necessary to meet the expected requests, as well as the estimated number of bays needed to ensure the temporary parking of the vehicles in use or charging at any time. The model allows to reproduce the service trend during a typical day, simulating the pickup requests at each station and the trip of each vehicle from the pickup to the return station; the model monitors the number of vehicles at every station, therefore allowing an estimate of the minimum number of bays per station and of the number of vehicles in order to satisfy the expected requests.