Electric-Drive Vehicles

Program Document · Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

OSTI ID:1413036

Electric-drive vehicles use electricity as their primary fuel or to improve the efficiency of conventional vehicle designs. These vehicles can be divided into three categories: Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), All-electric vehicles (EVs). Together, PHEVs and EVs can also be referred to as plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs).

• Research Organization: NREL
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V) (Clean Cities)
• OSTI ID: 1413036
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102017-5045; 7785
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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