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State of the Art on Different Types of Electric Vehicles

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This chapter presents the main drivers and challenges for the large-scale adoption of Electric Vehicles (EV). The most important issues related with EV technology are also analyzed, namely, the charging infrastructures’ power levels, the type of plugs, the most common powertrain architectures, and the energy storage solutions currently available. The EV charging controllability is briefly discussed, as well as its benefits for the distribution grids operation and its contribution for the renewable energy sources expansion.

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    The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international economic organization of 31 countries that defines itself as a forum of countries committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a setting to compare policy experiences, seeking answers to common problems, identifying good practices, and coordinating domestic and international policies of its members. For more information, see http://www.oecd.org/.

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    The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an autonomous organization of 28 members which defines itself as an entity that works to ensure reliable, affordable, and clean energy for its member countries and beyond. For more information, see http://www.iea.org/.

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    Mobile Energy Resources for Grids of Electricity (MERGE) is an EU-financed project to prepare the European electricity grid for the spread of electric vehicles. For more information, see http://www.ev-merge.eu/.

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    The YAZAKI plug was developed by a Japanese company with the same name. For more information, see http://www.yazaki.com/.

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    The MENNEKES plug was developed by a North American company with the same name. For more information, see http://www.mennekes.com/.

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    The Walther plug was developed by an international company with the same name. For more information, see http://www.waltherelectric.com/.

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    The EDF plug was developed by the EDF group. For more information, see http://www.edf.com/.

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    The Schneider–Legrand–Scame EV plug was developed in collaboration by three companies: Schneider Electric, Legrand, and Scame.

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    The U. S. Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) seeks to promote long-term R&D within the domestic electrochemical energy storage industry and to maintain a consortium that engages automobile manufacturers, electrochemical energy storage manufacturers, the national laboratories, universities, and other key stakeholders. The main objective of USABC is to contribute to the development of electrochemical energy storage technologies which support commercialization of fuel cell, hybrid, and electric vehicles. For more information, see http://www.uscar.org/guest/view_team.php?teams_id=12.

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    F. J. Soares, P. M. Rocha Almeida & João A. Peças Lopes

  2. Electrical Engineering Department, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 2800 Kgs., Lyngby, Denmark

    Rodrigo Garcia-Valle & Francesco Marra

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Soares, F.J., Almeida, P.M.R., Lopes, J.A.P., Garcia-Valle, R., Marra, F. (2013). State of the Art on Different Types of Electric Vehicles. In: Garcia-Valle, R., Peças Lopes, J. (eds) Electric Vehicle Integration into Modern Power Networks. Power Electronics and Power Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0134-6_1

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