Car Parking Regulations Intended for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Abstract

While improvement works for internal combustion engines intended for decreasing exhaust gases which cause on-road vehicles basedclimate change are going on, the use of alternative fuel and alternative energy resources is on the increase. But there are certaincriteria to negotiate for this kind of vehicles to be approved. These are the constraints such as; high initial investment cost forvehicles, limited fuel storage capacities and limited range. In addition to these, the problems such as safety and liability, high fuelfilling costs, limited fuel/charging stations, infrastructure (network improvement) investments, developments in current trends mustn’tbe ignored. In addition to conventional petrol and diesel engines, hybrid and battery electric vehicle practices are becomingwidespread in today’s cars. Another issue is that cars are parked during 90-95% of the day and parking functions require a number ofstructural changes. In this context, charging units and safe parking conditions are required to be provided in the parking lots in orderto perform the charging operations of battery electric vehicles (BEV), and especially plug-in hybrids (PHEV, ReEV, EREV andRXBEV). In this study, the safety and functional integrity of external plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and charging units as wellas parking lots will be examined.