4. Conclusion

3.6.1.2. The diligent

3.6.1.3. The saver

3.6.1.4. The blacklisted

system

compared to other personas due to mobility demand.

away from home charging experience:

based systems;

has to have a way to deter bay blocking;

ered as system administrators.

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The diligent persona is the EV user, who would try to charge at the WPC if the charging would fit within their work routine (EV01, EV06, EV09 and EV11). They are not going to change their daily routine. They arrive to the workplace with an average of (40–50%) as their charging demand is not as high as the Decent persona. Those users tend to be more active in the EV forum and open channels with the employer to discuss solutions and alternatives. They keep reminding other users not to bay block or to update their charging records. They are consid-

This persona includes EVowners (EV02, EV03 and EV05), who are very close to being opportunistic users. They may not need to charge at all at the WPC. However, this persona includes risk takers, who can extend their comfort zone reaching a very low SoC. Their confidence level has increased by the time they use the car. They are confident enough to reach the workplace with one cell or even zero cells left in their batteries. Due to their local commute, they are familiar with the work journey to an extent that they can confidently leave home with only 5 miles left in their battery knowing that they will charge at the WPC. They are more flexible compared to the Diligent persona as they can slightly shift their work patterns to accommodate charging. They charge at their ease, they do not pay attention to the communication pool, they check if they miss morning shift.

This persona includes EV owners (EV08 and EV13) whom their charging matter is not seen as urgent as others. This persona includes those who have hybrid, so relying on petrol is an option. Although they have the same right as other users, the community may stigmatised them as their case is not as critical as full electric users. Also this persona includes those who are against the suggestions for limiting the charging sessions, as this does not fit their mobility demand. They do not commute to work five times a week and live relatively far from their workplace. They do not bay block, yet they make good use of the system and charge at work very frequently. (EV08 used kW worth over 120 GBP). This persona is the least flexible

3.6.2. B. RQ2: Usability and related issues: recommendations for assessment and design of new WPC

There is no definite theory that controls the use of WPC, analysing the current WPCformulated lesson learned informing the design of future technologies that can improve the

• WPC management: sophisticated infrastructure to communicate between the users and the management is not compulsory. Simple communication pool can work. However, it

• Billing policy: Annual fees with unlimited charging does not serve applying self-regulated

Ev is still in an early technology adoption stage; it has not yet taken the role of main stream of major daily transportation option [51]. We cannot confidently approve the preposition of "WPC adds flexibility to work day and shall double the daily range" [9]. The WPC infrastructure is intrinsic to certain EV users, who are ready to deal with the social dynamics associated with it. A WPC system is not a prototype of a public charging network at a smaller scale, and it is a subset of an e-mobility system that has its own unique paradigms, policies and conditions. This is an ongoing research; the next step is to analyse the social practice with more users joining the scheme and testing different simulation scenarios for the scheduling protocol.
