Opportunity and Risk Assessment (OPRA 1980). Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: strategic issues for the 1980s

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5834814

The 1980 Opportunity and Risk Assessment for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles concentrates on the national strategy which might be followed by the Department of Energy and the Electric Power Research Institute in fostering the acceptance of these technologies. In this context, three major opportunities and three major risks are identified, and five recommendations for action given. The assessment is based on a set of national objectives on which an electric and hybrid vehicle strategy could be based. It raises issues based on the state-of-the-art of these technologies and their potential use, and examines alternative strategies which might resolve the issues. The opportunities, risks, and recommendations are synthesized based on this process. The recommendations are to initiate a focused information program, to strengthen R and D, to establish and rationalize financial incentives, to evolve the present DOE market demonstration program into a program of large-scale market and technology tests, and to develop government and utility markets for EVs. For each of these recommendations, joint, coordinated programs among industry, government, and utility participants are stressed. It is envisioned that EPRI might play a pivotal role in fostering such programs.

• Research Organization: Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN (USA). Automotive Transportation Center
• DOE Contract Number: AS02-77CS54250
• OSTI ID: 5834814
• Report Number(s): EPRI-EM-2068-SY; ON: DE82003072
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
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330400 -- Advanced Propulsion Systems-- Hybrid Systems
COMMERCIALIZATION
ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
ENERGY CONSERVATION
HYBRID ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
PLANNING
RECOMMENDATIONS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RISK ASSESSMENT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
VEHICLES