Scaling Up to Millions of Electric Cars: Solving the 90% Energy Problem for EVs
Free and open to the public Presented by: Philip Krein, Grainger Endowed Chair and Professor Emeritus in Electric Machinery and Electromechanics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign In the U.S., more than 95% of passenger car trips are 30 miles or less, based on federal survey data. As vehicles convert to electricity, this means that about 90% of passenger car energy can be, and probably will be, delivered through conventional electrical outlets at home, work, and shopping places. Safety protection, metering, billing, and other functions can be supported by a car to turn a “dumb” electrical outlet into a smart vehicle charge point. Scaling to millions or even hundreds of millions of charge locations becomes cost effective. This webinar explores how to think differently about charge infrastructure to move toward ubiquitous energy access. It considers how community projects and modest incentives can bring vast growth in low-cost charge access.
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