Fuel Savings Potential from Future In-motion Wireless Power Transfer (WPT): NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

Evan Burton, Lijuan Wang, Jeffrey Gonder, Aaron Brooker, Arnaud Konan

Research output: NRELPresentation

Abstract

This presentation discusses the fuel savings potential from future in-motion wireless power transfer. There is an extensive overlap in road usage apparent across regional vehicle population, which occurs primarily on high-capacity roads--1% of roads are used for 25% of the vehicle miles traveled. Interstates and highways make up between 2.5% and 4% of the total roads within the Consolidated Statistical Areas (CSAs), which represent groupings of metropolitan and/or micropolitan statistical areas. Mileage traveled on the interstates and highways ranges from 54% in California to 24% in Chicago. Road electrification could remove range restrictions of electric vehicles and increase the fuel savings of PHEVs or HEVs if implemented on a large scale. If 1% of the road miles within a geographic area are electrified, 25% of the fuel used by a 'fleet' of vehicles enabled with the technology could be displaced.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages11
StatePublished - 2015

Publication series

NamePresented at the Conference on Electric Roads & Vehicles (CERV), 8-10 February 2015, Park City, Utah

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PR-5400-63758

Keywords

  • cost benefit analysis
  • E-roadway
  • electric highway
  • light-duty vehicles
  • wireless power transfer (WPT)

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