In this article, we propose a stochastic decentralized algorithm to recommend the most convenient charging station (CS) plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that need charging. particular, use different cost functions describe possibly priorities of PEV drivers, such as preference minimize costs, times, or distance between them and CS. For purpose, leverage on an Internet Things architecture based ...

The charging infrastructure plays a key role in the healthy and rapid development of the electric vehicle industry. This paper presents an energy management and control system of an electric vehicle charging station. The charging station (CS) is integrated to a grid-connected hybrid power system having a wind turbine maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controlled subsystem, photovoltaic (PV) MP...

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) have the ability to drastically reduce petroleum use. The FreedomCAR Office of Vehicle Technology is developing a program to study the potential of this technology. This paper describes work in which several tools were used to evaluate the impacts of various parameters on PHEV fuel economy. First, the impacts of battery’s energy and power were evaluated ...

Lately, the integration of renewable energy sources (e.g., photovoltaic and wind generation systems) has been raised into microgrids interconnected with plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). Such intermittent charging/discharging PEV profiles are challenging to ensure secure optimal operation microgrids. In this article, an optimization approach is proposed determine locations sizes systems in PEV-...

Electric Vehicles (EVs) have been extensively researched to reduce the fuel consumption and tailpipe emission. The series-parallel power-split Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PHEV) has been considered as one of the most suitable candidates. It contains both an internal combustion engine (ICE) and an electrical storage system (ESS) to achieve a better driving performance. The energy management system ...

Vehicles with alternative drive trains are regarded as a promising substitute for conventional cars, considering the growing concern about oil depletion and the environmental impact of our transportation system. However, ―clean‖ technologies will only be viable when they are cost-efficient. In this paper, the environmental impacts and the financial costs of different vehicle technologies are ca...

This paper presents an evaluation of battery requirements for hybrid and electric city buses. Technical specifications of recently developed lithium based batteries and vehicle simulation results are used as basis for the evaluation. The battery requirements are evaluated in terms of power and energy capacity, calendar and cycle life as well as costs. Conventional diesel, parallel and series hy...

We are in the process of designing a series of apps for plugin electric vehicles (PEVs) with the goals of raising technology understanding and mitigating range anxiety. We targeted our apps at different moments in the user-car relationship: before, during and after driving. We are designing a study involving a number of PEV drivers to both assess their driving behavior over time, and to test ou...

We consider the scheduling of deferrable charging demand for plug-in electric or hybrid-electric vehicles (PEVs/PHEVs) in the smart grid such that the grid is operating within the safety charging threshold, and as many as consumers/users are satisfied by the end of a finite horizon (e.g., 8pm6am). Given that the charging profiles of PEVs/PHEVs are not constant and have a (truncated) prescribed ...