{"ID":5937848,"CreatedAt":"2026-07-07T03:14:33.014478982Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-07-09T01:23:46.607620502Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.04585","arxiv_id":"2607.04585","title":"Infinite Drive: Optimal Urban Location of Dynamic Wireless Charging at Signalized Intersections","abstract":"Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (DWPT) could eliminate plug-in charging in cities, but optimal urban deployment is complex. This paper develops a mixed-integer programming model that optimizes DWPT location under signalized intersection dynamics -- acceleration, deceleration, and queue-position-dependent dwell time -- through probabilistic signal patterns and saturation headway-based modeling. A case study of Kawagoe City, Japan, shows that electrifying 1.5% of the road network is sufficient to sustain continuous urban EV operation without plug-in charging for the baseline scenario, and at most 2.9% suffices across all tested assumptions. Monte Carlo simulations of continuous trip chains averaging approximately 600 km and reaching up to approximately 800 km confirm that optimized 12 kWh-battery deployments sustain operation in all simulated runs, revealing an infrastructure-battery tradeoff corresponding to roughly 1.7-3.0 tonnes CO2e of avoided battery manufacturing emissions per vehicle relative to a conventional 40 kWh urban EV. These findings position DWPT deployment as an environmentally efficient pathway for sustainable urban mobility when deployed optimally.","short_abstract":"Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (DWPT) could eliminate plug-in charging in cities, but optimal urban deployment is complex. This paper develops a mixed-integer programming model that optimizes DWPT location under signalized intersection dynamics -- acceleration, deceleration, and queue-position-dependent dwell time --...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.04585","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.04585v1","authors":"[\"Yudai Honma\",\"Daisuke Hasegawa\",\"Katsuhiro Hata\",\"Xuesong\",\"Zhou\",\"Michael J. Kuby\",\"Takashi Oguchi\"]","published":"2026-07-06T01:23:02Z","proceeding":"physics.soc-ph","tasks":"[\"physics.soc-ph\",\"math.OC\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}