Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars. It solves the storage problems faced by the electric utility companies in absorbing and adapting to the highly variable power and energy generated by solar and wind. Conclusions.

PHEV 150

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

Most new capacity is now combined cycle natural gas or renewable (almost entirely wind). In the long-term, Duvall said, EPRI sees about a 500 million ton CO 2 per year reduction for auto industry “ almost entirely due to replacement of gasoline with lower carbon electricity.”. The charging pyramid. Source: EPRI.

Plug-in 199

Plug-in Plug San Francisco GM 199

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants? The enthusiasm for ethanol ("flex-fuel" cars use E85, which is 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline) is welcome. A combination solution: increasingly renewable electricity as the primary fuel and ethanol as the range extender.

PHEV 37

PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI 37