The paper presents an analysis of energy consumption in a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) used actual road conditions. Therefore, the features comparison obtained from fuel and taken vehicle’s batteries for each travel with total distance 5000 km. instantaneous per travelling kilometre operating conditions combustion engine mode are within range 233 to 1170 Wh/km electric motor 135 420 W...

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can be considered as a hybrid system (HS) which includes the continuous state variable, discrete event, and operation constraint. Thus, a model predictive control (MPC) strategy for PHEVs based on the mixed logical dynamical (MLD) model and short-term vehicle speed prediction is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the mathematical model of the controlled PH...

In the present study, a model of a large Lithium Polymer (Li-Po) battery for use in the simulation of Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) is developed. To attain this goal, an Equivalent Circuit (EC) consisting of a series resistor and two RC parallel networks is considered. The accuracy and the response time of the model for use in an HEV simulator are studied. The battery parameters identifica...

The paper proposes an energy management strategy (EMS) for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) taking into account battery health through an additional soft constraint on battery internal temperature, considered as one of the prime factors influencing battery aging. Battery cell temperature is modeled and considered as a second state constraint with the st...

P ERSONAL transportation offers people freedom, but this choice of freedom creates a conflict with growing environmental concerns and the sustainability of humanity's use of natural resources. Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) improve fuel efficiency by optimizing powertrain operation and recovering kinetic energy during braking, hence reducing liquid fuel consumption in the transportation sector...

This paper conducts conjoint analysis using a mixed logit model to estimate consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) on the basis of an online survey carried out in the US and Japan in 2012. We also carry out a comparative analysis across four US states. We find that on average the US consumers are more sensitive about fuel cost ...

One of the major challenges of the twenty-first century is developing technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One technology with the potential to address these challenges is plug-in (hybrid) electric vehicles (PHEVs). PHEVs derive much of their energy from the electric power grid rather than gasoline. If the projections of large PHEV penetration are true, they will put considerable ...

The endeavor for a more sustainable power generation has led to a dramatic increase in power generation from renewable energy sources (RES), such as wind and solar. These sources are of fluctuating nature and therefore introduce new challenges to power system operation, which was historically designed for generators with constant infeed. The fluctuations are balanced by ancillary services contr...

We introduce a practically important and theoretically challenging problem: finding the minimum cost path for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in a network with refueling and battery switching stations, considering electricity and gasoline as sources of energy with different cost structures and limitations. We show that this problem is NP-complete even though its electric vehicle and co...