Abstract
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are providing new insights into the relationships between the climate-control systems of plug-in electric vehicles and the distances these vehicles can travel on a single charge. In particular, NREL research has determined that 'preconditioning' a vehicle-achieving a comfortable cabin temperature and preheating or precooling thebattery while the vehicle is still plugged in-can extend its driving range and improve battery life over the long term.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 2 |
| State | Published - 2012 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/FS-6A42-53603
Keywords
- battery aging
- battery life
- battery pre-cooling
- climate control
- computer model
- distribution transformer
- electric grids
- electric vehicles
- EV
- fuel consumption
- fuel economy
- plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV)
- plug-in vehicles
- range
- spectrum of clean energy innovations
- thermal preconditioning
- tools
