Assessment of Light-Duty Plug-in Electric Vehicles in the United States, 2010 – 2019

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1642115· OSTI ID:1642115

Gohlke, David ^[1]; Zhou, Yan ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

This report examines properties of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) sold in the United States from 2010 to 2019, exploring vehicle sales, miles driven, electricity consumption, petroleum reduction, vehicle manufacturing, and battery production, among other factors. Over 1.4 million PEVs have been sold, driving over 37 billion miles on electricity since 2010, thereby reducing national gasoline consumption by 0.34% in 2019 and 1.4 billion gallons cumulatively through 2019. In 2019, PEVs used 4.1 terawatt-hours of electricity to drive 12.7 billion miles, offsetting 470 million gallons of gasoline. Since 2010, 69% all PEVs have been assembled in the United States, and over 60 gigawatt-hours of lithium-ion batteries have been installed in vehicles to date.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1642115
• Report Number(s): ANL/ESD--20/4; 158307
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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