NREL Reveals Links Among Climate Control, Battery Life, and Electric Vehicle Range (Fact Sheet)

Program Document · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1045077· OSTI ID:1045077

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are providing new insights into the relationships between the climate-control systems of plug-in electric vehicles and the distances these vehicles can travel on a single charge. In particular, NREL research has determined that 'preconditioning' a vehicle-achieving a comfortable cabin temperature and preheating or precooling thebattery while the vehicle is still plugged in-can extend its driving range and improve battery life over the long term.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1045077
• Report Number(s): NREL/FS-6A42-53603; TRN: US201214%%1070
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Innovation: The Spectrum of Clean Energy Innovation, NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
CLIMATES
HEAT TREATMENTS
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
spectrum of clean energy innovations
electric vehicles
EV
plug-in vehicles
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV)
range
battery life
climate control
thermal preconditioning
electric grids
distribution transformer
computer model
tools
fuel consumption
fuel economy
battery aging
battery pre-cooling