Analysis of the infrastructure for recharging electric vehicles
- Argos Assoc. Inc.
An analysis of the infrastructure ofr recharging electric vehicles (EV), equivalent to the refueling infrastructure for internal combustion engines (ICE), shows that many of the infrastructure elements required to recharge a large number of EV's in the U.S. are already in place. The U.S. utility industry has sufficient capacity to support at least 13 million EV's if they are recharged at night. There are at least 20 million single-family homes where an EV could be recharged by adding a 230 volt, 50 amp branch circuit and outlet. This support is not uniformly distributed, however, and will depend on the local housing stock characteristics. With respect to range-extension support, transient recharging stations could supply emergency recharging, but would not be desirable for routine use. Battery exchange would be feasible once there are enough EV's on the road. A range-extension hybrid could use the existing ICE refueling infrastructure, but would require further technical development, and would still depend somewhat on petroleum availability.
- OSTI ID:
- 6402308
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-800203-
- Journal Information:
- SAE Prepr.; (United States), Vol. 800112; Conference: 35. annual conference of the SPI reinforced plastics/composites institute, New Orleans, LA, USA, 4 Feb 1980
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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