ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the topic of routing, both considering opportunistic and collaborative routing strategies. Most drivers of conventional vehicles are already familiar with routing services. Routing algorithms are rather more specialized when applied to electric vehicles. The refueling need of a vehicle is a primary concern due to the limited battery capacity and the relatively long time required for vehicle charging. The routing algorithm coincides with a conventional algorithm in the case that the driver confirms that he or she is actually familiar with the territory. Preliminary collaborative routing strategies have been applied in the context of research projects with the main objective of balancing the density of vehicles across a network, under a feedback signal. Roughly speaking, a routing adviser computes the optimal route that connects an origin point with a destination point. In order to minimize the risk of traffic accidents and congestion along the vehicle's path.
