Battery sizing for serial plug-in hybrid electric vehicles: A model-based economic analysis for Germany

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5871-5882

  Ernst, Christian Simon ^a   Hackbarth, André ^b   Madlener, Reinhard ^b   Lunz, Benedikt ^a   Uwe Sauer, Dirk ^a   Eckstein, Lutz ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

E mobility; PHEV; Total cost of ownership

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL COST; BATTERY CAPACITY; BATTERY COST; BATTERY SIZE; BREAK-EVEN POINT; E-MOBILITY; ELECTRIC MOBILITY; ELECTRICITY TARIFF; GERMANY; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; PHEV; PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE; PURCHASE PRICE; TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP; VEHICLE TYPES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRECIATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LITHIUM; OPERATING COSTS; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OWNERSHIP;

GERMANY;

EID: 80052761839     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.06.038     Document Type: Article

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