How Oregon Can Benefit From Electric Vehicles (2015)

Electric vehicles (EVs) offer important advantages over conventional gasoline-powered cars, including less-expensive fueling and maintenance costs, and significantly fewer global warming emissions.

In Oregon—home to more than 5,000 electric cars and hundreds of public recharging locations—EVs are already saving drivers more than $3 million in fueling costs. In 2014, driving the average new gasoline vehicle 100 miles cost Oregon’s drivers around $12.16; driving the same distance on electricity cost an average of only $3.41.

Oregon’s EVs also offer significant climate benefits. Because electricity in Oregon is a cleaner energy source than gasoline or diesel, EVs can help cut emissions from …

Electric Vehicles and Georgia (2015)

Thanks in part to forward-looking state policies, Georgia has become one of the fastest-growing markets for electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States. As of July 2014, Georgia had the second-most registered EVs in the country, while Atlanta surpassed Seattle to claim the second-highest percentage of EV registrations among major U.S. metropolitan areas.

These advanced vehicles bring substantial economic benefits to Georgia. Driving the average new gasoline vehicle 100 miles cost Georgia’s drivers around $13.57 in 2014. Driving the same distance on electricity cost an average of $3.53 in the state, and as little as $0.40 if the EV was …

Plug-in Electric Vehicles Fact Sheet

Driving Cleaner: More Electric Vehicles Mean Less Pollution

Electric Vehicles and Government Fleets

A presentation to the California State Department of Transportation on the state’s electric vehicle program…

An Action Plan to Integrate Plug-in Electric Vehicles with the U.S. Electrical Grid

Americans purchased almost 18,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in 2011, a strong first year for these transformative vehicles. Recently, private industry and government have invested valuable resources in developing, promoting, and deploying PEVs. These vehicles offer an uncommon opportunity to address energy security, air quality, climate change, and economic growth. However, market growth is uncertain due to policy, economic, and technical challenges, and other advanced vehicle technology may prove more popular with consumers over time. There are steps that can be taken now, however, to meet some of these challenges and ease adoption of PEVs nationwide. In An Action Plan …

An Action Plan to integrate Plug-in Electric Vehicles With the U.S. Electrical Grid

Americans purchased almost 18,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in 2011, a strong first year for these trans- formative vehicles. Recently, private industry and government have invested valuable resources in developing, promoting, and deploying PEVs. These vehicles offer an uncommon opportunity to address energy security, air quality, climate change, and economic growth. However, market growth is uncertain due to policy, economic, and technical challenges, and other advanced vehicle technology may prove more popular with consumers over time. There are steps that can be taken now, however, to meet some of these challenges and ease adoption of PEVs nationwide. In An Action …

Plug-in Electric Vehicles Market: State of Play

Nearly all major auto companies—as well as several new start-ups—plan to produce plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) within the next 2 or 3 years. According to transportation experts, the impact of the growing PEV market on the automobile market, electrical grid, and the transportation system could be significant, and will vary both regionally and over time. The introduction of PEVs into the automobile market presents a transformative opportunity for the transportation sector. Wherever these vehicles exist in sufficient numbers, significant technological, economic, and environmental change will occur. This opportunity affects automakers, electricity providers, vehicle charging companies, battery manufacturers, all levels of …

Potential Impacts of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles on Regional Power Generation

This paper analyzes the potential impacts of PHEVs on electricity demand, supply, generation
structure, prices, and associated emission levels in 2020 and 2030 in 13 regions specified by the
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s
(DOE’s) Energy Information Administration (EIA), and on which the data and analysis in EIA’s
Annual Energy Outlook 2007 are based (Figure ES-1). The estimates of power plant supplies and
regional hourly electricity demand come from publicly available sources from EIA and the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Electricity requirements for PHEVs are based on
analysis from the Electric Power Research …

A Preliminary Assessment of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles on Wind Energy Markets Technical Report

This report examines a measure that may potentially reduce oil use and also more than proportionately reduce carbon emissions from vehicles.  The authors present a very preliminary analysis of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) that can be charged from or discharged to the grid.  These vehicles have the potential to reduce gasoline consumption and carbon emissions from vehicles, as well as improve the viability of renewable energy technologies with variable resource availability.  This paper is an assessment of the synergisms between plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and wind energy.  The authors examine two bounding cases that illuminate this potential synergism.…