Article
Within-day recharge of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles: Energy impact of public charging infrastructure
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
(2012)
Abstract
This paper examines the role of public charging infrastructure in increasing the share of driving on electricity that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles might exhibit, thus reducing their gasoline consumption. Vehicle activity data obtained from a global positioning system tracked household travel survey in Austin, Texas, is used to estimate gasoline and electricity consumptions of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Drivers’ within-day recharging behavior, constrained by travel activities and public charger availability, is modeled. It is found that public charging offers greater fuel savings for hybrid electric vehicles s equipped with smaller batteries, by encouraging within-day recharge, and providing an extensive public charging service is expected to reduce plug-in hybrid electric vehicles gasoline consumption by more than 30% and energy cost by 10%, compared to the scenario of home charging only.
Keywords
- Plug in hybrid electric vehicles,
- Vehicle energy consumption,
- Public charger network
Disciplines
Publication Date
July, 2012
DOI
10.1016/j.trd.2012.04.003
Publisher Statement
This is a manuscript of an article published as Dong, Jing, and Zhenhong Lin. "Within-day recharge of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles: energy impact of public charging infrastructure." Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 17, no. 5 (2012): 405-412. 10.1016/j.trd.2012.04.003. Posted with permission.
Copyright 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Citation Information
Jing Dong and Zhenhong Lin. "Within-day recharge of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles: Energy impact of public charging infrastructure" Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment Vol. 17 Iss. 5 (2012) p. 405 - 412 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jing_dong/21/