This paper examines consumer stated intent to purchase plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and assesses the factors that increase or decrease interest. It utilizes a survey of 2,302 adult drivers in 21 large U.S. cities. The survey occurred in early fall 2011, before vehicle manufacturers and dealers began information and marketing campaigns, and thus serves to document early impressions of this e...

The flux of cosmic rays above 10 eV has been measured with unprecedented precision at the Pierre Auger Observatory. Two analysis techniques have been used to extend the spectrum downwards from 3 × 10 eV, with the lower energies being explored using a unique technique that exploits the hybrid strengths of the instrument. The spectral features are presented in detail and the impact of systematic ...

The continued increase of gas prices and concerns on greenhouse gas emissions in recent years have led to the steadily increasing acceptance of electric vehicles (EVs), especially the plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), by consumers. It seems that PHEVs are poised to become a serious contender for a noticeable share of the car market in the near future. As PHEV draws power through power e...

One of the most critical issues for the environment today is pollution generated by hydrocarbon combustion, which is one of the main sources of power for transportation. Hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and full electric vehicles (EV) are rapidly advancing as alternative power trains for green transportation. The vehicles’ electrification not only involves the traction parts, but it is also gener...

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are hybrid electric vehicles that can draw and store energy from an electric grid to supply propulsive energy for the vehicle. This simple functional change to the conventional hybrid electric vehicle allows a plug-in hybrid to displace petroleum energy with multi-source electrical energy. This has important and generally beneficial impacts on transporta...

The utilization of renewable energies as an alternative for fossil fuels is considerably growing due to an increasing environmental concern and exhaustion of fossil fuels [1-3]. Transportation electrification is one way to replace or reduce fossil fuels with renewable energy sources. Several propulsion systems including hybrid electric vehicles and plug in hybrid electric vehicles have been int...

Abstract: In nonparametric mean regression various methods for bandwidth choice exist. These methods can roughly be divided into plug-in methods and methods based on penalizing functions. This paper uses the approach based on penalizing functions and adapt it to nonparametric quantile regression estimation, where bandwidth choice is still an unsolved problem. Various criteria for bandwitdth cho...

Electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) are rapidly gaining popularity on our roads. Besides a comparatively high purchasing price, the main two problems limiting their use are the short driving range and inconvenient charging process. In this paper we address the following by presenting an automatic robot-based charging station with 3D vision guidance for plugging and unplu...