Integrated management of electric vehicle sharing system operations and Internet of Vehicles energy scheduling

The sharing of electric vehicles and the Internet of Vehicles both positively impact societal benefits. However, the complexity, uncertainty and multi-directionality of transport–energy coupled systems greatly increase the difficulty of integrated management. This paper proposes a multi-objective robust optimization framework to solve the integrated management issue of electric vehicle sharing system operations and Internet of Vehicles energy scheduling under uncertain information, in which components such as renewable energy, microgrids, autonomous driving and their impacts are fully considered. To enhance the capability of integrated management and the synergy between supply and demand, a charging and discharging scheduling strategy that considers a converged demand response policy is proposed. Numerical analyses using real data provide valuable validation and insights. The proposed method and scheduling strategy enable the implementation of integrated management in photovoltaic microgrids and significantly improve economic and environmental benefits. Meanwhile, the microgrid system can operate in an ”off-grid mode”, which enables a multi-energy complementary mechanism. Additionally, electric vehicles release a great deal of scheduling flexibility through demand-side management, which combined with electric energy storage, can efficiently local consumption of photovoltaic power.