Beyond batteries: An examination of the benefits and barriers to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) transition

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1095-1103

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a   Hirsh, Richard F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plug in hybrid electric vehicle; Transportation policy; Vehicle to grid

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; CONTROL THEORY; ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FUZZY CONTROL; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

BUSINESS PRACTICES; CULTURAL VALUES; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; POLICY-MAKERS; POLITICAL INTERESTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SOCIO TECHNICALS; TECHNICAL STATE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; VEHICLE-TO-GRID;

VEHICLES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EID: 59249101002     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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