Socially optimal electric driving range of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

Kontou, Eleftheria; Yin, Yafeng; Lin, Zhenhong

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2015.07.002

Title: Socially optimal electric driving range of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

Journal Article · Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Transportation Research. Part D, Transport and Environment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2015.07.002· OSTI ID:1207062

Kontou, Eleftheria ^[1]; Yin, Yafeng ^[1]; Lin, Zhenhong ^[2]

Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Our study determines the optimal electric driving range of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) that minimizes the daily cost borne by the society when using this technology. An optimization framework is developed and applied to datasets representing the US market. Results indicate that the optimal range is 16 miles with an average social cost of 3.19 per day when exclusively charging at home, compared to 3.27 per day of driving a conventional vehicle. The optimal range is found to be sensitive to the cost of battery packs and the price of gasoline. Moreover, when workplace charging is available, the optimal electric driving range surprisingly increases from 16 to 22 miles, as larger batteries would allow drivers to better take advantage of the charging opportunities to achieve longer electrified travel distances, yielding social cost savings. If workplace charging is available, the optimal density is to deploy a workplace charger for every 3.66 vehicles. Finally, the diversification of the battery size, i.e., introducing a pair and triple of electric driving ranges to the market, could further decrease the average societal cost per PHEV by 7.45% and 11.5% respectively.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; CNS-1239364; 71228101

OSTI ID:: 1207062

Journal Information:: Transportation Research. Part D, Transport and Environment, Vol. 39, Issue C; ISSN 1361-9209

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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