Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 19, 2007

The Ugly Coal sucks, there's really no two ways about it. But not all use of coal is alike. The Good About half our electricity comes from coal, and that will change, at best, slowly as we move to renewables. That includes the worst, most coal dependent areas. We can make electricity many ways, some better than others.

Coal 100

Coal Costa Rica Gasoline-Electric Cars 100

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2015

The two studies—EPRI-NRDC and ANL—serve as “ excellent bookends ” for comparing minimal and maximal electrification of passenger transportation, the researchers concluded. In the climate-targeted scenarios, they assumed that electrified vehicles receive their electricity from an 80% decarbonized electricity grid.

Carbon 150

Carbon EPRI Climate Gasoline-Electric 150

Plug In Partners

APRIL 2, 2008

If you are a plug-in hybrid owner and you have wind or solar power at your house , then you can feel really good about your plug-in hybrid using very little water, if any,” Webber told PM. “If grid, then your car is not very clean, nor is it water-free.” But wait, aren’t PHEVs the environmentally friendly choice ? “If

Water 100

Water PHEV Saudi Arabia Oil-Sands 100

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Water (1 project). ENERGY STORAGE.

Energy 231

Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion 231

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Three more points: Both reports match up well with previous studies. The GREET 1.6

Plug-in 61

Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there. Whats Vehicle-to-Grid and why would I like it?

PHEV 37

PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI 37