Abstract
Electric vehicle seems to go well together with the growing societal trend of becoming more self-supplying with renewable electricity produced in the household. However, aligning household electricity production and electric vehicle charging have received little attention in HCI although both areas have been pursued separately for a number of years. In this paper, we present findings from a qualitative study that explore the potential of aligning electric vehicle charging with times where renewable electricity is being produced in the household. We present an empirical qualitative study of 5 households (19 persons) that own electric vehicles and also produce their own renewable electricity. Our findings, described in five themes, reveal that aligning charging and electricity production can be a challenge and tension exist for aligning consumption such as motivation, roles, mobility patterns, and electricity producing technology. We further discuss our findings and possible directions for future HCI research in the field.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | NordiCHI 2018 : Revisiting the Life Cycle - Proceedings of the 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. |
| Publication date | 29 Sept 2018 |
| Pages | 439-451 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450364379 |
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| Publication status | Published - 29 Sept 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2018 - Oslo, Norway Duration: 29 Sept 2018 → 3 Oct 2018 |
Conference
| Conference | 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2018 |
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| Country/Territory | Norway |
| City | Oslo |
| Period | 29/09/2018 → 03/10/2018 |
Keywords
- Electric vehicles
- Household electricity production
- Sustainability
- User study