Abstract
Widespread vehicle electrification appears to be essential to achieve timely and deep reductions in greenhouse gases (GHG) and pollutant emissions as well as petroleum use in the transportation sector (NAS, 2013, IPCC, 2018). The lack of a sufficient refuelling infrastructure has defeated many past efforts to promote alternatives to petroleum fuels (McNutt and Rodgers, 2004). The papers in this special issue on the “Role of Infrastructure to Enable and Support Electric Drive Vehicles”2 address the diverse challenges posed by a transition from fossil-fuelled internal combustion engine vehicles to vehicles powered by electric motors and the special role of refuelling/recharging infrastructure in this transition. Electric drive vehicles are herein considered to be plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), including plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). BEVs and FCEVs are also known as Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) because their propulsion systems produce no tailpipe emissions.
Original language | American English |
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Article number | Article No. 102609 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment |
Volume | 89 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2020 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/JA-5400-77472
Keywords
- charging
- electric vehicle
- EV
- fuel cell electric vehicle
- infrastructure