Slide deck showing status and lessons learned from miniscule fuel cell infrastructure deployments in California. This report by the California Energy Commission, dated October 14, 2013, to the California Fuel Cell Partnership, goes over status and “Lessons Learned” during deployment of fuel cell refueling infrastructure. It covers $15.7 million spent…
Direct: http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2012/zev2012/zevisor.pdf
DRIVE FOR ZERO – ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE A WINNING PROPOSITION – REPORT FOR THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY SECURITY Drive for Zero – Report on Electric Vehicles
In July 2012, McKinsey & Company published a paper saying that electric cars would become cost competitive with gasoline cars, because of falling battery pack prices, by 2020. (see http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Automotive/Strategy_Analysis/Battery_technology_charges_ahead_2997) The key interesting thing was this graph connecting gasoline prices with battery pack prices, and showing the range of both…
Globally scoped overview of electric vehicle adoption prospects, aimed at climate change mitigation. Source: http://www.iea.org/publications/globalevoutlook_2013.pdf
Whether the car buying public buys electric cars depends on several factors (price, range, etc) as well as technological realities. Are electric vehicles inevitable? What will tip the balance so consumers start buying electric vehicles in droves? This study dates from early 2011, meaning “the world” had almost no experience…
A plan published in 2012 in California mapping out how to reach climate change electric vehicle goals for 2025. Source: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/ccelp/Electric_Drive_by_25-2.pdf
EPA summarizing available consumer acceptance studies, in 2012. Source: http://www.epa.gov/air/caaac/mstrs/dec2012/kodjak.pdf
Governments around the world are supporting research into transportation systems. Because in large part governments build the road that are the transportation systems, they need to know what roads to build and where. Governments set the standards for the kind of vehicles that operate on roads. Governments maintain law and…
A slide deck from June 28, 2012, covering this agenda: NREL Electric Vehicle Grid Integration (EVGI) Background SPIDERS and Military Microgrids Proposed Messaging for bi-directional vehicle charging (V2x) Power Line Communications (PLC) Hardware Implementation Lessons Learned Next Steps Original: http://mydocs.epri.com/docs/PublicMeetingMaterials/0712/D2-4.pdf
The electric vehicle (EV) market is experiencing a resurgence with traditional automakers recognizing the need to move into this market. As a result, we are in a moment of exciting transition in which consumers now have a number of EV options to consider. While EVs such as the Chevrolet Volt, the Nissan…
Direct: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/stakeholders/infrastructure/finalsaej1772.doc
SAE J2836 Communication Task Force – Rich Scholer, Ford Motor Company A presentation in 2008 going over decisioning between conductive charging (J1772) and inductive charging (J1773) as well as changes in the charging connector. J1772 won out over the inductive charging – during the EV Mandate Era there were competing…
EVS24 – Stavanger, Norway, May 13-16, 2009 Fast Charging vs. Slow Charging: Pros and cons for the New Age of Electric Vehicles Charles Botsford1, Adam Szczepanek – (corresponding author) AeroVironment Inc., Monrovia, California, botsford@avinc.com Original: http://www.cars21.com/assets/link/EVS-24-3960315%2520Botsford.pdf
Using motor windings as part of the charging circuit is an old idea. But with the need to develop a fast charging system, many are looking at the idea again. The ideal is for electric cars to recharge in a few minutes, but that’s not practically affordable. The observation is…
