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Technology Improvement Pathways To Cost-Effective Vehicle Electrification: Preprint, A. Brooker, M. Thornton, J. Rugh
Technology Improvement Pathways To Cost-Effective Vehicle Electrification: Preprint, A. Brooker, M. Thornton, J. Rugh
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Electrifying transportation can reduce or eliminate dependence on foreign fuels, emission of green house gases, and emission of pollutants. One challenge is finding a pathway for vehicles that gains wide market acceptance to achieve a meaningful benefit. This paper evaluates several approaches aimed at making plug-in electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) cost-effective including opportunity charging, replacing the battery over the vehicle life, improving battery life, reducing battery cost, and providing electric power directly to the vehicle during a portion of its travel. Many combinations of PHEV electric range and battery power are included. For each case, …