How Similar is the Usage of Electric Cars and Electric Bicycles?

Electric vehicles (EVs) are expensive. An intriguing idea that was recently proposed is to use a fleet of electrically-assisted bicycles (eBikes) to model the usage and charging patterns of a fleet of EVs at a much lower pricepoint. In this paper, we make a first attempt to explore this idea using usage data from an EV field trial and an eBike field trial taking place in the same city. Unfortunately, we find that for most features of interest, our eBike and EV datasets are statistically different. However, since both datasets were based on only 10-30 participants, further research into this question is required as more data become available.

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