Plug-in electric vehicles could offer flexibility for wind power and an attempt was made to quantify the effect with a power system model Wilmar. Wilmar simulates unit commitment and dispatch using mixed integer programming and includes wind power and load stochasticity as well as a module for plug-in electric vehicles. Forecast errors of wind power increase the need for balancing and ancillary...

This paper presents a fuzzy based synchronization scheme for grid connected three phase Bidirectional Contactless Power Transfer (BCPT) system suitable for Electric Vehicle and Plug-in-Hybrid Electric Vehicle. The proposed synchronization scheme estimates the phase angle directly by tracking the grid voltage and frequency variations and facilitates synchronization of BCPT system with grid for c...

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...

With an electrified passenger transportation fleet, carbon dioxide emissions could be reduced significantly depending on the electric power production mix. Increased electric power consumption due to electric vehicle charging demands of electric vehicle fleets may be met by increased amount of renewable power production in the electrical systems. With electric vehicle fleets in the transportati...

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) have demonstrated the potential to significantly increase fuel economy. However, the overall efficiency of the powertrain system of any Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) depends on the vehicle-level control strategy. To optimize the energy flow, a global optimization algorithm, based on the Bellman principle, was used to generate the most efficient operating...

The introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs), commonly referred to as plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), could trigger a stepwise electrification of the whole transportation sector. However, the potential impact of PEV charging on the electric grid is not fully known, yet. This paper presents an iterative approach, which integrates a PEV electricity de...

Current research on Deep ReinforcementLearning (DRL) for automated on-ramp merging neglects vehicle powertrain and dynamics. This work considers a power-split Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV), the 2015 Toyota Prius Plug-In, using DRL. The control PHEV energy management are co-optimized such that DRL policy directly outputs power split between engine electric motor. testing results show ca...

We compare the potential of hybrid, extended-range plug-in hybrid, and battery electric vehicles to reduce lifetime cost and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions under various scenarios and simulated driving conditions. We find that driving conditions affect economic and environmental benefits of electrified vehicles substantially: Under the urban NYC driving cycle, hybrid and plug-in vehicles c...

This paper is the first of a two part study which quantifies the economic and greenhouse performance of conventional, hybrid and fully electric passenger vehicles operating in Australian driving conditions. This first study focuses on the total cost of vehicle ownership. Two vehicle sizes are considered, Class-E and Class-B, which bracket the large majority of passenger vehicles on Australian r...