Research Article

Route Optimization of Electric Vehicle considering Soft Time Windows and Two Ways of Power Replenishment

Table 1

Temperature and wildlife count in the three areas covered by the test examples.

NameParameter

Maximum loading capacity of vehicles80 pieces
Use cost of vehicles1000 RMB/vehicle
Unit transportation cost2 RMB/km
Speed of vehicles40 km/h
Full charge at the charging stations60 kWh
Power consumption per unit distance1 kWh
Cost per battery replacement30 RMB
Battery replacement time once31 min
Service time per customer10 min
Penalty coefficient of time windows(1, 0.5, 1.5, 2)
The customer tolerance level0.5
Maximum number of iterations200