Federal agencies are mandated to purchase alternative fuel vehicles, increase consumption of alternative fuels, and reduce petroleum consumption. Available plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) provide an attractive option in the selection of alternative fuel vehicles. PEVs, which consist of both battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), have significant advantages over internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in terms of energy efficiency, reduced petroleum consumption, and reduced production of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and they provide performance benefits with quieter, smoother operation. This study intended to evaluate the extent to which NASA Stennis Space Center (Stennis) could convert part or all of their fleet of vehicles from petroleum-fueled vehicles to PEVs.
AVTA Federal Fleet Pev Readiness Data Logging and Characterization Study for NASA STENNIs Space Center
2015
77 pages
Report
No indication
English
Electric & Ion Propulsion , Electric Power Transmission , Electric Power Production , Batteries & Components , Advanced propulsion systems fuel cell , Charging (Electric batteries) , Alternative fuels development , Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) , Federal fleet , Infrastructure , Plug-in electric vehicle , Characterization study , Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) , Petroleum consumption , Energy efficiency , Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) , Alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) , Petroleum-Fueled Vehicle