Overcoming Barriers to Electric-Vehicle Deployment Interim Report (2013) / Chapter Skim
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Although the electric vehicle holds many promises, there are also many barriers to its penetration into the mainstream market today. Some are technologic, such as the capabilities of current battery technologies that restrict driving range and increase purchase price compared with conventional vehicles; others are related to consumer behavior and attitudes; and still others are related to the need to develop a charging network to support the vehicles and to address the possible effects of the new charging network on the electric grid.
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The strategy is to speed the long-term process of conversion of the motor-vehicle fleet to alternative energy sources by exposing consumers now to electric vehicles, encouraging governments and service providers to plan for infrastructure, and encouraging the motor-vehicle industry to experiment with product design and marketing. Gaining a major market share for electric vehicles probably will require advances in technology to reduce cost and improve performance, but the premise of the early deployment efforts is that market development and technologic development that proceed in parallel will lead to earlier mass adoption than if we wait for technologic advances before beginning market development.
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. Current PEV owners appear to be predominantly well-educated men in an upper income bracket (EVIX, 2012; Thompson, 2012)
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The chargers and their network are considered the charging infrastructure. The last component of the PEV ecosystem is the electricity system through which the electricity for charging the vehicle battery is obtained.
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BEVs have no conventional transmissions or fuel-injection systems to maintain and no spark plugs to change, and the regenerative braking system greatly prolongs the life of conventional brakes and thus reduces brake repair and replacement costs. On a larger scale, PEVs offer the potential for decreasing U.S.
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Battery costs and capability are major factors that hinder PEV deployment. As noted earlier in this chapter, batteries are a focus of vehicle-technology programs of DOE and other laboratories, and continued federal involvement through research and development might help to lower costs and improve battery performance of PEVs.
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2007. Environmental Assessment of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Volume 1: National Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Final Report.
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2009. Cost-effectiveness of greenhouse gas emission reductions from plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
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