Carbon EPRI Grid Reference 
Green Car Congress
JULY 3, 2015
An 80% reduction in US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 has been generally established as the de facto required domestic contribution to stabilizing global concentrations at low to medium levels, that is, 450 and 550 ppm carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 -equiv). They based their low electrification scenario (0.3%
Green Car Congress
APRIL 2, 2009
Relevant plug-in vehicles that drive customer demand and are connected; Enabling technologies like advanced batteries and sophisticated software controls; A capable/green grid; and, Plug-in ready communities with supporting policies. Source: EPRI. Source: EPRI. EPRI sees the charging infrastructure as a pyramid.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Chris Nelder, host of The Energy Transition Show podcast, and former manager of carbon-free mobility at the Rocky Mountain Institute, estimates that providers need to see DC fast-charging stations operating for at least eight hours a day—a utilization rate above 30 percent—to turn a penny of profit. No one, not even Tesla, has come close.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
But when people talk about payback, they refer only to the net dollars to the driver. A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. What are we really doing and how big of a carbon footprint are we going to leave with this?" Establishing dealer network. Batteries not ready.
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