Integrated traffic-power simulation framework for electric vehicle charging stations based on cellular automaton

Abstract This paper presents a novel integrated framework for simulating the charging load of an electric vehicle charging station. The framework is built based on the cellular automaton model, including five modules: vehicle generation, charging station, lane change, speed update and boundary clear. The proposed framework can effectively stimulate the system dynamics of the traffic system and charging power process in a charging station. Case studies have verified its feasibility and effectiveness.