Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Research Center
The Plug-In Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Research Center at the University of California, Davis, United States, provides technology and policy guidance to the state, helps solve research questions and addresses commercialization issues for PHEVs.[1]
It was launched in 2007 with funding from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program.
Advisory Council
The Advisory Council members and organizations, as of February 2010, include employees and representatives of:
- California Energy Commission (2 members incl. PHEV Chairmanship)
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District
- Electric Power Research Institute
- Pacific Gas & Electric
- Nissan Motor Company
- Southern California Edison
- South Coast Air Quality Management District
- Daimler
- Department of Energy
- San Diego Gas and Electric
- Ford Motor Company
- General Motors
Research
Research happens in five distinct areas:
- Modeling alternative PHEV designs and battery performance testing
- Impacts of PEVs on the electrical grid
- Consumers and PEVs
- Environmental impacts of PEVs
- Lifecycle costs of PEVs
The PHEV Center will conduct this research through a coordinated statewide demonstration of PHEVs. The Center plans to begin with hybrid passenger vehicles that have been converted to plug-in hybrids. It will expand its program to include medium-duty trucks, and will encourage the conversion of other passenger vehicle hybrids to broaden scope of study, eventually evolving to dedicated PHEVs made by original equipment manufacturers.
UC Davis InnovationAccess
Pioneering inventions in plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technology and transmission systems developed at UC Davis have been licensed to Efficient Drivetrains Inc (EDI) of Palo Alto in Silicon Valley.[2]
See also
- Andrew A. Frank.
- CalCars
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).
- Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
- DoE PHEV R&D Plan.
- Plug-in hybrids in California.
References
- ↑ "UC Davis Plug-In Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center". Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ↑ UC Davis News & Information :: Plug-in Hybrid Technologies Licensed
External links
- Energy Seminar (2010) at Stanford University: "Consumer Responses to Electric Vehicles"
- Report (2011) to California Energy Commission: "Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Research Roadmap"
