PHEV – Knowledge Problem

National Research Council Says Benefits from Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles Decades Away

5 Comments / Electricity, Transportation / By Michael Giberson

Michael Giberson The National Research Council has issued a study examining the costs and benefits of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and concluding that it will likely be decades before such vehicles yield benefits to overcome their higher initial costs. From the press release: Costs of plug-in hybrid electric cars are high — largely due to …

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Will V2g Prove Profitable to Phev Owners?

3 Comments / Electricity, Energy markets / By Michael Giberson

Michael Giberson When I read someone suggesting that “vehicle-to-grid” (V2G) operations will make money for owners of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV), I wonder how carefully they’ve thought through all the implications.* The analyst might assume a particular battery technology and characteristics, for example, and then run a simulation against market data to see how much …

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Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles and the New York Electric Power System

2 Comments / Electricity, Environmental policy / By Michael Giberson

Michael Giberson The New York Independent System Operator – the folks the manage the electric power transmission system in the state – has released a report on the potential effects of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) on New York power systems operations. Given the very early stage of technology development – if there are any PHEV’s …

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